Movies like Def by Temptation (1990)
The best movies like Def by Temptation (1990) are Nadja (1995), Ganja & Hess (1973) and Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993). If Def by Temptation hooked you with its horror and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedSuccubus (2024)8.3/10 from 279 votes
- NewestSuccubus (2024)Released 2024
Nadja (1995)
In a contemporary New York City, members of a dysfunctional family of vampires are trying to come to terms with each other, in the wake of their father's death. Meanwhile, they are being hunted by Dr. Van Helsing and his hapless nephew. As in all good vampire movies, forces of love are pitted against forces of destruction.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisGanja & Hess (1973)
After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBloodstone: Subspecies II (1993)
Continuing after the first "Subspecies", a woman who has just become a vampire tries to escape the evil vampire, Radu, who seeks her as his love interest. But she has taken the vampire family's bloodstone, and now Radu must find her to get it back. While her sister comes to Romania to save her soul. It might be too late....
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Addiction (1995)
A vampiric doctoral student tries to follow the philosophy of a nocturnal comrade and control her thirst for blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEmbrace the Darkness II (2002)
A sultry vampire acts as mentor to a reluctant recruit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & romance
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in line to lead. He is outraged when Lisa, his mother's adopted apprentice is chosen as the leader. Willis seeks revenge by reviving the African prince Blacula — but soon finds that he cannot control him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisGraveyard Shift (1987)
Night brings out the hunger in people, especially a mysterious NY cab driver. He is a powerful vampire. And working the night shift brings a sultry array of sensuous passengers within his grasp. Embracing those ready to die, he controls an erratic but well-balanced vampire realm. Then unexpectedly, he discovers erotic human passion-unleashing a raging, terrorizing evil. When a slew of innocent citizens are senselessly slaughtered, the baffled police must solve a 350 year old mystery of unsated passion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Subspecies (1991)
Three students get caught in the struggle between a good vampire and his evil brother in the Transylvanian mountains.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Velvet Vampire (1971)
A married couple accept the invitation of mysterious vixen Diane LeFanu to visit her in her secluded desert estate. Tensions arise when the couple, unaware at first that Diane is a centuries-old vampire, realize that they are both objects of the pale temptress' seductions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
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 horror
Worth the HypeMovies 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 horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Hunger (1983)
Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInnocent Blood (1992)
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlacula (1972)
An 18th century African prince is turned into a vampire while visiting Transylvania. Two centuries later, he rises from his coffin attacking various residents of Los Angeles and meets Tina, a woman who he believes is the reincarnation of his deceased wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMy 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
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 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 horror
SnoozefestMovies 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 & romance
Near Dark (1987)
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGrave of the Vampire (1972)
Vampire Caleb Croft has awakened from his unholy slumber -- with an insatiable lust for blood and the pleasures of the flesh.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisEmbrace of the Vampire (1995)
An 18-year-old college freshman is seduced by a handsome vampire lover who introduces her to a dark world of carnal desires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlood for Dracula (1974)
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThirst (1979)
The descendant of Elizabeth Bathory is abducted by a cult of self-proclaimed supermen who achieve this state of superiority by drinking from the "blood cows" kept at the "dairy farm", and they try to get her to join them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBordello of Blood (1996)
A seedy private eye gets more than he ever bargained for when a missing persons case leads him to a brothel overseen by the mother of vampires and her lusty army of the undead.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTenement (1985)
A drug-dealing band of violent street thugs terrorize the tenants of a South Bronx apartment building.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & horror
Special Effects (1984)
Reality and illusion collide as megalomaniacal filmmaker Chris Neville murders a young would-be actress, then sets about making a feature about the deed, casting the deceased's clueless husband as the patsy, and finding a dead ringer to play the late actress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisShock 'Em Dead (1991)
Martin is a total loser, who nobody cares for. When he fails to get a position as guitar player in Lindsay's band and loses his job on the way, he makes a deal with a Voodoo priestess. She promises him the fulfillment of all his dreams if he swears obedience to her. He becomes a rock star and has many women - but to stay alive, he has to kill other people.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & thriller
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2015)
Dr. Hess Green becomes cursed by a mysterious ancient African artifact and is overwhelmed with a newfound thirst for blood. Soon after his transformation he enters into a dangerous romance with Ganja Hightower that questions the very nature of love, addiction, sex, and status.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisDark Harvest (2023)
In a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSuccubus (2024)
A new father going through a marital separation joins a dating app and matches with a beautiful but mysterious young woman... whose powers of seduction and manipulation entangle him in a mystery more horrifying than he could have ever imagined.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Def by Temptation?
The closest matches to Def by Temptation are Nadja (1995), Ganja & Hess (1973) and Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Def by Temptation?
People who watched Def by Temptation most often go on to Nadja (1995), Ganja & Hess (1973) and Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993).
What is the highest-rated movie like Def by Temptation?
Succubus (2024), rated 8.3/10 by 279 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Def by Temptation?
Succubus (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Def by Temptation?
Yes: Nadja (1995), Ganja & Hess (1973) and Bloodstone: Subspecies II (1993).
How are movies similar to Def by Temptation chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Def by Temptation, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.