Movies like Evil Dead
Evil Dead is most extreme on VISCERA — explicit viscera at 092. 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 Evil Dead’s fingerprint. The list below is scored against it, not against genre.
Final Destination
James Wong · 2000 · Film
Shares explicit viscera.
81% shared signal
Talk to Me
Danny & Michael Philippou · 2022 · Film
Shares modern craft.
79% shared signal
The Descent
Neil Marshall · 2005 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
78% shared signal
It
Andy Muschietti · 2017 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
74% shared signal
Smile
Parker Finn · 2022 · Film
Shares relentless shock.
74% shared signal
Sinister
Scott Derrickson · 2012 · Film
Shares a supernatural threat.
67% shared signal
The Thing
John Carpenter · 1982 · Film
Shares explicit viscera.
66% shared signal
Hereditary
Ari Aster · 2018 · Film
Shares modern craft.
64% shared signal
A Quiet Place
John Krasinski · 2018 · Film
Shares a bleak, unforgiving tone.
64% shared signal
Martyrs
Pascal Laugier · 2008 · Film
64% shared signal
28 Days Later
Danny Boyle · 2002 · Film
Shares relentless shock.
63% shared signal
Kill List
Ben Wheatley · 2011 · Film
62% shared signal
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