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What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

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What We Do in the Shadows
Movie
7.6/10on IMDb
Released
The Wellington housemates have a chore wheel, a messy kitchen, and centuries of grievance. Watch Viago try to get ready for an evening out and deal with a housemate who won’t do the dishes. The mockumentary makes ordinary flatmate nonsense funnier by letting the vampires explain themselves. There’s some blood, but the awkwardness drives the jokes.
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Warm Bodies (2013)

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Warm Bodies
Movie
6.8/10on IMDb
Released
The zombie R has an inner monologue full of thoughts he can barely say aloud. His collection of odds and ends makes the abandoned airplane he lives in feel personal. Pick this for a sweet romance that still makes room for a few grisly meals and a chase or two.
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Fido (2006)

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Fido
Movie
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
Timmy makes a friend of the household zombie, whose collar is supposed to keep the neighbors safe. Put the pair inside a tidy vision of 1950s suburbia and the little rules about who gets to sit at the table turn into sharp jokes. Expect gore beneath the candy-colored surface.
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Young Frankenstein (1974)

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Young Frankenstein
Movie
8.0/10on IMDb
Released
Peter Boyle’s Creature gets a moment of genuine showmanship when he and the doctor perform a song-and-dance number. He also gets to be lonely, scared, and angry. The black-and-white spoof delivers affection for the old monster movies with very little blood.
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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2023)

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Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
Movie
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
Sasha is a young vampire whose response to someone in pain is empathy. Her family worries about how she’ll feed herself, but the prospect of a friendship changes every practical conversation. The humor is dry and the blood relatively sparse. Its frank treatment of suicidal thoughts sets it apart from the lighter romances.
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Lisa Frankenstein (2024)

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Lisa Frankenstein
Movie
6.1/10on IMDb
Released
Lisa’s undead companion starts as a silent presence from a grave she visits. Seeing him handle high school-era fashion and a tanning bed gives their romance an off-center charm, even as the pair acquire new body parts. The effects are bloody in a deliberately cartoonish way.
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Life After Beth (2014)

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Life After Beth
Movie
5.7/10on IMDb
Released
Beth comes home after her funeral, and her boyfriend initially sees a second chance to fix their relationship. Watch the people around her trying to keep up polite family habits as her behavior changes. Choose it for a bitter breakup comedy that starts awkward and ends messy.
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WolfCop (2014)

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WolfCop
Movie
5.6/10on IMDb
Released
Lou Garou’s first problem is showing up to work as a small-town cop. Becoming a werewolf turns out to give him a reason to take the job more seriously. The badge and the creature makeup play well together, and the transformation effects are far messier than the jokes lead you to expect.
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Blood Relatives (2022)

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Blood Relatives
Movie
5.5/10on IMDb
Released
Francis has had a long time to get used to life on the road. Then a teenage girl tells him she’s his daughter, and the vampire has to learn to be somebody’s father. The road-trip arguments and bonding get as much room as the feeding, which can still be bloody.
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Your Monster (2024)

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Your Monster
Movie
6.4/10on IMDb
Released
Laura returns home after a breakup and finds her closet monster willing to listen. He’s pushy as well as charming, and their banter gives her a witness when she’s tired of being polite about what has happened. The romance is sweet in spots, with an ugly edge underneath it.
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Beetlejuice (1988)

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Beetlejuice
Movie
7.4/10on IMDb
Released
Adam and Barbara haunt the house they lived in before they died. As the new family remodels it, the couple finds that scaring people takes practice. The noisy title character gets the big entrances, but it’s the dead homeowners and their miniature town that make this an affectionate ghost comedy.
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Death Becomes Her (1992)

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Death Becomes Her
Movie
6.7/10on IMDb
Released
Madeline and Helen will do nearly anything to stay young, and the movie finds its sharpest jokes when their bodies refuse to cooperate. The makeup effects turn every new injury into another indignity. Their rivalry is vicious, but it’s easy to understand why either woman would hate to lose it.
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Ginger Snaps (2000)

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Ginger Snaps
Movie
6.8/10on IMDb
Released
Ginger’s changes after a werewolf attack horrify her sister Brigitte. The dark joke is that the adults are ready to file everything odd under puberty. This is a vicious sister story with real blood and fear, so save it for a night when you want the monster’s feelings and the monster’s bite.
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The Frighteners (1996)

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The Frighteners
Movie
7.1/10on IMDb
Released
A small-town ghostbuster’s closest colleagues are three of the spirits he’s supposed to drive away. Cyrus, Stuart, and the Judge make his business seem like a partnership until the ghosts run into something they’re afraid of too. The early bickering is playful; Peter Jackson lets the scares turn nastier as it goes.
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The Monster Squad (1987)

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The Monster Squad
Movie
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Frankenstein’s monster starts out in Dracula’s company, but his friendship with Phoebe gives him a much better place to be. Their quiet scenes are the reason to root for him while the other monsters keep the kids busy. There are old-school scares and creature effects under the jokes.
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Freaks of Nature (2015)

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Freaks of Nature
Movie
5.9/10on IMDb
Released
Vampires, zombies, and humans all go to school in Dillford. An alien invasion makes three teenagers from rival groups cooperate, which is funnier because these kids have already absorbed the town’s prejudices. This joins the friendlier side of monster stories to a lot of messy creature violence.
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The Addams Family (1991)

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The Addams Family
Movie
7.0/10on IMDb
Released
Gomez wants his brother Fester back, and the whole house has its own idea of a happy reunion. The family’s delight in things everybody else finds frightening makes the mansion feel warm, even with the movie’s fascination with torture devices. Watch for the deadpan family etiquette more than the scares.
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Addams Family Values (1993)

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Addams Family Values
Movie
6.9/10on IMDb
Released
Wednesday and Pugsley get sent to a summer camp where compulsory cheerfulness is more unsettling than anything their family does. The macabre children are easy to side with when the counselors insist they play along. The comedy gets sharper and meaner than in the first movie.
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The Munsters (2022)

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The Munsters
Movie
4.5/10on IMDb
Released
Herman is a green Frankenstein-style creation, and Lily is the vampire who falls for him. Their moves from courtship to marriage to life at 1313 Mockingbird Lane have a bright sitcom bounce. This is one for deliberate camp and monster makeup, with little interest in scaring you.
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Vamps (2012)

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Vamps
Movie
5.3/10on IMDb
Released
Goody and Stacy have stayed young for an inconveniently long time. Watch the two share a New York apartment and try to keep their dating lives afloat. The laughs come from the friendship and the generational misunderstandings, even though there’s a more dangerous vampire in their lives.
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My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)

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My Best Friend Is a Vampire
Movie
6.0/10on IMDb
Released
Jeremy gets some help from an older vampire when he starts learning what he can and can’t eat. His adjustment has the shape of a teen comedy, while the people hunting him insist it has the shape of a horror movie. The mismatch makes it unusually easy to stay on his side.
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