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Movies that feel like The Witches (1990)

If you loved The Witches, the closest films we have are Nosferatu (2024), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) and Oculus (2014). All three share The Witches's dreamlike and dread feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and others, checked against today's data.

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.

πŸ… 94% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 6.8 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Nicolas Roegdreamlikedreadunsettling

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Nosferatu
2024 Β· dir. Robert Eggers
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.1horror Β· fantasy

Both land dream logic and dread at once

The difference: 34 years apart, and the 2020s show

A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman and the terrifying vampire infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake.

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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 Β· dir. Wes Craven
πŸ… 94%β˜… 7.4horror

Both trade on unease more than on being horror

Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive by angry parents many years before. Krueger has now come back in the dreams of his killers' children, claiming their lives as his revenge. Nancy and her boyfriend, Glen, must devise a plan to lure the monster out of the realm of nightmares and into the real world...

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Oculus
2014 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 75%β˜… 6.6horror

Dreamlike fantasy in both cases

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

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Interview with the Vampire
1994 Β· dir. Neil Jordan
πŸ… 66%β˜… 7.5horror Β· drama Β· fantasy

Dread-soaked family, and it commits to that

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.

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Doctor Sleep
2019 Β· dir. Mike Flanagan
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.3horror Β· fantasy

Both keep circling back to hotel

Still scarred by the trauma he endured as a child at the Overlook Hotel, Dan Torrance faces the ghosts of the past when he meets Abra, a courageous teen who desperately needs his help -- and who possesses a powerful extrasensory ability called the "shine".

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The Sentinel
1977 Β· dir. Michael Winner
πŸ… 45%β˜… 6.3horror Β· mystery Β· fantasy

Fantasy built on unease, twice over

The difference: Leans mystery where The Witches does not

As a young girl, Alison Parker attempted suicide after being traumatized by her father's sexual exploits. Now an elite fashion model, she moves to a Brooklyn Heights apartment building where she encounters a number of bizarre, eccentric tenants and attempts to uncover the building's sinister secret.

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Constantine
2005 Β· dir. Francis Lawrence
πŸ… 46%β˜… 7fantasy Β· action Β· horror

Horror with a pulse of dream logic, in both cases

The difference: Plays it as action more than The Witches does

John Constantine has literally been to Hell and back. When he teams up with a policewoman to solve the mysterious suicide of her twin sister, their investigation takes them through the world of demons and angels that exists beneath the landscape of contemporary Los Angeles.

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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
2013 Β· dir. Tommy Wirkola
πŸ… 17%β˜… 6.1fantasy Β· horror Β· action

The same preoccupation in both: witch

After getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil far greater than witches... their past.

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Ginger Snaps
2000 Β· dir. John Fawcett
πŸ… 90%β˜… 6.8horror Β· fantasy

Transformation is the engine of both

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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Dracula Untold
2014 Β· dir. Gary Shore
πŸ… 26%β˜… 6.2horror Β· action Β· fantasy

Dread-soaked family, and it commits to that

Vlad Tepes is a great hero, but when he learns the Sultan is preparing for battle and needs to form an army of 1,000 boys, he vows to find a way to protect his family. Vlad turns to dark forces in order to get the power to destroy his enemies and agrees to go from hero to monster as he's turned into the mythological vampire, Dracula.

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Kwaidan
1965 Β· dir. Masaki Kobayashi
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.9horror Β· fantasy Β· drama

Unsettling fantasy, and it commits to that

Taking its title from an archaic Japanese word meaning "ghost story," this anthology adapts four folk tales. A penniless samurai marries for money with tragic results. A man stranded in a blizzard is saved by Yuki the Snow Maiden, but his rescue comes at a cost. Blind musician Hoichi is forced to perform for an audience of ghosts. An author relates the story of a samurai who sees another warrior's reflection in his teacup.

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Carnival of Souls
1962 Β· dir. Herk Harvey
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7horror Β· mystery Β· fantasy

The same fantasy instincts

Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.

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