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Movies that feel like Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

If you loved Gremlins 2: The New Batch, the closest films we have are Death Becomes Her (1992), Army of Darkness (1992) and Evil Dead II (1987). All three share Gremlins 2: The New Batch'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.

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!

🍅 71% Rotten Tomatoes6.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Joe Dantewittyplayfuldreadunsettlingdreamlike
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Death Becomes Her
1992 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
6.7comedy · fantasy · horror

Both land wit and play at once

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.

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

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

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

Comedy with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

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

Both are built on the same subject: monster

The difference: Leans further into animation

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

Both lean on wit more than on horror

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

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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An American Werewolf in London
1981 · dir. John Landis
🍅 80%7.5comedy · horror · fantasy

Common ground: mortality

American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.

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

Fantasy built on play, twice over

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

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

Dread-soaked comedy, and it commits to that

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

Unsettling horror in both cases

The difference: Not nearly as dreamlike

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

Dreamlike fantasy, and it commits to that

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

Horror built on dread, twice over

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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Roald Dahl's The Witches
2020 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
5.4comedy · fantasy · family

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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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