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Movies that feel like Death Becomes Her (1992)

If you loved Death Becomes Her, the closest films we have are Roald Dahl's The Witches (2020), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) and Army of Darkness (1992). All three share Death Becomes Her's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

6.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Robert Zemeckiswittyplayfuldreamlikedreadunsettling
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Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
5.4comedy · fantasy · family

Robert Zemeckis directing both, with the same fingerprints on each

The difference: Sits closer to family than Death Becomes Her does

In late 1967, a young orphaned boy goes to live with his loving grandma in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grandmother encounter some deceptively glamorous but thoroughly diabolical witches, she wisely whisks him away to a seaside resort. Regrettably, they arrive at precisely the same time that the world's Grand High Witch has gathered.

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Gremlins 2: The New Batch
1990 · dir. Joe Dante
🍅 71%6.5comedy · horror · fantasy

Witty where it counts, playful underneath

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

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Army of Darkness
1992 · dir. Sam Raimi
🍅 68%7.4fantasy · horror · comedy

The same mix in both: dream logic, then dread

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

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Evil Dead II
1987 · dir. Sam Raimi
🍅 88%7.7horror · comedy · fantasy

Unsettling comedy, and it commits to that

Ash Williams and his girlfriend Linda find a log cabin in the woods with a voice recording from an archeologist who had recorded himself reciting ancient chants from "The Book of the Dead." As they play the recording an evil power is unleashed taking over Linda's body.

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Monster House
2006 · dir. Gil Kenan
🍅 75%6.7animation · comedy · family

Fantasy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.

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Krampus
2015 · dir. Michael Dougherty
🍅 67%6.2horror · comedy · fantasy

Playful horror in both cases

The difference: 23 years apart, and the 2010s show

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.

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Gremlins
1984 · dir. Joe Dante
🍅 86%7.3fantasy · horror · comedy

Comedy built on dream logic, twice over

After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

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Extra Ordinary
2019 · dir. Mike Ahern
🍅 98%6.4fantasy · comedy · horror

Both lean on dread more than on fantasy

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

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Anna and the Apocalypse
2018 · dir. John McPhail
🍅 77%6.1horror · comedy · fantasy

Horror with a pulse of unease, in both cases

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven—at Christmas—forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival. In a desperate race to reach their loved ones, they soon learn that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

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Fright Night
1985 · dir. Tom Holland
🍅 83%7.1comedy · horror

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

The difference: None of the dream logic Death Becomes Her is built on

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

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The Witches
1990 · dir. Nicolas Roeg
🍅 94%6.8fantasy · family · horror

Fantasy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

While staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical formula. When they discover the eavesdropper, the witches test the formula on him. Now, with the help of Helga and hotel manager Mr Stringer, Luke the mouse must fight back against the witches.

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Poison for the Fairies
1986 · dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
7.2fantasy · horror

Dread-soaked horror, and it commits to that

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

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