Movies like Puppetmaster

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Puppetmaster (1989)
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Puppetmaster (1989)
Original name: Puppet Master
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Toulon, a puppet maker, discovers an ancient Egyptian potion and uses it to bring his creations to life. His puppets become murderous little demons and escape. Distraught, the master takes his life. Years later, psychics tune into the existence of the monstrous marionettes and set off to stop them.
Style: scary, suspense, demonic, rough, atmospheric, enigmatic, grindhouse, cult classic, gothic, psychological ...
Audience: teens
Plot: puppet, evil doll, murder, supernatural, doll, deadly creature, killer doll, violence, transformation, puppet master, female nudity, curses spells and rituals, hotel, toys, stop motion, danger, camp, betrayal, monster, time machine, terror, supernatural horror, creepy doll, tiny, revenge ...
Time: 80s, year 1939, 1930s
Place: new york, california, pacific ocean, yale university
Keyword: compilation, oldies, egyptian, trunk

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Most similar movies to Puppetmaster

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, suspenseful, scary and slasher films with plots about danger, supernatural, monster, deadly, gory, rivalry and gore mostly in Horror, Thriller and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Puppetmaster: Child's Play (1988), Puppet Master II (1990), Crawlspace (1986), C.H.U.D. (1984), Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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Puppet Master II (1990)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: The puppets return, this time they hunt some Paranormal Researchers to take their brain fluid for the dead/living puppet master, Andre Toulon
Style: slasher, grindhouse, cult horror, classic horror, horror comedy ...
Plot: puppet, killer doll, doll, puppet master, hotel, stop motion, toys, murder, violence, monster, gory, erotica ...
Time: 90s, year 1912, 1910s
Place: cairo egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.3
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Crawlspace (1986)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a Nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways, hidden rooms and torture and murder devices.
Style: slasher, psychological, suspenseful, scary, captivating ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, murder, hostage, obsession, danger, isolation, woman in danger, voyeur, student life, maniac, double life ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.6
 14K
C.H.U.D. (1984)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photo journalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, ...
Style: slasher, scary, grindhouse, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, police investigation, toxic, gory, creature feature, experiment gone awry, danger, survival, murder, exploitation, creature, mutant ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (1989)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Presumed dead after a shoot-out with the Haddonfield police, Michael Myers is secretly nursed back to health -- and returns a year later to kill again and once more targets his young niece, Jamie. Jamie is now recovering in the local children's ...
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, classic horror, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, halloween, supernatural, masked villain, monster, holiday horror, murder, massacre, hospital, gory, obsession, kitten ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: illinois, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story: In the 22nd century, a scientist attempts to right the wrong his ancestor created: the puzzle box that opens the gates of Hell and unleashes Pinhead and his Cenobite legions
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, atmospheric, bloody ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: demon, torture, macabre, gory, supernatural, violence, monster, space station, space, hellraiser, human sacrifice, afterlife ...
Time: future, 22nd century, year 1996, 90s, 20th century ...
Place: france, manhattan new york city, new york, europe
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100%
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Inferno (1980)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A young man returns from Rome to his sister's satanic New York apartment house.
Style: dark, slasher, psychological, scary, gothic ...
Plot: witch, supernatural, gory, death, serial killer, witchcraft, danger, riddles and clues, amateur detective, supernatural ability, woman in danger, dead animal ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 80s
Place: new york, rome italy, italy
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100%
 5.6
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Dead Birds (2004)
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A group of Confederate soldiers who hole up in an abandoned plantation after robbing a bank, and find themselves at the mercy of supernatural forces.
Style: dark, scary, suspense, suspenseful, frightening ...
Plot: supernatural, demon, civil war, supernatural ability, torture, gory, monster, black magic, american civil war, ghost, violence, brutality ...
Time: 19th century, 1860s
Place: alabama, latin america, usa, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 5.4
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Phantoms (1998)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the peaceful town of Snowfield, Colorado something evil has wiped out the community. And now, its up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
Style: scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, small town, monster, military, gory, hotel, survival, extinction, creature feature, good versus evil, danger, disaster ...
Time: 90s
Place: colorado, los angeles, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
 5.6
 2K
The Kindred (1987)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mothers biggest fan. Together with ...
Style: scary, suspense, dark, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: creature, mutant, genetics, laboratory, mad scientist, murder, secrets, death, transformation, experiment gone awry, survival, danger ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Curse of the Puppet Master (1998)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Robert "Tank" begins to work for Dr. Magrew sculpting a puppet for the Doctor to bring to life using the work of Andre Toulon. Robert begins to fall in love with the Doctors daughter, Jane. Unbeknownst to Robert the Doctor is trying to ...
Style: scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, terrifying ...
Plot: secrets, serial killer, puppet master, gory, puppet, murder, brutality, doll, mind game, supernatural ability, supernatural, killer doll ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.5
 14K
Skinwalkers (2006)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Creatures, bound by the blood of the wolf, that can kill with curses and move at lightening speed, watching the night sky for the rise of the blood-red crescent moon. They are SKINWALKERS. They feed on our flesh and thirst for the taste of human ...
Style: suspense, scary, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, transformation, lycanthropy, youth, young heroes, curses spells and rituals, brutality, blood, good versus evil, rivalry, danger ...
Time: year 2006, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
30 Days of Night: Dark Days (2010)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After surviving the incidents in Barrow, Alaska, Stella Olemaun relocates to Los Angeles, where she intentionally attracts the attention of the local vampire population in order to avenge the death of her husband, Eben.
Style: scary, dark, suspense, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, vampire, werewolf, gory, revenge, escapades, heroes, rivalry, imaginary, mythology, fantasy world, brutality ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, long beach california, alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 4K
Nightmares (1983)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In ...
Style: anthology, scary, slasher, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: urban legend, serial killer, monster, video game, obsession, maniac, priest, multiple storylines, virtual reality, isolation, hidden identity, danger ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Prophecy II (1998)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Daniel.
Style: rough, satanic, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: angel, supernatural, death, fallen angel, immortality, religious, devil, monk, pregnancy, heaven, afterlife, police detective ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Puppet Master 5: The Final Chapter (1994)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: The puppets battle their most powerful enemy yet as they protect the new puppet master from the demon God that created the Secret of Life.
Style: dark, controversial, terrifying, cult horror, independent film ...
Plot: doll, puppet master, killer doll, monster, evil doll, supernatural, hotel, puppet, toys, stop motion, gory, tiny ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Annabelle (2014)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But Mia's delight with Annabelle doesn't last long. On one horrific night, their home is invaded by members of ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, tense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, haunted house, ghost, evil doll, supernatural horror, demonic possession, doll, death, toys, self sacrifice, curses spells and rituals, paranormal activity ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 2000, year 2014, 2010s ...
Place: usa, california, santa monica california, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1991)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Set in Berlin during WWII, the Nazi regime is attempting to develop a drug that will animate the dead, in order to use in the war effort. Toulin arouses suspicion as a Nazi dissident, and his secret is discovered. During a Nazi raid on his home, ...
Style: dark, slasher, grindhouse, controversial, terrifying ...
Plot: puppet, doll, puppet master, killer doll, supernatural, world war two, stop motion, nazi occultism, violence, evil doll, monster, toys ...
Time: 90s, 1940s, year 1941
Place: germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Dolls (1986)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A group of people stop by a mansion during a storm and discover two magical toy makers, and their haunted collection of dolls.
Style: scary, slasher, atmospheric, tense, cult classic ...
Plot: evil doll, doll, toys, supernatural, killer doll, youth, macabre, danger, ghost, monster, puppet, house ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Retro Puppet Master (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Toulon runs a puppet theatre in the heart of Paris and meets the sorcerer (the mysterious Afzel). When his life is saved by the lovely Swiss Ambassador's daughter Ilsa, we bear witness to the origin of the Puppet Master.
Style: cult horror, controversial, terrifying, independent film, experimental ...
Plot: puppet, doll, toys, puppet master, killer doll, god, evil doll, death, murder, monster, tiny, villain ...
Time: 19th century, year 1912, 1910s, 1900s, 1890s ...
Place: paris france, france, europe, cairo egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Trilogy of Terror (1975)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story: Three bizarre horror stories ending with the story of an African doll out for blood.
Style: anthology, scary, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: evil doll, twins, doll, toys, objects come to life, sibling rivalry, supernatural, couples, danger, puppet, teachers and students, killer doll ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Cellar Dweller (1987)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In the 1930s a horror-comic artist's creations come alive and kill him. Years later a new cartoonist revives the creatures in his house, now part of an artist's colony.
Style: grindhouse, retro, psychotronic, independent film, surprise ending ...
Plot: cartoonist, monster, supernatural, fire, basement, ghoul, creature, supernatural horror, killer animal, creature feature, werewolf, demon ...
Time: 20th century, 50s, 1930s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight (1995)
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A man on the run is hunted by a demon known as the Collector.
Style: scary, demonic, religious horror, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: demon, supernatural, good versus evil, zombie, demonic possession, monster, brutality, on the run, save the world, trapped in a building, prostitute, temptation ...
Time: 90s, year 1917, 20th century
Place: new mexico, usa, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Puppet Master: The Legacy (2003)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story: Peter Hertz tells a woman the past stories about the puppets, but she secretly wants to kill them.
Style: serious, bleak, suspenseful, scary, slasher ...
Plot: puppet master, puppet, supernatural, doll, ghost, serial killer, experiment gone awry, mad scientist, danger, supernatural ability, curses spells and rituals, imaginary ...
Time: 1900s, 1940s, 2000s, 20th century, 1920s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Puppet Master 4 (1993)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A young scientist working on an artificial intelligence project is the target of strange gremlin-like creatures, who are out to kill him and thus terminate his research. By coincidence, in one of the rooms he uses, there's a mysterious case ...
Style: slasher, scary, terrifying, controversial, cult horror ...
Plot: puppet, monster, doll, puppet master, killer doll, supernatural, pyramid, toys, stop motion, evil doll, gory, tiny ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 4.3
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Netherworld (1992)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A young man arrives at his father's mansion in Louisiana to discover that a secretive cult is using winged creatures to raise the dead to do their bidding.
Style: dark, independent film, scary, slasher, serious ...
Plot: ghost, creature, monster, reanimation, resurrection, bare breasts, jungle, murder, legends and myths, curses spells and rituals, afterlife, family in danger ...
Time: 90s
Place: new orleans, usa, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.1
 9K
Dead Heat (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: LAPD police officer, Roger Mortis is killed while arresting zombies who have been reanimated by the head of Dante Laboratories in order to carry out violent armed robberies.
Style: cult classic, spoof, scary, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: buddy cop, reluctant partners, undead, monster, zombie, gory, vengeance, supernatural, mad scientist, police investigation, exploitation, violence ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 3.7
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Ragdoll (1999)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A teenaged rapper uses his Gran's magic powders to help him in his revenge against those who put her in the hospital.
Style: bleak, rough, suspenseful, serious, controversial ...
Plot: evil doll, puppet, vengeance, supernatural ability, danger, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, hip hop, hospital, killer doll, doll, grandmother grandson relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
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Child's Play 3 (1991)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eight years have passed since the events of the second film. Chucky has been resurrected once again and seeks revenge on Andy, his former owner, who is now a teenager enrolled in military school.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, killer doll, evil doll, doll, gory, supernatural, afterlife, ghost, monster, toys, toy comes to life, murder ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Mortuary Collection (2019)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: In the phantasmagorical town of Raven's End, a misguided young girl takes refuge in a decrepit old mortuary. The eccentric undertaker chronicles the strange history of the town through a series of twisted tales, each more terrifying than the ...
Style: anthology, surprise ending, enigmatic, stylized, dark ...
Plot: mortician, funeral home, mysterious death, dark secret, supernatural, memories, young woman, babysitting, killings, blonde, dark humor, morgue ...
Time: 60s, 70s, 80s, 1950s, 50s
Place: astoria oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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