Movies like Beyond Re-Animator (2003)
The best movies like Beyond Re-Animator (2003) are Re-Animator (1985), Bride of Re-Animator (1990) and From Beyond (1986). If Beyond Re-Animator hooked you with its horror and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBraindead (1992)7.4/10 from 1,959 votes
- NewestGalaxy of Horrors (2024)Released 2024
- Same seriesRe-Animator (1985)Re-Animator
Re-Animator (1985)
Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.
Why it matches: Same series: Re-Animator · both science fiction & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBride of Re-Animator (1990)
Unperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life – starting with the heart of his young protégé Dan's dearly deceased Meg Halsey.
Why it matches: Same series: Re-Animator · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrom Beyond (1986)
The Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she unwittingly opens the door to a hostile parallel universe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Void (2016)
In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and personnel are transforming into something inhuman. As the horror intensifies, Carter leads the other survivors on a hellish voyage into the subterranean depths of the hospital in a desperate bid to end the nightmare before it's too late.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSlither (2006)
A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNight of the Creeps (1986)
In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBraindead (1992)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDead Snow (2009)
Eight medical students on a ski trip to Norway discover that Hitler's horrors live on when they come face to face with a battalion of zombie Nazi soldiers intent on devouring anyone unfortunate enough to wander into the remote mountains where they were once sent to die.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead & Breakfast (2004)
Six friends on a road trip stop for the night at a bed and breakfast in the sleepy town of Lovelock. After a night that leaves both the inn's owner and chef dead, the gang finds themselves under suspicion by the local sheriff. But that's only the beginning as nearly all of the town's quirky residents become possessed by an evil spirit and pin down the friends inside the B&B.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlack Friday (2021)
A group of toy store employees must protect each other from a horde of parasite infected shoppers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like this13 Eerie (2013)
Forensics students arriving on an isolated island "body farm" get to try out their CSI skills on a bunch of corpses under the watchful eye of their grumpy professor. The island used to house a state penitentiary, where the authorities were experimenting on death row inmates, and now the bodies won't stay still.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisClass of Nuke 'Em High 2: Subhumanoid Meltdown (1991)
At the Tromaville Institute of Technology's nuclear plant, Prof. Holt has perfected "subhumanoids": living beings without emotions who perform menial tasks. When school reporter Roger Smith meets a beautiful subhumanoid named Victoria, they fall in love and he becomes determined to save her and the school from a giant mutant squirrel, Tromie.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisValley of the Dead (2020)
During the Spanish Civil War, sworn enemies must work together when they encounter flesh-eating zombies created in a Nazi experiment.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lazarus Effect (2015)
Medical researcher Frank, his fiancee Zoe and their team have achieved the impossible: they have found a way to revive the dead. After a successful, but unsanctioned, experiment on a lifeless animal, they are ready to make their work public. However, when their dean learns what they've done, he shuts them down. Zoe is killed during an attempt to recreate the experiment, leading Frank to test the process on her. Zoe is revived -- but something evil is within her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Sandman (2017)
A monster from a little girl's nightmares comes to life and attacks anyone who would harm her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisRejuvenatrix (1988)
A rich actress who has gotten too old for leading roles employs a scientist who is working on a formula for eternal youth. The formula involves withdrawing certain fluids from the human brain. She takes the serum, but its unforeseen side effects turn her into a murderous monster.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
Five friends set out for a weekend at a remote cabin in the woods, expecting nothing more than fun and relaxation. As night falls, they discover that something far more unsettling is at work and that nothing about their getaway is what it seems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGalaxy of Horrors (2024)
Trapped in a damaged cryogenic pod, a man is forced to watch a series of horrific science-fiction tales while his life support systems run out. Featuring eight intense stories of the unknown and other-worldly, equally wonderful and terrifying. Visit the GALAXY OF HORRORS, if you dare! Curated from Rue Morgue & Unstable Ground's Little Terrors Festival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
John Dies at the End (2013)
A new drug promises out-of-body experiences, but users are coming back changed forever, and an otherworldly invasion of Earth is underway.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCastle Freak (1996)
John Reilly discovers that his family's newly inherited castle in Italy is haunted by a relentless, bloodthirsty creature.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBrain Damage (1988)
Brian comes under the addictive spell of a parasite with the ability to induce euphoric hallucinations in its hosts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Faculty (1998)
When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSplinter (2008)
When their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV to a nearby gas station. Along the way, they encounter an increasingly terrifying horde of parasites, and if any of them intend to survive, they'll have to outsmart the deadly organisms.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDeath Valley (2021)
Mercenaries with nothing to lose are hired to rescue a bioengineer imprisoned in a cold war bunker. Upon entering the ominous facility, they find themselves in a fight for their lives when they come under attack from an unknown and deadly creature.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDoghouse (2009)
A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCritters (1986)
Carnivorous aliens arrive unannounced at a Kansas family farm; two intergalactic bounty hunters soon follow, determined to blow them off the planet.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFried Barry (2020)
Barry is a drug-addled, abusive bastard who - after yet another bender - is abducted by aliens. Barry takes a backseat as an alien visitor assumes control of his body and takes it for a joyride through Cape Town. What follows is an onslaught of drugs, sex, and violence as our alien tourist enters the weird and wonderful world of humankind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisWolfCop (2014)
It's not unusual for alcoholic cop Lou to black out and wake up in unfamiliar surroundings, but lately things have taken a turn for the strange...and hairy. WolfCop is the story of one cop's quest to become a better man. One transformation at a time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisPremutos: The Fallen Angel (1997)
Premutos is the first of the fallen Angels, even before Lucifer. His Goal is to rule the world, the living and the dead. His son should pave the way for him and appears arbitrary throughout human history and is then recognized as some kind of monster. In the present time, a young man living in Germany begins to suffer from visionary flashbacks - of the lives he lived in the past as Premutos' son! He remembers how he appeared in the middle age, when mankind suffered from pestilence and during WWII in Russia. On his (earthly) father's birthday, a case containing some strange old book and a yellow potion is found in their garden, which was hidden by some peasant in 1943, who experimented with witchery in order to re-animate his deceased wife. Whe the young man gets in touch with the book and some of the yellow potion, he mutates into a monster and awakens an army of zombies, ready to bring back the fallen Angel Premutos and to disturb the little birthday party
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Beyond Re-Animator?
The closest matches to Beyond Re-Animator are Re-Animator (1985), Bride of Re-Animator (1990) and From Beyond (1986). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Beyond Re-Animator?
People who watched Beyond Re-Animator most often go on to From Beyond (1986), The Void (2016) and Slither (2006).
What is the highest-rated movie like Beyond Re-Animator?
Braindead (1992), rated 7.4/10 by 1,959 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Beyond Re-Animator?
Galaxy of Horrors (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Beyond Re-Animator part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Re-Animator, which includes Re-Animator (1985) and Bride of Re-Animator (1990).
Are there English movies like Beyond Re-Animator?
Yes: Re-Animator (1985), Bride of Re-Animator (1990) and From Beyond (1986).
How are movies similar to Beyond Re-Animator chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Beyond Re-Animator, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.