Movies like Children of the Corn

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Children of the Corn (1984)
 5.6
 57K
Children of the Corn (1984)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A boy preacher named Isaac goes to a town in Nebraska called Gatlin and gets all the children to murder every adult in town.
Style: suspense, slasher, demonic, suspenseful, creepy, scary, rough, classic horror, psychological, dark ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: killer child, folk horror, children, blood, religion, creepy child, supernatural, small town, violence, murder, isolation, child murders an adult, human sacrifice, good versus evil, supernatural horror, brutality, boy, serial killer, stephen king, cornfield, devil, preacher, monster, occult, terror ...
Time: 80s
Place: nebraska, usa, iowa
Keyword: attack, oldies

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Most similar movies to Children of the Corn

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, scary, serious and slasher films with plots about danger, supernatural, murder, blood, deadly, death and violence mostly in Horror, Thriller and Mystery genres. Some movies like Children of the Corn: House of Wax (2005), Child's Play (1988), Bloody Birthday (1981), Sinister (2012), Child's Play 2 (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Children of the Corn: The Gathering (1996)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Grace Rhodes, who is studying to be a doctor, returns to her hometown as a strange illness is afflicting the local children. The symptoms include a high fever and spasms, but even weirder is what happens the next day: All those with the illness ...
Style: slasher, scary, classic horror, pastoral, saga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: stephen king, serial killer, killer child, evil child, supernatural, gory, murder, chase, blood, siblings, psycho, creepy child ...
Time: 90s
Place: nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.5
 133K
House of Wax (2005)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A group of unwitting teens are stranded near a strange wax museum and soon must fight to survive and keep from becoming the next exhibit.
Style: slasher, scary, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, torture, group of friends, murder, violence, psycho killer, masked killer, survival, small town, homicidal maniac, gory ...
Time: year 2005, year 2000, 50s, 20th century, year 1974 ...
Place: usa, florida, louisiana, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Children of the Corn II: The Final Sacrifice (1992)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Arriving in Gatlin, Nebraska, a news-reporter and his son get wind of a story about the youth in the town murdering their parents finds that a series of brutal murders are revealed to be worshipers of the corn-stalks and try to stop them before they ...
Style: slasher, cult classic, scary, classic horror, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, children, stephen king, creepy child, killer child, cornfield, occult, evil child, reporter, investigation, gory, murder ...
Time: 90s
Place: nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 116K
Child's Play (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, suspense, demonic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, murder, doll, killer doll, gory, evil doll, psychopath, voodoo, macabre, winter, danger, nobody believes ...
Time: 80s, year 1988, 20th century
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives (1986)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Determined to finish off the infamous killer Jason Voorhees once and for all, Tommy Jarvis and a friend exhume Jason’s corpse in order to cremate him. Things go awry when Jason is instead resurrected, sparking a new chain of ruthlessly brutal ...
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, suspenseful, classic horror ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gory, monster, friday the 13th, summer camp, supernatural, masked killer, woods, camp, serial killer, murder, blood, maniac ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Bloody Birthday (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In 1970, three children are born at the height of a total eclipse. Due to the sun and moon blocking Saturn, which controls emotions, they have become heartless killers ten years later, and are able to escape detection because of their youthful and ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, psychological, scary, tense ...
Plot: evil child, solar eclipse, birthday, elementary school, creepy child, children, family life, supernatural, patricide, child in peril, psychopath, teenage life ...
Time: 80s, year 1981, year 1980, 70s, year 1970
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 278K
Sinister (2012)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Found footage helps a true-crime novelist realize how and why a family was murdered in his new home, though his discoveries put his entire family in the path of a supernatural entity.
Style: scary, suspense, tense, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, fear, supernatural horror, murder, danger, occult, investigation, evil force, paranormal activity, writer's life ...
Time: year 2012, 2010s, year 2000, 60s, year 1966 ...
Place: pennsylvania, usa, sacramento california, missouri, st. louis missouri
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Children of the Corn 666: Isaac's Return (1999)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A girl called Hannah goes back to her hometown (Gatlin) to find out who her mother but on the way she picks up a strange man who fore-shadows her life with a passage from the bible. When she gets there she wakes up Isaac from a coma he has been in ...
Style: slasher, classic horror, cult horror, pastoral, saga ...
Plot: stephen king, evil child, teenager, religion, killer child, folk horror, occult, creepy kid, bad kids, faith, creepy child, psycho ...
Time: 90s
Place: nebraska, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A young girl who possesses the power of telekinesis accidentally causes her father's death after a family dispute at Crystal Lake. Years later, when a doctor tries to exploit her abilities, her power becomes a hellish curse, and she unwittingly ...
Style: scary, slasher, bloody, classic horror, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: serial killer, telekinesis, gory, murder, supernatural, friday the 13th, camp, nudity, summer camp, psychic power, psionic power, monster ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 57K
Child's Play 2 (1990)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: When Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, psychological thriller ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: doll, killer doll, evil doll, serial killer, foster home, psychopath, supernatural, supernatural power, murder, disbelieving adult, elementary school, possession ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: chicago, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.1
 11K
Husk (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A group of friends stranded near a desolate cornfield find shelter in an old farmhouse, though they soon discover the dwelling is the center of a supernatural ritual.
Style: scary, tense, suspense, dark, creepy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: scarecrow, supernatural, cornfield, murder, danger, curse, friends, group of friends, ritual, farmhouse, search and rescue, farm ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
 31K
Silver Bullet (1985)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Netherlands Antilles
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The small city of Tarker's Mill is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears that this is the work of a maniac. During a search a mysterious, hairy creature is observed. This strange appearance is noticed once a month. ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, creepy, tense ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: werewolf, beast, transformation, supernatural, monster, small town, danger, murder, escapades, social relations, stephen king, macabre ...
Time: 80s, year 1976, 70s
Place: maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Morocco
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government atomic zone. Miles from nowhere, the Carter family soon ...
Style: slasher, scary, brutal, splatter, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cannibalism, gory, desert, survival, torture, rape, fear, human monster, victim, kidnapping, danger, massacre ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s, year 2000, 21st century
Place: new mexico, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 37K
Firestarter (1984)
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: As youths, Andy McGee (David Keith) and his future wife, Vicky (Heather Locklear), participated in secret experiments, allowing themselves to be subjected to mysterious medical tests. Years later, the couple's daughter, Charlie (Drew ...
Style: scary, rough, suspense, suspenseful, exciting ...
Plot: supernatural, stephen king, psychic, experiment gone awry, creepy child, little girl, psychic power, father daughter relationship, on the run, supernatural ability, danger, government agency ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, vermont
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 75K
Candyman (2021)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story: For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago's Cabrini Green neighborhood were terrorized by a word-of-mouth ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand, easily summoned by those daring to repeat his ...
Style: scary, suspense, slasher, bloody, dark ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: urban legend, strong violent content, urban decay, supernatural, african american, revenge, vengeful ghost, mirror, ghost, fear, murder, serial killer ...
Time: 2020s, year 1977, 2010s, 70s, year 2019
Place: chicago, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 114K
Pet Sematary (1989)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Dr. Louis Creed's family moves into the country house of their dreams and discover a pet cemetery at the back of their property. The cursed burial ground deep in the woods brings the dead back to life -- with "minor" problems. At ...
Style: scary, suspense, tense, disturbing, frightening ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: zombie, macabre, stephen king, supernatural horror, indian burial ground, grave robbing, killer child, cemetery, family in danger, murder, supernatural, gory ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: maine, usa, chicago, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Children of the Corn: Genesis (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Tim and Allie seek shelter in a remote desert compound after becoming lost and stranded. A strange Manson-like character, Preacher, reluctantly allows them inside with strict orders to be gone by morning and not wander "where you are not ...
Style: suspenseful, rough, scary, serious, slasher ...
Audience: teens
Plot: religions or cults, stephen king, supernatural, supernatural ability, danger, youth, confined, curses spells and rituals, isolation, farmhouse, evil child, killer child ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nebraska, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
The Visitation (2006)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: In Antioch, the former Father Travis Jordan lost his faith on God three years ago when his beloved wife was murdered and the criminals never found. Suddenly, miracles happen in the little town: the son of the newcomer and veterinary Morgan Elliot ...
Style: psychological, atmospheric, disturbing, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot: faith, small town, church, supernatural, murder, miraculous event, investigation, mysterious character, healing power, supernatural ability, haunted by the past, religions or cults ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.9
 41K
The Void (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the middle of a routine patrol, officer Daniel Carter happens upon a blood-soaked figure limping down a deserted stretch of road. He rushes the young man to a nearby rural hospital staffed by a skeleton crew, only to discover that patients and ...
Style: dark, lovecraft, creepy, stylized, surreal ...
Audience: date night
Plot: body horror, hospital, monster, cosmic horror, another dimension, insanity, macabre, murder, mutation, small town, isolation, human experiment ...
Time: 80s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
30 Days of Night (2007)
Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 113 min.
Story: This is the story of an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted ...
Style: scary, creepy, suspense, atmospheric, splatter ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: vampire, small town, winter, survival, gory, snow, monster, supernatural, zombie, sunrise, blood, creature ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: alaska, oceania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 82K
The Fog (1980)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Strange things begin to occurs 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 ...
Style: slasher, creepy, atmospheric, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot: ghost, lighthouse, small town, revenge, ship, blood, radio station, sword, monster, ghost ship, supernatural horror, murder ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, 70s, 20th century, year 1979
Place: california, northern california, usa, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.6
 45K
The Reaping (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Katherine Morrissey, a former Christian missionary, lost her faith after the tragic deaths of her family. Now she applies her expertise to debunking religious phenomena. When a series of biblical plagues overrun a small town, Katherine arrives to ...
Style: scary, suspense, demonic, religious horror, intense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: disaster, supernatural, apocalypse, swamp, small town, religion, death, danger, save the world, curses spells and rituals, investigation, miraculous event ...
Time: year 2007, 21st century
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Hills Have Eyes (1977)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack.
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, disturbing, dark ...
Plot: cannibalism, desert, gory, blood, cannibal, rape, serial killer, dog, murder, violence, disturbed individual, rape and revenge ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 5.1
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Madman (1981)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: At a summer camp for youths, cocky pre-teen calls out the name of mass serial killer "Madman Marz". Suddenly, counselors are being maimed and slaughtered in various ways by the backwoodsman who has returned when his name was called.
Style: scary, slasher, suspenseful, bloody, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, summer camp, camp counselor, stalking, murder, danger, teenage life, forest, exploitation, woods, maniac, camp ...
Time: year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Doctor Channard is sent a new patient, a girl warning of the terrible creatures that have destroyed her family, Cenobites who offer the most intense sensations of pleasure and pain. But Channard has been searching for the doorway to Hell for years, ...
Style: gothic, slasher, scary, splatter, demonic ...
Audience: adult
Plot: hell, supernatural, demon, gory, monster, hellraiser, torture, maze, violent, body horror, doctor, puzzle ...
Time: 80s, year 1988
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.3
 178K
Poltergeist (1982)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Steve Freeling lives with his wife, Diane, and their three children, Dana, Robbie, and Carol Anne, in Southern California where he sells houses for the company that built the neighborhood. It starts with just a few odd occurrences, such as broken ...
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: poltergeist, haunted house, ghost, supernatural, psychic, haunted, suburban life, haunting, paranormal, nightmare, child in peril, children ...
Time: 80s, year 1982, 20th century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Last Exorcism (2010)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After years of performing “exorcisms” and taking believers’ money, Reverend Marcus travels to rural Louisiana with a film crew so he can dispel what he believes is the myth of demonic possession. The dynamic reverend is certain that this will ...
Style: demonic, scary, suspense, dark, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: exorcism, religion, found footage, ghost, supernatural, demon, satanic cult, supernatural horror, fraud, evil spirit, possession, insanity ...
Time: year 2010, year 2000, 21st century
Place: somalia, usa, southern usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 7.1
 338K
The Mist (2007)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style: twist ending, atmospheric, psychological, bad ending, scary ...
Audience: boys' night, adult
Plot: survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, survival horror, religious fanatic, giant monster, chaos and mayhem, small town ...
Time: year 2007, distant future, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, maine
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Final Destination 2 (2003)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Kimberly has a violent premonition of a highway pileup she blocks the freeway, keeping a few others meant to die, safe...Or are they? The survivors mysteriously start dying and it's up to Kimberly to stop it before she's next.
Style: scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, slasher ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: survival, supernatural horror, destiny, danger, a vision, supernatural, creativity, cheating death, gory, road trip, violence, premonition ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Five years after the horrible bloodbath at Camp Crystal Lake, it seems Jason Voorhees and his demented mother are in the past. Paul opens up a new camp close to the infamous site, ignoring warnings to stay away, and a sexually-charged group of ...
Style: slasher, suspense, bloody, suspenseful, scary ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, masked killer, gory, crazy, psycho killer, lake, maniac, serial murder, blood, friday the 13th ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1984
Place: new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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