Movies like 28 Days Later
28 Days Later is most extreme on TONE — a bleak, unforgiving tone at 018. Everything below is a movie that lands near it on the same six axes, which is a different question from "what else is tagged horror". Ranked by distance, closest first.
That is 28 Days Later’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
Saw
James Wan · 2004 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
82% shared signal
The Descent
Neil Marshall · 2005 · Film
Shares grounded realism.
78% shared signal
Martyrs
Pascal Laugier · 2008 · Film
Shares human monsters.
77% shared signal
Kill List
Ben Wheatley · 2011 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
72% shared signal
Night of the Living Dead
George A. Romero · 1968 · Film
Shares grounded realism.
72% shared signal
Terrifier 2
Damien Leone · 2022 · Film
Shares relentless shock.
71% shared signal
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Tobe Hooper · 1974 · Film
Shares human monsters.
69% shared signal
Final Destination
James Wong · 2000 · Film
Shares relentless shock.
68% shared signal
Audition
Takashi Miike · 1999 · Film
67% shared signal
Dawn of the Dead
George A. Romero · 1978 · Film
66% shared signal
Get Out
Jordan Peele · 2017 · Film
66% shared signal
Carrie
Brian De Palma · 1976 · Film
66% shared signal
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