Movies Like Night of the Zombies (1980)

Night of the Zombies is a 1980 horror, science fiction film from Bruno Mattei with a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Beyond and Zombie Flesh Eaters.

Horror Science Fiction

The Beyond

1981

A young woman inherits an old hotel in Louisiana where, following a series of supernatural "accidents", she learns that the building was built over one of the entrances to Hell.

6.9

MagicScore

Zombie Flesh Eaters

1979

On the Caribbean island of Matul, white doctor David Menard is trying to stem the tide of cannibal zombies that are returning from the dead. Arriving on the island are Anne and reporter Peter West who are looking for Anne's missing father. The pair soon find themselves under attack from the zombies.

6.7

MagicScore

The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue

1974

When a series of murders hit the remote English countryside, a detective suspects a pair of travelers when it is actually the work of the undead, jarred back to life by an experimental ultra-sonic radiation machine used by the Ministry of Agriculture to kill insects.

6.4

MagicScore

The House by the Cemetery

1981

After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves his family into the Boston mansion. Soon after, Boyle's young son Bob becomes plagued by visions of a young girl, who warns him of the danger within the house.

6.3

MagicScore

Flesh for Frankenstein

1973

Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.

5.7

MagicScore

Frozen Scream

1981

Mad scientists turn people into frozen zombies and the zombies wreak havoc and kill people.

2.9

MagicScore

The World According to Monsanto

2008

Monsanto is the world leader in genetically modified organisms (GMOs), as well as one of the most controversial corporations in industrial history. This century-old empire has created some of the most toxic products ever sold, including polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and the herbicide Agent Orange. Based on a painstaking investigation, The World According to Monsanto puts together the pieces of the company’s history, calling on hitherto unpublished documents and numerous first-hand accounts.

7.4

MagicScore

Toxic

2022

The massive scandal comes to light through a father's unwavering search for the truth behind the sudden death of his family.

7.3

MagicScore

Rage

1972

An accidental nerve gas leak by the military kills not only a rancher's livestock, but also his son. When he tries to hold the military accountable for their actions, he runs up against a wall of silence.

6.5

MagicScore

#10

Holocaust 2000

1977

An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up.

5.8

MagicScore

#11

Mega Shark vs. Crocosaurus

2010

When the prehistoric warm-water beast the Crocosaurus crosses paths with that cold-water monster the Mega Shark, all hell breaks loose in the oceans as the world's top scientists explore every option to halt the aquatic frenzy. Swallowing everything in their paths -- including a submarine or two -- Croc and Mega lead an explorer and an oceanographer on a wild chase. Eventually, the desperate men turn to a volcano for aid.

3.9

MagicScore

#12

The Visitor from the Future

2022

In a devastated future, the apocalypse threatens the Earth. The last hope lies with a man capable of time travel. His mission: to return to the past and change the course of events. But the time police hunts him down in every era. A race against time begins for the Visitor from the Future...

6.4

MagicScore

#13

The Cloud

2006

DIE WOLKE (The Cloud) is about a breakdown of a nuclear power station in Germany and the story of two teenager-lovers Hannah and Elmar who take refuge. 38.000 people die and Hannah unfortunately becomes contaminated.

6.3

MagicScore

#14

Chernobyl Diaries

2012

A group of six tourists looking to go off the beaten path, hire an 'extreme tour guide' who, ignoring warnings, takes them into the city of Pripyat, the former home to the workers of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor, but now a deserted town since the disaster more than 25 years earlier. After a brief exploration of the abandoned city, the group members find themselves stranded, only to discover that they are not alone.

5.3

MagicScore

#15

Atomica

2017

In the near future, when communications go offline at a remote nuclear power plant isolated in the desert, a young safety inspector, Abby Dixon, is forced to fly out to bring them back online. Once inside the facility, mysterious clues and strange behaviors cause Abby to have doubts about the sanity, and perhaps identities, of the two employees onsite.

4.6

MagicScore

#16

Dreams

1990

Eight visually rich vignettes drawn from Kurosawa’s own dreams—fox weddings and vanished orchards, a soldier’s ghosts, a walk through Van Gogh’s canvases, nuclear nightmares, and a water-mill utopia—meditate on childhood, art, mortality, and humanity’s uneasy bond with nature.

7.7

MagicScore

#17

Pandora

2016

When an earthquake hits a Korean village housing a run-down nuclear power plant, a man risks his life to save the country from imminent disaster.

7.6

MagicScore

#18

The Battle of Chernobyl

2007

On April 26, 1986, a 1,000 feet high flame rises into the sky of the Ukraine. The fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant just exploded. A battle begins in which 500,000 men are engaged throughout the Soviet Union to "liquidate" the radioactivity, build the "sarcophagus" of the damaged reactor and save the world from a second explosion that would have destroyed half of Europe. Become a reference film, this documentary combines testimonials and unseen footage, tells for the first time the Battle of Chernobyl.

7.5

MagicScore

#19

Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes

2022

Thirty-six years after the Chernobyl nuclear reactor exploded in Soviet Ukraine, newly uncovered archival footage and recorded interviews with those who were present paint an emotional and gripping portrait of the extent and gravity of the disaster and the lengths to which the Soviet government went to cover up the incident, including the soldiers sent in to “liquidate” the damage. Chernobyl: The Lost Tapes is the full, unvarnished true story of what happened in one of the least understood tragedies of the twentieth century.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

The China Syndrome

1979

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Night of the Zombies?

The top films similar to Night of the Zombies by MovieMagicScore are The Beyond (6.9), Zombie Flesh Eaters (6.7), The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue (6.4). Each shares horror/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Night of the Zombies worth watching?

Night of the Zombies holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.3/10 from 148 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Night of the Zombies?

Night of the Zombies (1980) is a horror, science fiction film directed by Bruno Mattei, starring Margit Evelyn Newton, Franco Garofalo, Selan Karay.

Where can I find more recommendations like Night of the Zombies?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Night of the Zombies

This ranked list pairs Night of the Zombies (1980), a horror and science fiction film from Bruno Mattei, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Margit Evelyn Newton take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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