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Movies that feel like Child's Play (1988)

If you loved Child's Play, the closest films we have are The Fog (1980), Final Destination (2000) and Poltergeist (1982). All three share Child's Play's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 10 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, MovieSphere+ Amazon Channel and Howdy Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

After being shot in a toy store, a serial killer transfers his soul into a Good Guy doll. A mother then gifts it to her six-year-old son Andy, which unleashes terror upon the city.

πŸ… 65% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tom Hollanddreadunsettling

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If Child's Play hit the spot, these will too

The Fog poster
The Fog
1980 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 76%β˜… 6.8horror

Both land dread and unease at once

Strange things begin to occur as a tiny California coastal town prepares to commemorate its centenary. Inanimate objects spring eerily to life; Rev. Malone stumbles upon a dark secret about the town's founding; radio announcer Stevie witnesses a mystical fire; and hitchhiker Elizabeth discovers the mutilated corpse of a fisherman. Then a mysterious iridescent fog descends upon the village, and more people start to die.

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Final Destination
2000 Β· dir. James Wong
πŸ… 51%β˜… 6.7horror

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

After a teenager has a terrifying vision of him and his friends dying in a plane crash, he prevents the accident only to have Death hunt them down, one by one.

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Poltergeist
1982 Β· dir. Tobe Hooper
πŸ… 89%β˜… 7.3horror

Horror built on unease, twice over

The Freelings' suburban home becomes the center of paranormal activity that opens a portal to the 'other side'. With help, they must cross over to get their daughter back.

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Saw II
2005 Β· dir. Darren Lynn Bousman
πŸ… 39%β˜… 6.6horror

Serial killer sits at the heart of each

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The chilling and relentless Jigsaw killer returns to terrorize the city once again. When a gruesome murder victim emerges with unmistakable traces of Jigsaw's sinister methods, Detective Eric Matthews is thrust into a high-stakes investigation. To his surprise, apprehending Jigsaw seems almost too easy, but what he doesn't realize is that being caught is merely another piece of Jigsaw's intricate puzzle.

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Triangle
2009 Β· dir. Christopher Smith
πŸ… 78%β˜… 6.9horror

Murder and single mother, at the center of both

The difference: A 2000s film, from a different era of filmmaking

When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.

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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
1974 Β· dir. Tobe Hooper
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.4horror

Both keep circling back to slasher

Five friends head out to rural Texas to visit the grave of a grandfather. On the way, they stumble across what appears to be a deserted house, only to discover something sinister within. Something armed with a chainsaw.

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Suspiria
1977 Β· dir. Dario Argento
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.3horror

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.

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The Wicker Man
1973 Β· dir. Robin Hardy
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5horror

A streak of unease through both

Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. The investigation is further complicated as Howie’s religious views clash with those of the island’s residents.

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Annabelle: Creation
2017 Β· dir. David F. Sandberg
πŸ… 71%β˜… 6.5horror

The same preoccupation in both: evil doll

Several years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, soon becoming the target of the doll maker's possessed creationβ€”Annabelle.

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The Exorcist
1973 Β· dir. William Friedkin
πŸ… 78%β˜… 8.1horror

Cut from the same horror cloth

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

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Annabelle
2014 Β· dir. John R. Leonetti
πŸ… 28%β˜… 5.5horror

Both built around killer doll

A couple begins to experience terrifying supernatural occurrences involving a vintage doll shortly after their home is invaded by satanic cultists.

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The Conjuring 2
2016 Β· dir. James Wan
πŸ… 80%β˜… 7.3horror

Single mother is the engine of both

Lorraine and Ed Warren travel to north London to help a single mother raising four children alone in a house plagued by malicious spirits.

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