Movies Like The Bone Eater (2008)

The Bone Eater is a 2008 horror, tv movie film from Jim Wynorski with a MovieMagicScore of 3.5/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with It Waits and Winterbeast.

Horror TV Movie

It Waits

2005

A lone female park ranger tries to track down a vicious creature killing various people and terrorizing her at a remote national park.

5.1

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Winterbeast

1992

Set during the fall (NOT winter), a small New England town is brutally ravaged by possessed totem poles.

4.4

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Strangler of the Swamp

1946

A number of swamp land men have died by strangulation and the inhabitants believe that an innocent man they hanged is seeking revenge on all of the male descendants of those responsible for his death. Maria, granddaughter of the innocent ferryman, decides to operate the ferry service. Chris Sanders, a son of one of the men who did the hanging, and Maria fall in love. The "strangler" seizes Chris and Maria offers her life if Chris is spared.

5.7

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Step Up Revolution

2012

Emily arrives in Miami with aspirations to become a professional dancer. She sparks with Sean, the leader of a dance crew whose neighborhood is threatened by Emily's father's development plans.

6.9

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Tarzan and His Mate

1934

Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.

6.5

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The Darkness

2016

A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.

4.8

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Wendigo

2002

A family from the city decide to spend a weekend away at a friend's country farmhouse. But a fluke accident sets off a chain of events that alters their lives forever and conjures up the ferocious spirit of the Wendigo.

4.7

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White Fang

2018

A loyal wolfdog’s curiosity leads him on the adventure of a lifetime while serving a series of three distinctly different masters.

7.4

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Last of the Dogmen

1995

A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female Native Indian history professor, he returns to find some answers.

6.7

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#10

Unconquered

1947

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slave in the colony of Virginia, whose inhabitants begin to hear and fear the sinister song of the threatening drums of war that resound in the wild Ohio valley.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

Voodoo Island

1957

A wealthy industrialist hires the renowned hoax-buster Phillip Knight to prove that an island he plans to develop isn't voodoo cursed. However, arriving on the island, Knight soon realizes that voodoo does exist when he discovers man-eating plants and a tribe of natives with bizarre powers.

4.3

MagicScore

#12

The Far Horizons

1955

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and Meriwether Clark, is sent to survey the new lands and go where no white man has gone before.

6.2

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#13

The Star Packer

1934

John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.

4.4

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#14

Wild River

1960

A young bureaucrat for the Tennessee Valley Authority goes to rural Tennessee to oversee the building of a dam. He encounters opposition from the local people, in particular a farmer who objects to his employment (with pay) of local black laborers. Much of the plot revolves around the eviction of a stubborn octogenarian from her home on an island in the river, and the young man's love affair with that woman's widowed granddaughter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation.

7.2

MagicScore

#15

The Field

1990

"Bull" McCabe's family has farmed a field for generations, sacrificing much in the name of the land. When the widow who owns the field decides to sell it in a public auction, McCabe knows that he must own it. While no local dare bid against him, a wealthy American decides he requires the field to build a highway. "Bull" and his son decide they must try to convince the American to let go of his ambition and return home, but the consequences of their plot prove sinister.

7.0

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#16

Devil's Doorway

1950

A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.

6.9

MagicScore

#17

Where the Green Ants Dream

1984

The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.

6.9

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#18

Dragonwyck

1946

For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.

6.7

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#19

Duel in the Sun

1946

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

6.3

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#20

Queen of the Desert

2015

A chronicle of Gertrude Bell's life, a traveler, writer, archaeologist, explorer, cartographer, and political attaché for the British Empire in the Near and Middle East at the dawn of the twentieth century. Her knowledge of the tribal leaders is used by the British to establish the Kingdoms of Iraq, Jordan and Saudi Arabia.

5.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Bone Eater?

The top films similar to The Bone Eater by MovieMagicScore are It Waits (5.1), Winterbeast (4.4), Strangler of the Swamp (5.7). Each shares horror/tv movie themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Bone Eater worth watching?

The Bone Eater holds a MovieMagicScore of 3.5/10 from 36 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Bone Eater?

The Bone Eater (2008) is a horror, tv movie film directed by Jim Wynorski, starring Paul Rae, Bruce Boxleitner, William Katt.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Bone Eater?

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About movies like The Bone Eater

This ranked list pairs The Bone Eater (2008), a horror and tv movie film from Jim Wynorski, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Paul Rae 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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