Movies Like Night Fright

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Eraserhead

1977·1h 29m·★ 7.2·David Lynch

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The Faculty

1998·1h 44m·★ 6.6·Robert Rodriguez

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Slither

2006·1h 36m·★ 6.5·James Gunn

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The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra

2001·1h 30m·★ 6.8·Larry Blamire

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This Island Earth

1955·1h 25m·★ 5.9·Joseph M. Newman

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Casshern

2004·2h 21m·★ 6.0·Kazuaki Kiriya

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Komodo

1999·1h 29m·★ 4.2·Michael Lantieri

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Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster

1965·1h 19m·★ 3.8·Robert Gaffney

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Zontar: The Thing from Venus

1967·1h 20m·★ 3.2·Larry Buchanan

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Total Recall

1990·1h 53m·★ 7.5·Paul Verhoeven

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Alien: Romulus

2024·1h 59m·★ 7.1·Fede Álvarez

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

2009·1h 47m·★ 6.5·Gavin Hood

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Extinction

2015·1h 50m·★ 5.8·Miguel Ángel Vivas

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Underwater

2020·1h 35m·★ 5.9·William Eubank

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Splinter

2008·1h 22m·★ 6.1·Toby Wilkins

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Dagon

2001·1h 35m·★ 6.2·Stuart Gordon

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X: The Unknown

1956·1h 21m·★ 6.1·Leslie Norman

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Alligator

1980·1h 31m·★ 6.1·Lewis Teague

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Dark Light

2019·1h 30m·★ 4.5·Padraig Reynolds

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Blood and Snow

2023·1h 54m·★ 3.6·Jesse Palangio

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How Good Is Night Fright?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.