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Plot Summary:
Mark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own youthful appearance, and when she finds Mark, she turns his life upside-down.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: spoof, light, melancholic, feel good, humorous, semi serious, cult classic, teen, sexy, dark comedy
Best tv shows and movies like Once Bitten (1985):
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Beverly Hills Vamp (1989)
Plot Summary:
Kyle, Brock and Russell are three aspiring filmmakers new in Hollywood. They phone up an escort ad and take a trip to a Beverly Hills mansion, but unfortunately for them the call girls turn out to be fiendish vixens of the undead ….
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 750
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: erotic, independent film, scary, offbeat, humorous, not serious, sex comedy, black comedy, dark comedy, horror comedy
Similar in 83%
Waiting for Dracula (2012)
Plot Summary:
This low-budget vampire horror film follows a crowd of hedonistic vampires in L.A. who lure unsuspecting victims into their vampiric world with cocaine and sex.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, captivating, entertaining
Similar in 81%
Shriek If You Know What I Did Last Friday the Thirteenth (2000)
Plot Summary:
Another spoof of the Scream/I Know What You Did Last Summer horror gene involving a group of popular high school students stalked by a bumbling masked killer while a dogged reporter named Hagitha Utslay covers the story and of the plight of the prime suspect and transfer student Dawson.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, not serious, light, scary, slasher, sexy, suspense, horror comedy
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Vamp U (2011)
Plot Summary:
Wayne Gretzky (no relation) is a vampire who can't grow his teeth. His impotence began when he inadvertently killed Mary Lipinsky, the love of his life, 300 years ago. To take his mind off the pain, he teaches college history - who better? Attempting to regain his full power, he enlists help from his friend and colleague, Dr. Levine (Gary Cole). Nothing works until a new semester brings freshman Chris Keller. She's a dead ringer for Mary and they have a lurid affair, while rumors fly around the campus. But it all sours when he turns Chris into a vampire and her newfound bloodlust spins out of control in a bloody rampage, making the rumors a little too real. Written by Anonymous.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: exciting, semi serious, humorous, bleak, sexy, erotic, romantic, scenic, teen, independent film
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Teen Wolf (1985)
Plot Summary:
When a shy teenager's new-found powers help him score at basketball - and with the popular girls - he has some pretty hairy decisions to make.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, entertaining, semi serious, humorous, cult classic, teen, light, captivating, melancholic, funny
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
Plot Summary:
Young student finds himself being transformed to a vampire after a night with a quite attractive female vampire. First, he does not quite believe it himself, but with the help of a 300 year old teacher and the handbook "vampirism - a guide to an alternative lifestyle", he finds out that blood does not taste as bad as he expected.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, horror comedy, exciting, tense, captivating, dark comedy, independent film, psychotronic, freeze frame
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Vampires vs. the Bronx (2020)
Plot Summary:
Three gutsy kids from a rapidly gentrifying Bronx neighborhood stumble upon a sinister plot to suck all the life from their beloved community.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, horror comedy, bleak, ironic, satirical, dark comedy, parody, funny, gothic
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Love at First Bite (1979)
Plot Summary:
Dracula and Renefield relocate to 70's era New York in search of Cindy Sondheim (the reincarnation of Dracula's one true love, Mina Harker). "Trouble adjusting" is a wild understatement for the Count as he battles Cindy's psychiatrist, Jeffrey Rosenberg (a descendant of Van Helsing who changed his name for professional reasons?), who may almost certainly, possibly, may be in love with Cindy too.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: spoof, horror comedy, psychotronic, parody, gothic, slapstick, grindhouse, dark comedy, spooky, romantic comedy
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Vamps (2012)
Plot Summary:
The modern-day story focuses on two beautiful young vampires who are living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: witty, not serious, humorous, light, parody, gothic, horror comedy, cute, independent film, offbeat
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Mockingbird Lane (2012)
Plot Summary:
Grandpa Sam Dracula is essentially Dracula who assembled Herman because no man was good enough for his daughter Lily, a sexy vamp. Lily's niece Marilyn the freak is actually normal and Lily and Herman's only child, Eddie, has his werewolf tendencies surface in puberty, forcing the family to relocate to their famous 1313 Mockingbird Lane address.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: humorous, stylized, semi serious, gothic, captivating, offbeat, psychotronic, spoof, black comedy, dark comedy
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Class Reunion (1982)
Plot Summary:
Lizzie Borden High's class of '72 are going through the motions at their tenth-year reunion, until deranged alum Walter Baylor, driven insane by a sadistic senior-year prank, escapes from the mental institution and crashes the party. When guests start getting bumped off, the other alumni, including snooty yacht salesman Bob Spinnaker, class tease Bunny Packard, and class zero Gary Nash, spring into action to uncover the culprit.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: slasher, spoof, funny, parody, horror comedy, scary, humorous, erotic, sex comedy, dark comedy
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Fright Night Part 2 (1988)
Plot Summary:
After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actress and her entourage move into Peter Vincent's apartment block, the nightmare starts again - and this time it's personal!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, splatter, horror comedy, humorous, gothic, dark comedy, spooky, suspenseful, semi serious
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The Midnight Hour (1985)
Plot Summary:
Phil, Melissa, Mitch, Mary, and Vinnie are high school friends, who unwittingly raise the dead on Halloween night. Once the dead have returned, Pitchford Cove will never be the same again....or will it?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: scary, psychotronic, retro, slasher, dark comedy, black and white, horror comedy, spooky, offbeat, humorous
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Plot Summary:
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader-- her goal is to "marry Christian Slater and die" and nothing gets in her way when it's time to shop. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires. With the help of a romantic rebel, Buffy is soon spending school nights protecting L.A. from Lothos, the Vampire King, his sidekick. Lefty and their determined gang of bloodsuckers. It's everything you'd expect from a teen queen in the Valley.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: humorous, dark comedy, teen, cult classic, horror comedy, exciting, captivating, entertaining, black comedy, funny
Similar in 75%
976-EVIL (1988)
Plot Summary:
People who dial 976-EVIL receive supernatural powers and turn into satanic killers. When Spike dialed 976-EVIL, he knew it was an expensive toll call, but he didn't know that he'd have to pay for it with his soul.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, satanic, suspenseful, cult classic, splatter, homoerotic, horror comedy, cult horror
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Fright Night (2011)
Plot Summary:
A teenager suspects his new neighbour is a vampire. Unable to convince anyone, he tries to enlist the help of a self-proclaimed vampire hunter and magician in this remake of the 1985 comedy-horror classic.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 112000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA, India
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, entertaining, bloody, dark, suspense, stylized, intense, horror comedy, humorous
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The Lost Boys (1987)
Plot Summary:
A mother and her two teenage sons move to a seemingly nice and quiet small coastal California town yet soon find out that it's overrun by bike gangs and vampires. A couple of teenage friends take it upon themselves to hunt down the vampires that they suspect of a few mysterious murders and restore peace and calm to their town.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 158000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: black comedy, scary, cult classic, teen, gothic, entertaining, creepy, stylized, dark comedy, horror comedy
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Night of the Demons (1988)
Plot Summary:
While conducting a seance during a Halloween party, high-school seniors unlock the demon that remains locked in the crematorium.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, gothic, suspenseful, grindhouse, sexy, demonic, splatter, creepy, psychological, psychotronic
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Plot Summary:
When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Dr. van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the count.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: France, USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, spoof, humorous, absurd, slapstick, horror comedy, cult classic, hilarious, gothic
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Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Plot Summary:
When her great aunt dies famed horror hostess Elvira heads for the uptight new England town to Falwell to claim her inheritance of a haunted house a witches cookbook and a punk rock poodle. But once the stuffy locals get an eyeful of the scream queens ample assets all hell busts out & breaks loose.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: gothic, parody, black comedy, humorous, light, spoof, horror comedy, psychotronic, dark comedy, erotic
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Dark Shadows (2012)
Plot Summary:
Vampire Barnabas Collins is inadvertently freed from his tomb and emerges into the very changed world of 1972. He returns to Collinwood Manor to find that his once-grand estate and family have fallen into ruin.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 277000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia, UK
Duration: 113 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, humorous, gothic horror, parody, dark, black comedy, dark comedy, scary, funny
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Cursed (2005)
Plot Summary:
A werewolf loose in Los Angeles changes the lives of three young adults, who, after being mauled by the beast, learn they must kill their attacker if they hope to change their fate to avoid becoming werewolves too.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: scary, twist ending, slasher, teen, suspenseful, horror comedy, cult classic, teen horror, suspense, humorous
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Liar Liar (1997)
Plot Summary:
Fletcher Reede is a fast-talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday he has just one wish - that his dad will stop lying for 24 hours. When Max's wish comes true, Fletcher discovers that his mouth has suddenly become his biggest liability.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 328000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: funny, light, humorous, hilarious, slapstick comedy, slapstick, predictable, feel good, entertaining, inspirational
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The Final Girls (2015)
Plot Summary:
A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 51000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: slasher, parody, humorous, scary, horror comedy, bloody, funny, absurd, spoof, satirical
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Queen of the Damned (2002)
Plot Summary:
Lestat de Lioncourt is awakened from his slumber. Bored with his existence, he has now become this generation's new Rock God. While in the course of time, another has arisen, Akasha, the Queen of the Vampires and the Dammed. He wants immortal fame, his fellow vampires want him eternally dead for his betrayal, and the Queen wants him for her King. Who will be the first to reach him? Who shall win?.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 59000
Genere: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: gothic, sexy, atmospheric, suspenseful, light, suspense, stylized, dark, bleak, psychotronic
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What We Do in the Shadows (2014)
Plot Summary:
Vampire housemates try to cope with the complexities of modern life and show a newly turned hipster some of the perks of being undead.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 196000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, absurd, humorous, gothic, parody, offbeat, atmospheric, not serious, witty, dark comedy
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Fright Night (1985)
Plot Summary:
Nobody believes teenager Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) when he discovers that his suave new neighbor, Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon), is a vampire. So when the bloodsucker starts stalking Charley, he turns to has-been actor Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall), famed for portraying a ghoul hunter. Unfortunately for the would-be vampire slayers, Dandrige has set his sights on Charley's girlfriend (Amanda Bearse) in this clever spoof of the horror genre.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 77000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: scary, suspense, horror comedy, slasher, cult classic, semi serious, suspenseful, entertaining, splatter, grindhouse
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Vamp (1986)
Plot Summary:
Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar looking for strippers to entertain their college friends.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: scary, slasher, humorous, atmospheric, melancholic, harsh, stylized, cult classic, splatter, dark comedy
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Jennifer's Body (2009)
Plot Summary:
A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 148000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: sexy, dark comedy, scary, teen horror, slasher, black comedy, teen, horror comedy, cult classic, satirical
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Bordello of Blood (1996)
Plot Summary:
Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: scary, black comedy, humorous, surprise ending, horror comedy, gothic, erotic, dark, slasher, anthology