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Movies that feel likeChild's Play (1988)

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.

If you loved Child's Play, the closest films we have are The Fog (1980), Poltergeist (1982) and The Evil Dead (1983). All three share Child's Play's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Changeling (1980).

πŸ… 65% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Tom Hollanddreadunsettling
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix Β· HBO Max Β· Amazon Prime Video

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The Fog
1980 Β· dir. John Carpenter
πŸ… 77%β˜… 6.8horrorPrime VideoPeacock

The same preoccupation in both: halloween

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: halloween

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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The Evil Dead
1983 Β· dir. Sam Raimi
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.3horror

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

In 1979, a group of college students find a Sumerian Book of the Dead in an old wilderness cabin they've rented for a weekend getaway.

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The Changeling
1980 Β· dir. Peter Medak
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1horror

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

After a tragic event happens, composer John Russell moves to Seattle to try to overcome it and build a new and peaceful life in a lonely big house that has been uninhabited for many years. But, soon after, the obscure history of such an old mansion and his own past begin to haunt him.

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

Common ground: 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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The Eye
2002 Β· dir. Oxide Pang
πŸ… 63%β˜… 6.6horror

Horror built on unease, twice over

A blind concert violinist gets a cornea transplant allowing her to see again. However, she gets more than she bargained for when she realizes her new eye can see ghosts. She sets out to find the origins of the cornea and discover the fate of its former host.

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Freddy vs. Jason
2003 Β· dir. Ronny Yu
πŸ… 41%β˜… 5.8horrorMax

The same two preoccupations: murder, and serial killer

Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too.

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The Strangers
2008 Β· dir. Bryan Bertino
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.1horrorNetflixPeacock

One thread runs through both: murder

The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

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The Amityville Horror
2005 Β· dir. Andrew Douglas
πŸ… 23%β˜… 5.9horrorPrime Video

Dread-soaked horror in both cases

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

George Lutz, his wife Kathy, and their three children have just moved into a beautiful, and improbably cheap, Dutch colonial mansion nestled in the sleepy coastal town of Amityville, Long Island. However, their dream home is concealing a horrific past and soon each member of the Lutz family is plagued with increasingly strange and violent visions and impulses.

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Halloween Kills
2021 Β· dir. David Gordon Green
πŸ… 38%β˜… 5.5horrorPeacock

Both are built on the same subject: serial killer

Michael manages to free himself from Laurie Strode's trap to resume his ritual bloodbath. As she fights for her life from injuries from their last encounter, she inspires her daughter Karen, her granddaughter Allyson, and all of Haddonfield to rise up against the unstoppable monster.

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

Common ground in both: evil doll and 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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Halloween
2007 Β· dir. Rob Zombie
πŸ… 28%β˜… 6.1horrorPeacock

The shared currency is unease

The early years of young Michael Myers and the events leading up to his fateful Halloween night murder rampage in the quiet town of Haddonfield, Illinois.

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