Movies like The Oblong Box
If The Oblong Box's mix of buried alive, disfigurement and 19th century stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Oblong Box's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave
1968 · Directed by Freddie Francis · 92 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Christopher Lee and Rupert Davies · From the same decade (1960s)
In the shadow of Castle Dracula, the Prince of Darkness is revived by blood trickling from the head-wound of an unconscious priest attempting exorcism.
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Corpse Bride
2005 · Directed by Mike Johnson · 77 min7.6
Why you'll like itWith Christopher Lee · Shares: 19th century
In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.
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Dracula
1958 · Directed by Terence Fisher · 82 min7.3
Why you'll like itWith Christopher Lee
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr.
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The Curse of Frankenstein
1957 · Directed by Terence Fisher · 83 min6.8
Why you'll like itWith Christopher Lee
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
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The Mummy
1959 · Directed by Terence Fisher · 88 min6.7
Why you'll like itWith Christopher Lee
One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and…
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The Mummy
1932 · Directed by Karl Freund · 73 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: buried alive
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when a British archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the researchers accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell.
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The Devil Rides Out
1968 · Directed by Terence Fisher · 96 min6.6
Why you'll like itWith Christopher Lee · From the same decade (1960s)
The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend.
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Van Helsing
2004 · Directed by Stephen Sommers · 132 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula.