Movies like Rabid
Rabid (1977) is a horror movie directed by David Cronenberg. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. Upgrade (2018)
★ 7.5 · 5,314 votes · Action, Thriller, Sci-Fi
A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called STEM that will enhance his body. Now able to walk, Grey finds that he also has superhuman strength and agility — skills he uses to seek revenge against the thugs who destroyed his life.
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2. The Substance (2024)
★ 7.1 · 6,608 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
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3. The Fly (1986)
★ 7.4 · 5,202 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
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4. Psycho (1960)
★ 8.4 · 11,336 votes · Horror, Thriller, Mystery
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
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5. Near Dark (1987)
★ 6.8 · 924 votes · Horror
A farm boy reluctantly becomes a member of the undead when a girl he meets turns out to be part of a band of vampires who roam the highways in stolen cars.
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6. Ginger Snaps (2000)
★ 6.9 · 1,046 votes · Horror, Fantasy
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.
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7. Shivers (1975)
★ 6.4 · 742 votes · Horror, Sci-Fi
The residents of a suburban high-rise apartment building are infected by parasites that turn them into mindless nymphomaniac fiends.
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8. 28 Years Later (2025)
★ 6.6 · 3,062 votes · Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Twenty-eight years after the Rage virus outbreak, a heavily-defended island survives connected to the mainland by a single causeway. When one of the group leaves the island into the dark heart of the mainland, he discovers secrets, wonders, and horrors that have mutated not only the infected but other survivors as well.
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9. Pontypool (2009)
★ 6.5 · 740 votes · Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
When disc jockey Grant Mazzy reports to his basement radio station in the Canadian town of Pontypool, he thinks it's just another day at work. But when he hears reports of a virus that turns people into zombies, Mazzy barricades himself in the radio booth and tries to figure out a way to warn his listeners about the virus and its unlikely mode of transmission.
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10. Passenger (2026)
★ 7.3 · 962 votes · Horror, Thriller
After a young couple witnesses a gruesome highway accident, they soon realize they did not leave the crash scene alone, as a demonic presence called the Passenger that won't stop until it claims them both turns their van life adventure into a nightmare.
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11. Night Teeth (2021)
★ 6.4 · 902 votes · Horror, Thriller, Action
A college student moonlighting as a chauffeur picks up two mysterious women for a night of party-hopping across LA. But when he uncovers their bloodthirsty intentions—and their dangerous, shadowy underworld—he must fight to stay alive.
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12. The Entity (1982)
★ 6.9 · 612 votes · Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
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