Movies Like Shivers (1975)

Shivers is a 1975 horror, science fiction film from David Cronenberg with a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Night of the Creeps and Slither.

Horror Science Fiction

Night of the Creeps

1986

In 1959, an alien experiment crashes to earth and infects a fraternity member. They freeze the body, but in the modern day, two geeks pledging a fraternity accidentally thaw the corpse, which proceeds to infect the campus with parasites that transform their hosts into killer zombies.

6.7

MagicScore

Slither

2006

A small town is taken over by an alien plague, turning residents into zombies and all forms of mutant monsters.

6.5

MagicScore

The Bay

2012

Two million fish washed ashore. One thousand blackbirds dropped from the sky. On July 4, 2009 a deadly menace swept through the quaint seaside town of Claridge, Maryland, but the harrowing story of what happened that Independence Day has never been told—until now. The authorities believed they had buried the truth about the tragedy that claimed over 700 human lives. Now, three years later, a reporter has emerged with footage revealing the cover-up and an unimaginable killer: a mysterious parasitic outbreak. Told from the perspective of those who were there and saw what happened, The Bay unfolds over 24 hours through people's iPhones, Androids, 911 calls, webcams, and whatever else could be used to document the nightmare in Claridge. What follows is a nerve-shredding tale of a small town plunged into absolute terror.

5.8

MagicScore

Jaws 2

1978

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

6.0

MagicScore

Black Friday

2021

A group of toy store employees must protect each other from a horde of parasite infected shoppers.

5.0

MagicScore

Dead and Deader

2006

Lt. Bobby Quinn is a Special Forces commando killed during a recon mission in the Cambodian jungle. But when Quinn interrupts his own stateside autopsy, he discovers that the rest of his dead squad has been resurrected with a ravenous apetite for human flesh. Now with the help of a wisecracking cook and a sexy film geek, the part-zombie Quinn must stop the plague before it can infect the entire nation. Who holds the shocking secret behind this blood-crazed carnage? And what happens when Quinn stops gnawing on raw steak and starts chomping on the hot chick?

4.9

MagicScore

Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead

2012

Wracked with guilt over her younger sister's suicide, pretty young karate student Megumi accompanies a group of older friends on a camping trip into the woods, where they're attacked by feces covered undead.

5.0

MagicScore

Night of the Living Dead

1990

In this remake of the classic 1968 film, a group of people are trapped inside a farmhouse as legions of the walking dead try to get inside and use them for food.

6.9

MagicScore

Don't Grow Up

2015

Teenage delinquents who are living in an island youth center wake up to find themselves alone with no one to watch over them. After much partying, they realize the island has been deserted and the adults have been infected by a mysterious epidemic.

4.9

MagicScore

#10

Teenage Zombies

1959

A crazed scientist creates a nerve gas that turns the local teenagers into her unquestioning slaves.

3.5

MagicScore

#11

Frankenstein Island

1981

A hot air balloon crew and a dog find themselves on an island with scantily-clad part-alien women, zombies, and other monsters.

3.3

MagicScore

#12

I Walked with a Zombie

1943

A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.

6.8

MagicScore

#13

Doctor Butcher M.D.

1980

After Malukan immigrants engage in a string of corpse mutilations at various New York City hospitals, a doctor and a morgue assistant travel to the Maluku Islands to investigate.

5.5

MagicScore

#14

Raw Force

1982

A group of martial arts students are en route to an island that supposedly is home to the ghosts of martial artists who have lost their honor. A Hitler lookalike and his gang are running a female slavery operation on the island as well. Soon, the two groups meet and all sorts of crazy things happen which include cannibal monks, piranhas, zombies, and more!

5.4

MagicScore

#15

Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things

1972

Six actors go to a graveyard on a remote island to act out a necromantic ritual. The ritual works, and soon the dead are walking about and chowing down on human flesh.

5.3

MagicScore

#16

Island: Wedding of the Zombies

2010

Five people who knew each other for a long time a group of friends, to attend the wedding of a mutual friend goes to Buyukada. Erhan, weddings, and long intervals, the team can come together to be able to record their happy moments brought a camera, and is continuous. All throughout the film viewed, it is reflected from the camera. Later a group of wedding guests attacking zombie, turns into a mess of blood.

5.2

MagicScore

#17

Survival of the Dead

2010

Off the coast of North America, locals simultaneously fight a zombie epidemic while hoping for a cure to revert their undead relatives back to normal.

4.9

MagicScore

#18

Isle of the Dead

2016

Strangers trapped on a secluded island struggle to survive against hordes of the dead.

4.7

MagicScore

#19

Zombies: The Beginning

2007

A woman floating on a raft in the middle of the Pacific. She was found by a rescue team and taken ashore. Once there, she tells a story of how she escaped from an island full of zombies. She was persuaded to lead a commando unit to the island to explore.

3.6

MagicScore

#20

Zombie Island Massacre

1984

Americans on vacation in the Caribbean take a tour of a nearby island at night and watch a local voodoo ritual. Soon after, they find themselves stranded on the island and under attack by unseen foes. One by one they meet violent ends.

3.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Shivers?

The top films similar to Shivers by MovieMagicScore are Night of the Creeps (6.7), Slither (6.5), The Bay (5.8). Each shares horror/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Shivers worth watching?

Shivers holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.4/10 from 687 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Shivers?

Shivers (1975) is a horror, science fiction film directed by David Cronenberg, starring Paul Hampton, Joe Silver, Lynn Lowry.

Where can I find more recommendations like Shivers?

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 Shivers

This ranked list pairs Shivers (1975), a horror and science fiction film from David Cronenberg, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Paul Hampton 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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