Movies like Barebackula (2016)
The best movies like Barebackula (2016) are Vampyres (1974), Lust for a Vampire (1971) and The Vampire Lovers (1970). If Barebackula hooked you with its horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDracula (1931)7.2/10 from 1,440 votes
- NewestThe Dreadful (2026)Released 2026
Vampyres (1974)
A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the English countryside.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLust for a Vampire (1971)
In 1830, the Karnstein heirs use the blood of an innocent to bring forth the evil that is the beautiful Mircalla - or as she was in 1710, Carmilla. The nearby Finishing School offers rich pickings not only in in the blood of nubile young ladies but also with the headmaster who is desperate to become Mircalla's disciple, and the equally besotted and even more foolish author Richard Lestrange.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Vampire Lovers (1970)
In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts. One grave he cannot locate is that of the legendary beautiful Mircalla Karnstein. Years of peace follow that grisly night until Mircalla reappears to avenge her family's decimation and satisfy her desire for blood.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Return to Salem's Lot (1987)
Anthropologist Joe Weber takes his son on a trip to the New England town of Salem's Lot, unaware of its vampire population. When the inhabitants reveal their secret, they seek Weber to write a bible for them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDark Prince: The True Story of Dracula (2000)
Meet the man behind the legend in this true story of Vlad the Impaler, whose vicious and cruel reputation as a bloodthirsty warlord became the basis for the myth of Dracula.
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 Boogeyman (2023)
Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNosferatu (2024)
A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Vampire Next Door (2024)
When twenty-year-old Cameron discovers he has a female vampire living next door, she enlists him to help her avenge the murder of a former lover. Cameron reluctantly agrees and goes along on the adventure, until he finds out the shocking truth.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Deliverance (2024)
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Dreadful (2026)
In medieval England, Anne and her domineering mother-in-law Morwen struggle to survive on the outskirts of society. But when a man from Anne's past returns from war, a curse begins to take shape through a mysterious knight and threatens to destroy them all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMartin (1978)
A young man, convinced he's a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvanian town, where he tries to suppress his bloodlust.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClown in a Cornfield (2025)
Quinn and her father have just moved to the quiet town of Kettle Springs hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she discovers a fractured community that has fallen on hard times after the treasured Baypen Corn Syrup Factory burned down. As the locals bicker amongst themselves and tensions boil over, a sinister, grinning figure emerges from the cornfields to cleanse the town of its burdens, one bloody victim at a time.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSalem's Lot (2024)
Author Ben Mears returns to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot only to discover his hometown is being preyed upon by a bloodthirsty vampire.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisDracula (1931)
A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet with the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves and drives the agent to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies 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: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Invitation (2022)
After the death of her mother, Evie is approached by an unknown cousin who invites her to a lavish wedding in the English countryside. Soon, she realizes a gothic conspiracy is afoot and must fight for survival as she uncovers twisted secrets in her family’s history.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)
Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the cause of these phenomena, for the undead are controlled by the most diabolical force of all.... Count Dracula. But he is not alone- to aid him comes a mystical brotherhood of seven martial arts warriors.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Wolfman (2010)
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisCheat (2023)
On the surface it's believed to be another urban legend - a supernatural being from the afterlife is violently killing anyone who cheats on their significant other in the small college town of Silvercreek, Pennsylvania. But the town's unusually high suicide rate is finally convincing both locals and college students that everything is not as it seems. When Maeve - a female college student - sleeps with Charlie, the married man of the host family she is staying with, both sense the deadly curse is closing in on them. Unable to get anyone to believe them, Maeve and Charlie seek out a local history student to help find answers and figure out a way to defend themselves. It all comes undone, however, as several people are horrifically killed by the savage being - one-by-one at a rapid pace. Eventually, Maeve, Charlie and the few survivors band together in an attempt to defeat the monster once and for all.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisPopsy (2006)
Briggs Sheridan is not that bad a guy, but he's going to have to fake it if he wants to survive the next four days. He owes Mr. Reggie fifty grand and it's time to pay up. Mr. Reggie has a solution, though . . . a job. All Sheridan has to do is complete one simple task and he will make it through the week with all of his body parts intact, as long as the job doesn't kill him first. Based on the story by Stephen King.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Revival of Darkness: Beyond the Grave (2009)
Aurelius is a beautiful youth who loves to hang out and have fun, like any other girl. The only probably is she feels she is always being watched. Vondrick is a stunning vampire from the 16th century, who has lost everyone he ever held so dear. Gustavus is Vondrick's blood brother in a sense, who is always trying to look out for Vondrick until he fell in love with a mortal. It goes like this, "Vampires are not allowed to fall in love with mortals... if they do it would mean ruin for the mortal and a broken heart for the vampire." On one dark night, Aurelius's feeling of "stalked" becomes reality and on top of that, due to her sudden sleep disorder her nightmares are getting worst. Aurelius is no longer her ol' self. Now Aurelius finds herself undergoing a strange and mysterious journey into a realm darker than any mortal has ever seen... but she is not alone, as Vondrick leads her on this romantic trip into the shadows. What will become of Vondrick's heart?
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Misfit Cabaret Presents Bite (2022)
Kat Robichaud and The Darling Misfits present Bite, a vampire themed Rock cabaret featuring many covers of well known songs, as well as several new original songs. Featuring costumes based on Bram Stoker's Dracula, Nosferatu, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and From Dusk til' Dawn.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Bloodstone (2009)
When a farmer's daughter is brutally killed by vampires, he enlists the help of expert hunter Derrick McGregor and his team to track and kill the blood-sucking brood.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Bloodstone II (2011)
Derrick McGregor returns to slay the ultimate master vampire Quintana with the help of long-time friends Joe Lassader and Dr. Xavier Burns.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)
Director F.W. Murnau makes a Faustian pact with a vampire to get him to star in his 1922 film "Nosferatu."
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bag Witch Project (1999)
"The Bag Witch Project" documents the misadventures of three hapless gamers as they try to find the legendary Bag Witch gaming tournament. "On August 3, 1998, three roleplayers disappeared in a hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin while looking for a gaming tournament...A year later, their footage was found."
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
30 Days of Night (2007)
This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy of destruction. Only the small town's husband-and-wife Sheriff team stand between the survivors and certain destruction.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHorus (2022)
Vampire Horus Jaxon has broken he peace treaty between his kind and the werewolves, igniting a war between rivals.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Carry On Screaming! (1966)
The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Barebackula?
The closest matches to Barebackula are Vampyres (1974), Lust for a Vampire (1971) and The Vampire Lovers (1970). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Barebackula?
Start with Vampyres (1974), the closest match to Barebackula.
What is the highest-rated movie like Barebackula?
Dracula (1931), rated 7.2/10 by 1,440 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Barebackula?
The Dreadful (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Barebackula?
Yes: Vampyres (1974), Lust for a Vampire (1971) and The Vampire Lovers (1970).
How are movies similar to Barebackula chosen?
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