Movies Similar to A Wish for the Dead

King of the Zombies(1941)

During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off course by a storm. Guided by a faint radio signal, they crash-land on an island. The passenger, his manservant and the pilot take refuge in a mansion owned by a doctor. The quick-witted yet easily-frightened manservant soon becomes convinced the mansion is haunted by zombies and ghosts.

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The Haunted World of El Superbeasto(2009)

The Haunted World of El Superbeasto is an animated comedy that also combines elements of a horror and thriller film. It is based upon the comic book series created by Rob Zombie that follows the character of El Superbeasto and his sexy sidekick sister, Suzi-X, voiced by Sheri Moon, as they confront an evil villain by the name of Dr. Satan.

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The Video Dead(1987)

On a quiet, tree-lined street, an old television set receives a single channel that repeats the same horror film over and over, freeing zombies from the grave to kill.

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Night Life(1989)

Archie works part-time at his uncle's mortuary and is harassed by a few of the popular kids because of it. His harassers die in an automobile accident, and the bodies are taken to his uncle's mortuary. Archie is pulling a late night at the mortuary when he sees a storm brewing. Lighting strikes! They're alive! The preppie bullies continue to torment him...as zombies!

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Shock Waves(1977)

Visitors to a remote island discover that a reclusive Nazi commandant has been breeding a group of zombie soldiers.

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Flick(2008)

Memphis cop Lieutenant McKenzie is called in to investigate a series of strange deaths and wierd sightings following the resurrection of a murder victim from the 1950s(a local boy) who is brought back to life in modern times and tries to find his teenage sweetheart who is now aged 62 and also to seek revenge for his death.

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White Zombie(1932)

In Haiti, a wealthy landowner convinces a sorcerer to lure the American woman he has fallen for away from her fiance, only to have the madman decide to keep the woman for himself, as a zombie.

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Evilution(2008)

An alien bacterium resurrects the dead on Earth.

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Offspring(2009)

The local sheriff of Dead River, Maine, thought he had killed them off ten years ago -- a primitive, cave-dwelling tribe of cannibalistic savages. But somehow the clan survived. To breed. To hunt. To kill and eat. And now the peaceful residents of this isolated town are fighting for their lives...

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Bio Zombie(1998)

Two punks, driving to work at a mall, accidentally hit a man who had drunk a soda laced with a chemical that turns people into zombies.

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Burial Ground(1981)

A cursed country estate is besieged by horny houseguests, undead Etruscans, and the unusual relationship between a mother and her young son.

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City of the Living Dead(1980)

A woman seemingly dies of fright after participating in a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates and learns that the priest's suicide has somehow opened a portal to Hell and must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity.

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Messiah of Evil(1975)

A young woman searching for her missing artist father finds herself in the strange seaside town of Point Dume, which seems to be under the influence of a mysterious undead cult.

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Night of the Living Dead 3D(2006)

Barricaded in a farmhouse, a woman and a collegian must contend with flesh-eating zombies and a malevolent mortician.

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Return of the Living Dead Part II(1988)

A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.

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Return of the Living Dead: Necropolis(2005)

In an attempt to rescue their friend from an evil corporation, a group of teenagers end up releasing a horde of bloodthirsty zombies.

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Return of the Living Dead: Rave to the Grave(2005)

A student creates and sells a drug called 'Z' which has the unexpected side effect of resurrecting the dead as flesh-eating zombies, who proceed to wreak havoc at a Halloween rave.

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Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!(2008)

A drug experiment gone wrong produces a league of blood-thirsty zombies. It is up to a small band of exotic dancers trapped in a gentleman's club to fight back. Together they must rely on their wits and skills to survive the night, and pray that they don't become victims of the flesh-eating zombies!

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The Zombie Diaries(2006)

In the early part of the 21st Century, an unknown virus began spreading among the populous. Within weeks it had engulfed the entire planet, from the smallest communities to the greatest cities. Upon the death of its host, the virus would reanimate the corpse until it was no longer able to support itself. Soon the planet was infested with a new threat - the undead. So begins our journey into the dystopian world of the zombie diaries.

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Zombie Nation(2004)

A psycho cop has a habit for pulling over random women and taking them to an abandoned warehouse, where he tortures and kills them. He gets what's coming to him when a pack of zombie women rise from their graves in order to get proper revenge.

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