Best movies like Dance of the Dead
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Plot Summary:
With Prom only hours away, the usual suspects of Cosa High (Cheerleaders, geeks, bad boys and the happy-go-lucky student council alike) are preoccupied with the annual rituals of teendom. On the night of the big dance when the dead unexpectedly rise to eat the living, polar opposite groups will be forced to unite in their final chance to save the town from the zombies.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, parody, bloody, atmospheric, entertaining, horror comedy, humorous, suspense, splatter, funny
Best tv shows and movies like Dance of the Dead (2008):
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Doghouse (2009)
Plot Summary:
Six men with mid-life anxiety set out for a weekend in the country in an attempt to reconnect with their masculinity. What they find is a catastrophe so horrible and bizarre that a mid-life crisis turns out to be exactly what they need to survive it.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, ambiguous ending, humorous, not serious, funny, melancholic, absurd, dark comedy, psychological, retro
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Detention of the Dead (2012)
Plot Summary:
A group of oddball high school students find themselves trapped in detention with their classmates having turned into a horde of Zombies.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, semi serious, horror comedy, psychological, independent film, scary, rough, crying, psychotronic
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Dead Heat (1988)
Plot Summary:
LAPD police officer, Roger Mortis is killed while arresting zombies who have been reanimated by the head of Dante Laboratories in order to carry out violent armed robberies.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: cult classic, scary, humorous, splatter, spoof, black comedy, funny, action comedy, horror comedy, cult horror
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Deathgasm (2015)
Plot Summary:
Two teenage boys unwittingly summon an ancient evil entity known as The Blind One by delving into black magic while trying to escape their mundane lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Music
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: satanic, splatter, dark comedy, horror comedy, atmospheric, brutal, scary, lyrical, visually appealing, psychological
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Zombie Strippers (2008)
Plot Summary:
In the not too distant future a secret government re-animation chemo-virus gets released into conservative Sartre, Nebraska and lands in an underground strip club. As the virus begins to spread, turning the strippers into "Super Zombie Strippers" the girls struggle with whether or not to conform to the new "fad" even if it means there's no turning back.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: sexy, humorous, stylized, grindhouse, suspenseful, semi serious, erotic, scary, bloody, cult classic
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House of the Dead 2 (2005)
Plot Summary:
In Guesta Verde University, the deranged Professor Curien is trying to bring back the dead, killing students for the experiment. There is an outbreak of zombies in the campus, and the government sends a NSA medical research team, formed by Dr. Alexandra Morgan a.k.a. Nightingale and lieutenant Ellis, with a special force leaded by lieutenant Dalton, trying to get the zero sample from the first generation zombie. The team has a very short time to accomplish their mission and leave the place before missiles are sent to destroy the area. However, the place is crowded of hyper sapiens and the group has to fight to survive.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, rough, serious, slasher, suspenseful, psychotronic, suspense, classic horror, spectacular, fast
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Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
Plot Summary:
A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven – at Christmas – forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, christmas horror, teen horror, horror musical, humorous, entertaining, absurd, funny, philosophical, political
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Zone of the Dead (2009)
Plot Summary:
Zone of the Dead, also known as Apocalypse of the Dead (Zona Mrtvih in Serbian) is a 2009 Serbian horror film. A police-escorted prisoner transport supervised by Interpol sets off to Belgrade. The route leads the transport through Pancevo, where they encounter an ecological disaster and infected people who are trying to kill them. Interpol agents Mortimer Reyes and Mina Milius soon realize that their only chance for escape from the zombie hordes lies in allying with the dangerous, mysterious prisoner.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Serbia, Italy, Spain
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, scary, exciting, rough, suspense, psychotronic
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Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis (2005)
Plot Summary:
A group of teenagers who, in an attempt to rescue their friend from an evil corporation, end up releasing a horde of blood thirsty zombies.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, bleak, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, suspense, dark, apocalyptic, slasher, saga
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Little Monsters (2019)
Plot Summary:
A washed-up musician teams up with a teacher and a kids show personality to protect young children from a sudden outbreak of zombies.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, USA, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: horror comedy, humorous, scary, colorful, funny, splatter, apocalyptic, dark comedy, hilarious, psychotronic
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Freaks of Nature (2015)
Plot Summary:
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny, parody, humorous, horror comedy, semi serious, scary, bloody, grindhouse, psychotronic, dark comedy
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Warm Bodies (2013)
Plot Summary:
After a zombie becomes involved with the girlfriend of one of his victims, their romance sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 241000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: romantic, humorous, offbeat, teen, funny, cute, horror comedy, feel good, apocalyptic, sentimental
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Dead Meat (2004)
Plot Summary:
Helena and Martins vacation to Ireland quickly transforms into a nightmare as a virus which turns humans into flesh-eating zombies is starting to spread.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Ireland
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: suspenseful, rough, semi serious, humorous, suspense, horror comedy, scary, slasher, cult film
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Undead (2003)
Plot Summary:
A quaint Australian fishing village is overcome by meteorites that turn its residents into the ravenous undead, leaving a small group of those unharmed to find a way out.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, humorous, suspense, horror comedy, atmospheric, funny, scenic, apocalyptic, action packed
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Cooties (2014)
Plot Summary:
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 28000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: scary, humorous, bloody, horror comedy, funny, dark comedy, not serious, entertaining, cult classic, apocalyptic
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The Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Plot Summary:
When a bumbling pair of employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a deadly gas into the air, the vapors cause the dead to re-animate as they go on a rampage seeking their favorite food: brains!.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 67000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, grindhouse, independent film, splatter, parody, rough, suspenseful, dark comedy, slasher
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Return of the Living Dead II (1988)
Plot Summary:
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: funny, horror comedy, scary, humorous, slasher, splatter, cult classic, cult horror, classic horror, apocalyptic
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Slither (2006)
Plot Summary:
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, entertaining, black comedy, space horror, funny, cult classic, horror comedy, parody, dark comedy
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Planet Terror (2007)
Plot Summary:
Two doctors find their graveyard shift inundated with townspeople ravaged by sores. Among the wounded is Cherry, a dancer whose leg was ripped from her body. As the invalids quickly become enraged aggressors, Cherry and her ex-boyfriend Wray lead a team of accidental warriors into the night.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 221000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: bloody, black comedy, grindhouse, splatter, exciting, scary, parody, horror comedy, cult classic, action packed
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Zombieland (2009)
Plot Summary:
Columbus has made a habit of running from what scares him. Tallahassee doesn't have fears. If he did, he'd kick their ever-living ass. In a world overrun by zombies, these two are perfectly evolved survivors. But now, they're about to stare down the most terrifying prospect of all: each other.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 610000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: funny, apocalyptic, humorous, parody, feel good, absurd, road movie, entertaining, horror comedy, not serious
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Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)
Plot Summary:
Three scouts and lifelong friends join forces with one badass cocktail waitress to become the world’s most unlikely team of heroes. When their peaceful town is ravaged by a zombie invasion, they’ll fight for the badge of a lifetime and put their scouting skills to the test to save mankind from the undead.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: funny, not serious, humorous, scary, horror comedy, bloody, entertaining, splatter, dark comedy, psychological
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Day of the Dead (2008)
Plot Summary:
Day of the Dead is a horror film which is nominally a quasi-remake of George A. Romero's classic zombie film of the same name, which was the third in Romero's Dead series. The film is directed by Steve Miner (who also directed Friday the 13th Part 2 & 3 and Halloween H20: 20 Years Later) and written by Jeffrey Reddick.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: suspense, scary, stylized, rough, intense, apocalyptic, retro, dark, scenic, classic horror
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Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
Plot Summary:
In a world ravaged by a virus infection, turning its victims into the Undead, Alice continues on her journey to find survivors and lead them to safety. Her deadly battle with the Umbrella Corporation reaches new heights, but Alice gets some unexpected help from an old friend. A new lead that promises a safe haven from the Undead takes them to Los Angeles, but when they arrive the city is overrun by thousands of Undead - and Alice and her comrades are about to step into a deadly trap.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 177000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, exciting, stylized, splatter, suspenseful, serious, visual, action packed, spectacular, saga
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Dawn of the Dead (2004)
Plot Summary:
A group of surviving people take refuge in a shopping center after the world has been over taken over by aggressive, flesh-eating zombies. A remake of the 1978 zombie film of the same name.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 268000
Genere: Action, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, France
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, splatter, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, bloody, apocalyptic, intense, cult classic
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Land of the Dead (2005)
Plot Summary:
The world is full of zombies and the survivors have barricaded themselves inside a walled city to keep out the living dead. As the wealthy hide out in skyscrapers and chaos rules the streets, the rest of the survivors must find a way to stop the evolving zombies from breaking into the city.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 100000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, exciting, rough, suspenseful, grindhouse, apocalyptic, atmospheric, stylized, splatter
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Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)
Plot Summary:
As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice joins a small band of elite soldiers, enlisted to rescue the missing daughter of the creator of the mutating T-virus. It's a heart-pounding race against time as the group faces off against hordes of blood- thirsty zombies, stealthy Lickers, mutant canines and the most sinister foe yet.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 208000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, UK, USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: apocalyptic, gothic, scary, suspense, splatter, action packed, exciting, rough, serious, stylized
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Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)
Plot Summary:
Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 203000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Germany, USA, Mexico, Canada
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, apocalyptic, suspenseful, entertaining, exciting, suspense, splatter, action packed, serious, action adventure
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Braindead (1992)
Plot Summary:
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 102000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: bloody, splatter, dark comedy, humorous, surreal, disturbing, black comedy, brutal, funny, creepy
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28 Weeks Later (2007)
Plot Summary:
In this chilling sequel to 28 Days Later, the inhabitants of the British Isles appear to have lost their battle against the onslaught of disease, as the deadly rage virus has killed every citizen there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the isles, convinced the danger has come and gone. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 289000
Genere: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Spain, USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, rough, atmospheric, creepy, apocalyptic, intense, bloody
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Resident Evil (2002)
Plot Summary:
When a virus leaks from a top-secret facility, turning all resident researchers into ravenous zombies and their lab animals into mutated hounds from hell, the government sends in an elite military task force to contain the outbreak. Alice and Rain are charged with leading the mission. But they only have three hours before the pathogen becomes airborne and infects the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 284000
Genere: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, atmospheric, splatter, bloody, cult classic, action packed, entertaining, grindhouse, futuristic