Films like Brief History of Horror (1985)

Brief History of Horror (1985) is horror. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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Resident Evil (2026)

Also horror. 7.3/10

Medical courier Bryan unwittingly finds himself fighting for survival as one fateful, horrifying night collapses around him in chaos.
Colony (2026)

Also horror. 8.1/10

Professor Se-jeong is thrust into a bloody nightmare when a rapidly mutating virus is released during a biotech conference causing authorities to seal the facility. Trapped inside…
Obsession (2026)

Also horror. 8.2/10

After breaking the mysterious "One Wish Willow" to win his crush's heart, a hopeless romantic finds himself getting exactly what he asked for but soon discovers that some desires…
Pinocchio: Unstrung (2026)

Also horror. 6.6/10

Influenced by a sinister Cricket and created by Geppetto, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)

Also horror. 6.4/10

After years of slapdash sequels, the Camp Miasma franchise is handed over to an enthusiastic young director for resurrection. But when she visits the original’s star, a…
Dark Nuns (2025)

Also horror. 6.2/10

Desperation drives two nuns to perform an exorcism no nun should attempt. With a possessed child at the mercy of evil and the opposition of the Catholic Church, they take on the…
Ice Cream Man (2026)

Also horror. 4.6/10

An idyllic summer town descends into madness when an ice cream man serves kids sweet delights with horrifying results.
Backrooms (2026)

Also horror. 7.0/10

A strange doorway appears in the basement of a furniture showroom.
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021)

Also horror. 5.9/10

Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella Corporation, Raccoon City is now a dying Midwestern town. The company’s exodus left the city a wasteland…with great evil…
Ghost in the Cell (2026)

Also horror. 7.2/10

In a notorious prison, an invisible force begins killing inmates brutally, compelling enemy gangs and corrupt guards to work together as they try to survive the mounting bloodshed.
Deep Water (2026)

Also horror. 7.4/10

A group of international passengers on a flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai is forced to make an emergency landing in shark-infested waters. The terrified group is forced to work…
Evil Dead Burn (2026)

Also horror. 7.7/10

After her husband's abrupt death, Alice seeks solace with his remaining family — descendants of a leading researcher on demonic possession. As her in-laws transform one by one…
Dr. Jekyll Likes Them Hot (1979)

Also horror. 5.0/10

A lusty young woman decides to use her sexual powers to "tame" the evil and murderous Dr. Jekyll.
Kraken (2026)

Also horror. 6.3/10

A marine biologist is doing research on a fish farm when she encounters several strange occurrences. Along with the brutal deaths of two teenagers, all signs point to the deep…
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026)

Also horror. 6.5/10

Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to…
Under Your Feet (2026)

Also horror. 5.0/10

Isabel moves with her two children into a very prestigious building that has a very peculiar admission method but at a very affordable rental fee. Once approved and settled, three…
Lee Cronin's The Mummy (2026)

Also horror. 7.9/10

The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace—eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a…
Coraline (2009)

Also horror. 7.9/10

Wandering her rambling old house in her boring new town, 11-year-old Coraline discovers a hidden door to a strangely idealized version of her life. In order to stay in the…
Weapons (2025)

Also horror. 7.3/10

When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their…
The Conjuring (2013)

Also horror. 7.5/10

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find…
The Substance (2024)

Also horror. 7.1/10

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
28 Years Later (2025)

Also horror. 6.6/10

Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into…
Sinners (2025)

Also horror. 7.5/10

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
Halloween (1978)

Also horror. 7.6/10

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.