Movies like The Tomb of Ligeia (1964)
The best movies like The Tomb of Ligeia (1964) are When the Cat Comes (1963), The Comedy of Terrors (1964) and The Shadow of the Cat (1961). If The Tomb of Ligeia hooked you with its horror and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedBlack Sunday (1960)7.4/10 from 621 votes
- NewestThe Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)Released 2007
When the Cat Comes (1963)
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Comedy of Terrors (1964)
An undertaker who hasn't had any 'customers' in a long time is forced to pay one year's back-rent. To get money he starts to kill people, which brings absurd results.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shadow of the Cat (1961)
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHouse of Usher (1960)
Convinced that his family is tainted by generations of evil, Roderick Usher is hellbent on stopping his sister Madeline’s wedding to prevent the cursed Usher bloodline from expanding. When her fiancé Philip Winthrop arrives at the crumbling estate to claim his bride, Roderick goes to ruthless—even deadly—lengths to keep them apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Premature Burial (1962)
An artist grows distant from his new wife as an irrational fear of premature burial consumes him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Masque of the Red Death (1964)
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTales of Terror (1962)
Three stories adapted from the work of Edgar Allen Poe: 1) A man and his daughter are reunited, but the blame for the death of his wife hangs over them, unresolved. 2) A derelict challenges the local wine-tasting champion to a competition, but finds the man's attention to his wife worthy of more dramatic action. 3) A man dying and in great pain agrees to be hypnotized at the moment of death, with unexpected consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pit and the Pendulum (1961)
In the sixteenth century, Francis Barnard travels to Spain to clarify the strange circumstances of his sister's death after she had married the son of a cruel Spanish Inquisitor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Whip and the Body (1963)
Disowned in the past by his father, Kurt Menliff, a cruel and sadistic nobleman, returns to the family castle to reclaim his inheritance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Raven (1963)
A magician who has been turned into a raven turns to a former sorcerer for help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Haunted Palace (1963)
A man and his wife claim the mansion of his warlock ancestor burned alive in 1765.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
In late 19th century London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Witch (1966)
A historian goes to a castle library to translate some ancient erotic literature. While there he discovers what he believes to be supernatural forces at work.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965)
Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful werewolf; a doctor suspects his new wife is a vampire; an intelligent vine takes over a house; a jazz musician plagiarises music from a voodoo ceremony; and a pompous art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Long Hair of Death (1964)
In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution lies in the lord's sexual desire for her mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Curse of the Living Corpse (1964)
The wealthy patriarch of the Sinclair family lives in mortal fear of being buried alive due to a rare condition that causes him to sometimes appear lifeless. After his death, relatives learn that his will stipulates a strict series of orders that must be followed in order to receive their inheritance. The family refuses to comply and the patriarch returns from the grave to exact revenge by killing each of them in the way they fear most.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Twice-Told Tales (1963)
3 horror stories based on the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. In the 1st story titled "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Heidegger attempts to restore the youth of three elderly friends. In "Rappaccini's Daughter", a demented father is inoculating his daughter with poison so she may never leave her garden of poisonous plants. In the final story "The House of the Seven Gables", The Pyncheon family suffers from a hundred year old curse and while in the midst of arguing over inheritance, a stranger arrives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlack Sunday (1960)
A vengeful witch, Asa Vajda, and her fiendish servant, Igor Jauvitch, return from the grave and begin a bloody campaign to possess the body of the witch's beautiful look-alike descendant: Katia. Only a handsome doctor with the help of family members stand in her way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTerror-Creatures from the Grave (1965)
An attorney arrives at a castle to settle the estate of its recently deceased owner. The owner's wife and daughter reveal that he was someone who was able to summon the souls of ancient plague victims and, in fact, his spirit was roaming the castle at that very moment. Soon occupants of the castle begin to die off in gruesome, violent ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Oblong Box (1969)
Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Gorgon (1964)
In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her deadly stare. Much of the time the creature took the form of a beautiful and seductive woman, but during periods of the full moon she becomes a living horror, vicious and deadly. A professor has come to investigate the deaths, bringing with him his beautiful assistant whose knowledge of the Gorgon is more intimate than anyone would ever realise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpirits of the Dead (1968)
Anthology film from three European directors based on stories by Edgar Allan Poe: a cruel countess haunted by a ghostly horse, a sadistic young man haunted by his double, and an alcoholic actor haunted by the Devil.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Terror (1963)
Lt. Andre Duvalier awakens on a beach to the sight of a strange woman who leads him to the gothic, towering castle that serves as home to an eerie baron.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCurse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
When his brother disappears, a man visits the remote country house where he was last seen. While the host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, there's a feeling of menace in the air with the overhanging legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDr. Phibes Rises Again (1972)
The eminent Dr. Phibes awakens from a decade of suspended animation and heads to Egypt with the corpse of his dead wife, which he intends to resurrect by murdering people in strange and heinous ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Curse of the Werewolf (1961)
A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBurnt Offerings (1976)
A family moves into a large old mansion in the countryside which seems to have a mysterious and sinister power over its new residents.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSilver Bullet (1985)
The small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night, but there's one boy who's still outside…
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
Cassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking for new tricks, she finds a little book called "The Evil Thing"
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Tomb of Ligeia?
The closest matches to The Tomb of Ligeia are When the Cat Comes (1963), The Comedy of Terrors (1964) and The Shadow of the Cat (1961). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Tomb of Ligeia?
People who watched The Tomb of Ligeia most often go on to When the Cat Comes (1963), The Comedy of Terrors (1964) and The Shadow of the Cat (1961).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Tomb of Ligeia?
Black Sunday (1960), rated 7.4/10 by 621 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Tomb of Ligeia?
The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Tomb of Ligeia?
Yes: The Comedy of Terrors (1964), The Shadow of the Cat (1961) and House of Usher (1960).
How are movies similar to The Tomb of Ligeia chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Tomb of Ligeia, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.