Movies like The Midnight Hour (1985)
The best movies like The Midnight Hour (1985) are Fright Night (1985), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) and Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991). If The Midnight Hour hooked you with its comedy and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedScooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)7.4/10 from 345 votes
- NewestLisa Frankenstein (2024)Released 2024
Fright Night (1985)
Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTransylvania 6-5000 (1985)
Two reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other weirdos.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991)
Reclusive vampires lounge in a lonely American town. They wear sunscreen to protect themselves. A descendant of Van Helsing arrives with hilarious consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Had A Bloody Good Time At House Harker (2016)
It's been generations since the Harkers' great-great grandfather killed Count Dracula. Now the Harker brothers and their best friend Ned are a town joke - until a real vampire turns up.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire (2000)
The Hansen kids are in a jam. Adam and his best friend Duffy have gotten their hands on some tickets for the Headless Horseman concert, and his sister Chelsea has a date with her dreamy boyfriend Peter. The only problem is they're both grounded. Chelsea and Adam will do whatever it takes to get their mom Lynette out of the house, even if it includes a chance meeting with a very mysterious man. Everything seems to go according to plan until their little brother Taylor realizes that this stranger might be a vampire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlood & Donuts (1995)
In 1994, in Toronto, the vampire Boya awakens from his twenty-five years of sleep in a basement hit by a golf ball. He takes a cab to the local cemetery, retrieves his belongings from a grave and lodges in a low budget hotel nearby an all-night donut shop. Boya does not drink human blood anymore but rats and pigeons blood instead. While in the donut shop, Boya befriends and protects the taxi driver Earl, who is having trouble with two criminals, and falls in love for the waitress Molly. Meanwhile, his former passion of 1969, Rita, who misses her lost youth, is trying to locate him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Little Vampire (2000)
Based on the popular books, the story tells of Tony who wants a friend to add some adventure to his life. What he gets is Rudolph, a vampire kid with a good appetite. The two end up inseparable, but their fun is cut short when all the hopes of the vampire race could be gone forever in single night. With Tony's access to the daytime world, he helps them to find what they've always wanted.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLost Boys: The Tribe (2008)
Surfing vampires hit the waves, rule the night and seek fresh blood, and the new girl in town may be exactly what they're craving.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisVampire Vixens from Venus (1995)
Hideous in their original form, four alien drug smugglers transform into beautiful women on Earth. The drug is derived from draining the “life essence” from men. Hot on their trail are both the local police and intergalactic DEA. Packed with eye-popping state-of-the-art special effects and stereo sound, VAMPIRE VIXENS FROM VENUS is a sexy, funny, sci-fi thriller.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
Shortly after high school student Jeremy Capello goes on a hot date, he finds he can't stand garlic or see his reflection in mirrors.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnce Bitten (1985)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisVampire in Brooklyn (1995)
Detective Rita Veder is assigned to a baffling serial murder case. After examining the crime scene — a corpse-filled ship found adrift at sea — she meets Maximilian, a smooth-talking Caribbean playboy determined to romance her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisVamp (1986)
Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLove at First Bite (1979)
Dracula and Renfield relocate to '70s 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 may be in love with Cindy too.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRockula (1990)
Ralph is a sexually frustrated vampire who suffers from a peculiar curse. He's condemned for eternity to watch his one true love, Mona, be murdered by a pirate wielding a ham bone. But now? Now it's 1990, and Ralph is determined to break Mona's cycle of reincarnation. His first order of business is winning her affections, which he does by starting Rockula: a rock band that's sure to stake a claim on her heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)
Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Lost Boys (1987)
When an unsuspecting town newcomer is drawn to local blood fiends, the Frog brothers and other unlikely heroes gear up to rescue him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
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 Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFright Night Part 2 (1988)
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!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, as Johnny tries to stop an armed robbery and save Missy from danger, he's killed, but resurrected as a zombie not long after. Now, with the help of his mentor, self-proclaimed Zombie Expert Maggie, Johnny must control his flesh-eating urges while trying to win the heart of Missy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisNight 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 & comedy
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988)
Scooby, Shaggy and Scrappy are on their way to Miss Grimwood's Finishing School for Girls, where they've been hired as gym teachers. Once there, however, they find that not only is it actually an all-girl school of famous monsters' daughters but there's a villainess out to enslave the girls.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWho's Afraid of Dracula? (1985)
Fracchia is desperate: he has to sell a house with at least five bathrooms within three days or his boss will fire him. Incredibly, he and his pal Filini manage to find the perfect house, a castle in Transylvania owned by some count Vlad... things get even worse when they meet the Count and his sister, who has a crush on Fracchia and decides to marry him!
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStudent Bodies (1981)
This zany send-up of teen slasher flicks features a maniacal psycho known as the Breather, who stalks –and murders– promiscuous students at a suburban high school. The fanatical killer's unusual weapons include paper clips, blackboard erasers and eggplants.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHalloween with the New Addams Family (1977)
The original TV Addams Family members prepare for Halloween.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonster in the Closet (1986)
After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery but not without involving the U.S. Army and mass panic.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisScream Queen Hot Tub Party (1991)
Five of Hollywood's leading scream queens get together in a creepy mansion and decide to get in the hot tub (as true scream queens would). They talk in the tub and exchange secrets on the do's and don'ts of being a scream queen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse! After a set of playfully horrific circumstances bring him back to life, the two embark on a murderous journey to find love, happiness…and a few missing body parts along the way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh Spirits (1988)
When a hotelier attempts to fill the chronic vacancies at his castle by launching an advertising campaign that falsely portrays the property as haunted, two actual ghosts show up and end up falling for two guests.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFreaks of Nature (2015)
In the town of Dillford, humans, vampires and zombies were all living in peace - until the alien apocalypse arrived. Now three teenagers-one human, one vampire, and one zombie-have to team up to figure out how to get rid of the visitors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Midnight Hour?
The closest matches to The Midnight Hour are Fright Night (1985), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) and Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Midnight Hour?
People who watched The Midnight Hour most often go on to Fright Night (1985), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) and Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Midnight Hour?
Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (1988), rated 7.4/10 by 345 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Midnight Hour?
Lisa Frankenstein (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Midnight Hour?
Yes: Fright Night (1985), Transylvania 6-5000 (1985) and Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat (1991).
How are movies similar to The Midnight Hour chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Midnight Hour, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.