Movies like Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994)
The best movies like Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead (1994) are Night Life (1989), The Video Dead (1987) and Phantasm II (1988). If Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead hooked you with its horror and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDawn of the Dead (1978)7.5/10 from 2,425 votes
- NewestPhantasm: Ravager (2016)Released 2016
- Same seriesPhantasm II (1988)Phantasm
Night Life (1989)
Archie works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile accident, and the bodies are taken to his uncle's mortuary. Archie is pulling a late night at the mortuary when he sees a storm brewing. Lightening strikes! They're alive! The preppie bullies continue to torment him...as zombies!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Video Dead (1987)
On a quiet, tree-lined street, an old television set receives a single channel that repeats the same horror film over and over, freeing zombies from the grave to kill.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisPhantasm II (1988)
Mike, after his release from a psychiatric hospital, teams up with his old pal Reggie to hunt down the Tall Man, who is at it again. A mysterious, beautiful girl has also become part of Mike's dreams, and they must find her before the Tall Man does.
Why it matches: Same series: Phantasm · both action & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisReturn of the Living Dead III (1993)
Having recently witnessed the horrific results of a top secret project to bring the dead back to life, a distraught teenager performs the operation on his girlfriend after she's killed in a motorcycle accident.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCemetery of Terror (1985)
On Halloween night, a group of bored teens decide to steal a corpse from the local morgue and take it to a nearby cemetery where they perform a Satanic ritual, unwittingly reviving a bloodthirsty serial killer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDay of the Dead (1985)
As the world is overrun by zombies, scientists and military personnel in an underground Florida bunker must decide on how they should deal with the undead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Evil Dead (1983)
In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPuppet Master II (1990)
A new team of paranormal researchers has come to the hotel to investigate its murder-soaked past; the puppets -- led by a new member, Torch -- shed some light on the matter, as they tunnel, burn, strangle and hook to survive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPhantasm (1979)
A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.
Why it matches: Same series: Phantasm · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWithin the Woods (1979)
While spending a weekend at a remote cabin, Bruce desecrates an Indian burial ground and becomes re-animated, making way to kill his friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRe-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: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
Worth the HypeMovies 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 horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPhantasm IV: Oblivion (1998)
Taking off immediately where the last one ended, Mike travels across dimensions and time, fleeing from the Tall Man while trying to find the origins of his enemy and what really happened the night that his brother died. Meanwhile, Reggie battles spheres and the undead in a quest to find Mike before the Tall Man can complete his transformation.
Why it matches: Same series: Phantasm · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisPet Sematary II (1992)
The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies 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 & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLifeforce (1985)
A race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, commencing an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
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 thisLady Terminator (1988)
The spirit of an ancient evil queen possesses the body of a young anthropological student, who then goes on a murderous rampage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Hidden (1987)
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDawn of the Dead (1978)
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBrainscan (1994)
A lonely teenage horror fan and video gamer plays a new immersive and hypnotic computer game where he becomes a psychopathic killer, but when he emerges, he finds that the murder has actually happened.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPhantasm: Ravager (2016)
Brothers Mike and Jody join family friend Reggie to battle the Tall Man and his evil minions from another dimension, for the final time.
Why it matches: Same series: Phantasm · both horror & action
SnoozefestMovies like thisScanner Cop (1994)
Rookie cop Sam Staziak has a unique gift: he is a Scanner, which gives him the power to read the thoughts of others, and also to inflict great bodily harm. When a mad scientist begins using mind control to murder police officers, Sam realizes that only he and his unique gift can put an end to the mayhem.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Resurrected (1991)
Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lawnmower Man (1992)
A simple man is turned into a genius through the application of computer science.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDemons (1985)
A group of people are trapped in a West Berlin movie theater infested with ravenous demons who proceed to kill and possess the humans one-by-one, thereby multiplying their numbers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHellraiser (1987)
A hedonistic man finds a mysterious puzzle box that summons a group of gruesome beings known as the Cenobites. These otherworldly entities open the doors to a dominion where pain and pleasure are indivisible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScanner Cop II (1995)
When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop Volkin, who is determined to become the most powerful - and ruthless - of his kind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCast a Deadly Spell (1991)
In a fantastical 1940s where magic is used by everyone, a hard-boiled detective investigates the theft of a mystical tome.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScanners II: The New Order (1991)
A breed of humans with dangerously powerful telepathic abilities -- the scanners -- are being recruited by a corrupt police commander, John Forrester, in his crusade to take over the city.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead?
The closest matches to Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead are Night Life (1989), The Video Dead (1987) and Phantasm II (1988). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead?
People who watched Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead most often go on to Night Life (1989), The Video Dead (1987) and Return of the Living Dead III (1993).
What is the highest-rated movie like Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead?
Dawn of the Dead (1978), rated 7.5/10 by 2,425 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead?
Phantasm: Ravager (2016) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to Phantasm, which includes Phantasm II (1988), Phantasm (1979), Phantasm IV: Oblivion (1998) and Phantasm: Ravager (2016).
Are there English movies like Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead?
Yes: Night Life (1989), The Video Dead (1987) and Phantasm II (1988).
How are movies similar to Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.