Movies Like The City of the Dead (1960)

The City of the Dead is a 1960 horror, mystery film from John Llewellyn Moxey with a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with You Won't Be Alone and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.

Horror Mystery

You Won't Be Alone

2022

In an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, a young feral witch accidentally kills a peasant. She assumes the peasant's shape to see what life is like in her skin, igniting a deep seated curiosity to experience life inside the bodies of others.

6.6

MagicScore

Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters

2013

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.

6.1

MagicScore

Witchboard

2025

A cursed Witchboard awakens dark forces, dragging a young couple into a deadly game of possession, deception, and supernatural terror in New Orleans.

5.8

MagicScore

The Lords of Salem

2013

Heidi, a radio DJ, is sent a box containing a record - a "gift from the Lords". The sounds within the grooves trigger flashbacks of her town's violent past. Is Heidi going mad, or are the Lords back to take revenge on Salem, Massachusetts?

5.4

MagicScore

Twins of Evil

1971

While dabbling in Satanism, Count Karstein resurrects Mircalla Karnstein who initiates him into vampirism. As a rash of deaths afflicts the village, Gustav the head of Puritan group leads his men to seek out and destroy the pestilence. One of his twin nieces has become inflicted with the witchcraft but Gustav's zeal and venom has trapped the innocent Maria, threatening her with a tortuous execution, whilst Frieda remains free to continue her orgy of evil.

6.7

MagicScore

The House of the Devil

2009

A young college student who’s struggling financially takes a strange babysitting job which coincides with a full lunar eclipse. She slowly realizes her clients harbor a terrifying secret, putting her life in mortal danger.

6.3

MagicScore

Borderland

2007

Three college students, Phil, Ed, and Henry take a road trip into Mexico for a week of drinking and carefree fun only to have Phil find himself a captive of a group of satanic Mexican drug smugglers who kill tourists and whom are looking for a group of new ones to prepare for a sacrifice.

5.4

MagicScore

The Plague of the Zombies

1966

Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. He discovers that one of the squires is a disciple of Haitian witchcraft and using dark magic to resurrect the dead. As the plan to create undead servants unravels, the squire unleashes his zombie army on the unsuspecting village.

6.3

MagicScore

Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation

1990

A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.

4.2

MagicScore

#10

The Demon

1964

Purif is distraught when her lover is betrothed to another. When she summons the old ways to curse him, her erratic behavior is interpreted as demonic possession, and the villagers turn against her with physical and sexual violence.

7.2

MagicScore

#11

Mark of the Witch

1970

A 300-year-old witch terrorizes a college town to get revenge on the descendant of the man who persecuted her.

5.3

MagicScore

#12

The Blood on Satan's Claw

1971

In early 18th-century England, the children of a village slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.

6.2

MagicScore

#13

The Hollow

2015

It's Halloween eve on Shelter Island, and the small town is preparing for a killer storm. But the dark clouds gathering over the island are bringing with them a curse one-hundred years in waiting. As the woods give birth to an ungodly and insatiable creature of fire, bones, and earth, three sisters must scramble to stay alive through the long dark night of the Hollow. For it's not something you can kill. It's only something you can try and survive.

4.8

MagicScore

#14

The Haunting of Morella

1990

An executed witch inhabits her teenaged daughter's body to continue in the pursuit of bloodshed.

4.7

MagicScore

#15

Little Witches

1996

When an ancient book of spells transforms 6 naughty Catholic school girls into a sexy coven of witches, all hell breaks loose. Witness the evil craft of Little Witches as the execute their devilish deeds.

3.9

MagicScore

#16

The Touch of Satan

1971

A murderous and decrepit old woman resides on a California walnut farm with her family. On a whim, a traveler named Jodie makes a brief side trip to the farm, where he meets and falls in love with Melissa, the proverbial farmer's daughter. Jodie and Melissa grow closer as Melissa begins to reveal the strange, dark history of her family.

2.9

MagicScore

#17

The Witches

1966

Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully. But under the facade of idyllic country life she slowly unearths the frightening reality of village life in which the inhabitants are followers of a menacing satanic cult with the power to inflict indiscriminate evil and death if crossed.

6.0

MagicScore

#18

The Seventh Seal

1957

When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.

8.1

MagicScore

#19

Witchhammer

1970

In the 1600s, an overzealous clergy hauls innocent women in front of tribunals, forces them to confess to imaginary witchery, and engages in brutal torture and persecution of their subjects.

7.5

MagicScore

#20

The Naked Witch

1969

A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women.

4.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The City of the Dead?

The top films similar to The City of the Dead by MovieMagicScore are You Won't Be Alone (6.6), Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (6.1), Witchboard (5.8). Each shares horror/mystery themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The City of the Dead worth watching?

The City of the Dead holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.5/10 from 167 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The City of the Dead?

The City of the Dead (1960) is a horror, mystery film directed by John Llewellyn Moxey, starring Dennis Lotis, Christopher Lee, Patricia Jessel.

Where can I find more recommendations like The City of the Dead?

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 The City of the Dead

This ranked list pairs The City of the Dead (1960), a horror and mystery film from John Llewellyn Moxey, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Dennis Lotis 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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