Movies Like Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight is a 1995 comedy, horror, thriller film from Ernest R. Dickerson with a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Bordello of Blood and Ritual.

Comedy Horror Thriller

Bordello of Blood

1996

Private eye Rafe Guttman is hired by repressed, born-again Katherine to find her missing bad-boy brother. The trail leads him to a whorehouse run by a thousand-year-old vampire and secretly backed by Katherine's boss, televangelist Jimmy Current.

5.9

MagicScore

Ritual

2002

An American doctor encounters members of a voodoo cult when she is summoned to Jamaica to treat a wealthy man's brother.

4.6

MagicScore

Tales from the Crypt

1972

Five strangers encounter the mysterious Crypt Keeper while viewing old catacombs in the English countryside. Through a series of terrifying stories, each one learns their fate.

6.9

MagicScore

The Vault of Horror

1973

The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.

6.3

MagicScore

Insidious: The Last Key

2018

Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.

6.3

MagicScore

Urotsukidōji: Legend of the Overfiend

1989

Legend has it that the human race is not the only dominant civilization living on Earth. Two other races exist in this world: the Makai (a demon race) and the Jujinkai (a half-man, half-beast race). Once every 3,000 years, a supreme being known as the "Choujin" (Overfiend) will emerge and bring balance to all three realms on Earth. In present-day Japan, after 300 years of endless searching, a Jujinkai named Amano Jyaku has discovered the presence of the Choujin inside high school slacker Tatsuo Nagumo. But now, Amano, along with his sister Megumi and their sidekick Kuroko must protect Nagumo and his new girlfriend Akemi Ito from the Makai, who believe that Nagumo is not the Choujin, but an evil entity bent on destroying all living beings on Earth.

6.0

MagicScore

The Nines

2007

A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.

6.0

MagicScore

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days

2018

As the deceased soul Ja-hong and his three afterlife guardians prepare for their remaining trials for reincarnation, the guardians soon come face to face with the truth of their tragic time on Earth 1,000 years earlier.

8.0

MagicScore

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

2017

Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.

8.0

MagicScore

#10

Mythica: The Iron Crown

2016

When a team of unlikely heroes hijacks a steam-powered battle wagon, a daring young wizard (Marek) steals the final piece of the all-powerful Darkspore and embarks on a desperate quest to deliver the cursed artifact to the gods for safe keeping; but when they are caught in a death race between a ruthless team of elite mercenaries and a trinity of demons, Marek must learn to believe in herself before her friends are killed and the Darkspore is lost, to stop the evil necromancer (Szorlok) from uniting the Darkspore and flooding the living world with his legions of undead.

5.9

MagicScore

#11

Breaking the Waves

1996

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when he urges her to have sex with another.

7.5

MagicScore

#12

I, Frankenstein

2014

200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.

5.4

MagicScore

#13

Demon Witch Child

1975

After an old witch desecrates a church and abducts a baby, the police take her in for questioning, leading her to attempt suicide. To exact revenge, a fellow witch curses the police commissioner's daughter, and as the old witch dies, her spirit latches onto the young girl and causes her to wreak havoc.

4.8

MagicScore

#14

Constantine

2005

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

7.1

MagicScore

#15

Zombillénium

2017

Zombillenium, the Halloween theme park, happens to be the one place on earth where real monsters can hide in plain sight. When Hector, a human, threatens to disclose the true identity of his employees, the Vampire Park Manager has no other choice but to hire him. To see his daughter, Hector must escape from his zombie and werewolf co-workers.

7.0

MagicScore

#16

Batman: The Doom That Came to Gotham

2023

Explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. There, Batman battles Lovecraftian supernatural forces and encounters allies and enemies such as Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face and James Gordon.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Ghost Rider

2007

In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'.

5.6

MagicScore

#18

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

2011

When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.

5.0

MagicScore

#19

Black Adam

2022

Nearly 5,000 years after he was bestowed with the almighty powers of the Egyptian gods—and imprisoned just as quickly—Black Adam is freed from his earthly tomb, ready to unleash his unique form of justice on the modern world.

6.8

MagicScore

#20

Hellboy

2004

In the final days of World War II, the Nazis attempt to use black magic to aid their dying cause. The Allies raid the camp where the ceremony is taking place, but not before they summon a baby demon who is rescued by Allied forces and dubbed "Hellboy". Sixty years later, Hellboy serves the cause of good rather than evil as an agent in the Bureau of Paranormal Research & Defense, along with Abe Sapien - a merman with psychic powers, and Liz Sherman - a woman with pyrokinesis, protecting America against dark forces.

6.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight?

The top films similar to Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight by MovieMagicScore are Bordello of Blood (5.9), Ritual (4.6), Tales from the Crypt (6.9). Each shares comedy/horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight worth watching?

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.9/10 from 525 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight?

Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) is a comedy, horror, thriller film directed by Ernest R. Dickerson, starring Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith.

Where can I find more recommendations like Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight?

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