Movies like The Willies
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The Willies (1990)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Two brothers camping with their cousin try to frighten each other by telling stories. They start with urban legends, but then there are two main narrations: one involves strange happenings at an elementary school; the other, a teenage boy with a peculiar interest.
Style:
dark fairy tale, scary, bleak, suspenseful, semi serious, anthology, cult film
Audience:
teens, horror for children
Plot:
campfire story, fast food restaurant, urban legend, youth, insanity, creature, monster, bully, giant insect, elementary school, amusement park, fat boy, heart attack, disgust, school janitor, camping, ghost, supernatural, obsession, misfit, family relations, escapades, rivalry, city life, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
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Most similar movies to The Willies
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and psychotronic films with plots about danger, supernatural, deadly, monster, murder, gory and deadly creature mostly in Horror, Thriller and Fantasy genres. Some movies like The Willies: Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990), Campfire Tales (1997), Inhabited (2003), Bugged (1996), Hallows Point (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Are You Afraid of the Dark? is a joint Canadian-American horror/fantasy-themed anthology television series. The original series was a joint production between the Canadian company Cinar and the American company Nickelodeon. The show was filmed in ...
Style:
scary, semi serious, suspenseful, spooky, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
halloween, supernatural, campfire story, paranormal, youth, surrealism, ghost, forest, escapades, alien encounter, mischievous children, fear ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
canada
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95%
Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.
Style:
scary, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
urban legend, ghost, supernatural, campfire story, spirit, youth, legends and myths, camp, farmhouse, mysterious man, sister sister relationship, redneck ...
Time:
90s, 50s
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After Brad and Meg move to a detached house in need of major repairs after a fire and decades of neglect, they're happy that cheerful teenage son Tyler behaves normally, for puberty. Young daughter Gina's stories about sometimes evil ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
goblin, suspense, family relations, riddles and clues, supernatural, ghost, family life, monster, psychiatrist, little creatures, death, handyman ...
Time:
year 1955
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
269
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Bugged! tells the story of a group of bumbling exterminators who are called over to the house of an attractive young novelist to rid her house of insects. Unfortunately, due to a horrible chemical mix-up, the poison spray causes the bugs to grow to ...
Style:
natural horror, campy, scary, semi serious, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
insect, creature feature, blaxploitation, bus, monster, disorder, mutant, down on your luck, supernatural, deadly creature, nothing goes right, escapades ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Trapped in an abandoned schoolhouse with an evil they helped create, but cannot defeat, the students are ill prepared for their last lesson...in terror!
Style:
serious, scary, suspenseful, rough, psychotronic
Plot:
supernatural, murder, prank, supernatural ability, youth, isolation, psychopath, rivalry, terrorism, serial killer, captivity, teachers and students ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An anthology of three horror stories presented by George A. Romero. In "Gorge" hikers are trapped in a cave-in must make a gruesome choice. In "On Sabbath Hill," a woman is driven to suicide but remains to torment her lover. In ...
Style:
disturbing, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, dark fairy tale ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, urban legend, deadly creature, missing person, murder, obsession, mysterious death, vampire, zombie, suspense, small town, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Anthology of horror stories from Troma Entertainment.
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, queer horror, dark fairy tale ...
Plot:
mysterious character, supernatural, serial killer, lifestyle, dangerous attraction, teenage life, vampire, female vampire, couples, friends, artists and showbiz, good versus evil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
John Carradine narrates five horror tales, each with a comically predictable surprise ending. In the first, "The Witches Clock", The Farrells have purchased an old mansion in Salem Massachusetts, and are warned by the town doctor of the ...
Style:
dark fairy tale, scary, serious, psychotronic, twist ending ...
Plot:
zombie, vampire, witch, wizards and magicians, escapades, dangerous animal, obsessive quest, good versus evil, vengeance, deadly creature, terrorism, supernatural ...
Time:
19th century, 60s
Place:
new england, england, london, scotland yard
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When a tour guide breaks into America's Most Haunted House, a bit of amateur ghost hunting with friends turns into more horror than they could have ever imagined.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, surprise ending, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, possession, murder, survival, supernatural, legends and myths, suspense, woman with a gun, house, woman in danger, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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:
suspenseful, bleak, serious, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, serial killer, experiment gone awry, supernatural ability, mad scientist, curses spells and rituals, puppet, doll, evil doll, killer doll, villain ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 20th century, 1940s, 1920s ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Teens camping in a northern California retreat are terrorized by mutant insects created by evil, polluting pot farmers.
Style:
scary, tense, semi serious, rough, campy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mutant, monster, dangerous animal, creature feature, wilderness, youth, buddies, drug abuse, giant insect, creature, insect, summer camp ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four outcast teenagers acquire mystical powers that allow them to become gods on campus, with deadly consequences.
Style:
atmospheric, suspenseful, scary, serious
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, teenage life, supernatural, supernatural ability, bully, teenage love, rivalry, vengeance, youth, social misfits, prank, curses spells and rituals ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
366
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A young couple’s quest to rent the scariest movie on DVD on Halloween eve results in a real life horror show they may live to regret!
Style:
slasher, scary, semi serious, suspenseful, dark fairy tale ...
Plot:
halloween, supernatural, isolation, murder, youth, terrorism, stalking, store, teenage life, supernatural ability, ghost, dangerous animal ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by modern archaeologist Harrison ...
Style:
scary, exciting, suspenseful, semi serious, splatter ...
Plot:
dangerous animal, escapades, supernatural, curses spells and rituals, college, monster, excavation, myth, animal attack, snake, creature feature, mythical creature ...
Time:
jurassic
Place:
colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
He’s one of the hardest working filmmakers in the genre business.......So what’s HATCHET man Adam Green been up to this past year apart from working on his sit-com ‘Holliston’, writing KILLER PIZZA and prepping EXORCISM ON CROOKED LAKE? The ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, bleak, tense ...
Plot:
monster, found footage, creature, nightmare, supernatural, amateur detective, mysterious character, filmmaking, suspense, human versus monster, halloween, food ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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TV shows similar to Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, suspenseful, scary, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, murder, suspense, hospital, demonic possession, child murder, child in peril, graphic violence, teenage boy, curses spells and rituals, evil ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
An anthology of three horror stories presented by George A. Romero. In "Valley of the Shadow," a woman searches for her missing husband in the jungles of South America, only to be in great danger herself. In "Wet," a lonely man ...
Style:
scary, suspenseful, serious, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cave, supernatural, missing person, parents and children, survival, terminal illness, medical experiment, murder, unplanned pregnancy, suspense, zombie, graphic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A group of hikers led by a college professor are searching the woods for an ancient Indian burial mound. When they discover a likely site, three members of the group reveal themselves to be grave looters, and tie up the others so they can keep the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, scary
Plot:
deadly creature, supernatural, survival, escapades, crime gone awry, rivalry, betrayal, alien, monster, leadership, heroes, supernatural ability ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A group of students is trapped at school after a time capsule from the 1950's is cracked open by an earthquake. The students soon realize that ghostly spirits escaped from the time capsule, and possessed the principal and three other teachers.
Style:
suspenseful, scary, semi serious, psychotronic, rough ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
ghost, high school, supernatural, deadly creature, youth, school, zombie, rivalry, curses spells and rituals, high school principal, possession, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new england, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A young man and his girlfriend move into the man's old mansion home, where he becomes possessed by a need to control ancient demons.
Style:
scary, humorous, sexy, light, splatter ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
demon, monster, supernatural, witch, zombie, creature, justice, adaptation, ghost, battles, curses spells and rituals, rivalry ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A college student, traveling with his friends to a remote eastern-European village, unwittingly releases the Rock Monster from it's ancient slumber to wreak havoc on the surrounding countryside
Style:
exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, disturbing, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
curses spells and rituals, village life, chaos, supernatural, escapades, inheritance, forest, kaiju, monster, mythical creature, shark, creature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A regeneration experiment on a severed arm goes awry, turning the limb into a murderous, reptilian creature.
Style:
scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
monster, body horror, zombie, supernatural being, creature feature, mad scientist, sewer, domineering mother, disorder, dark humor, experiment gone awry, cons and scams ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
An Anthology feature film with webs of evil and murder. Shorts "FEM", "On The Hunt", "Dark Psychosis", and "Cop A Kill" intertwine with blood and death to form a dark hematic web.
Style:
bloody, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, violence, violent, killer, paranormal investigation, paranormal, deadly creature, creature, demon, peril, paranormal phenomena, characters in danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Four felons are contacted by an anonymous client via the internet. They are instructed to go to a remote desert island and pick up an "item" and keep it safe for 24 hours. It will then be picked up and they will be paid. However, upon ...
Style:
scary, slasher, serious, suspenseful
Plot:
monster, creature, little creatures, killer, supernatural, mind game, rivalry, criminal heroes, deadly creature, vengeance, martial arts, assignment ...
Time:
90s
Place:
mojave desert
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
In this feature version of the Swedish TV series "13 Demon Street," a 50,000-year-old woman is found frozen in an ice field, and a man's death is foretold in dreams.
Style:
dark fairy tale, serious, scary, mind bending, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
afterlife, suspense, rivalry, supernatural ability, good versus evil, heroes, obsession, mentally unstable, escapades, supernatural, inventions and discoveries, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
60s
Place:
sweden
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story:
It's 1905 when 12 year old Sophia plays all by herself in her big, creepy house with only four handmade dolls as friends. When her abusive father has finally had enough, he forces her to bury them in the backyard. But, after she ...
Style:
scary, serious, rough, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
killer doll, afterlife, family in danger, vengeance, ghost, bully, puppet, murder, teenage life, supernatural ability, supernatural, youth ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
The horrifying yet delicious and chewy Gingerdead Man causes murder and mayhem on the set of a horrible low budget movie set. It will take the determination of the studio's young new owner to save both his company and well as the lives of his ...
Style:
slasher, fairy tale, scary, humorous, not serious ...
Plot:
supernatural, murder, killer, chaos and mayhem, christmas, escapades, serial killer, deadly creature, rivalry, monster, suspense, villain ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
About an orphaned child whose dreams - and nightmares - manifest physically as he sleeps.
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
subconscious, supernatural, orphan, child, nightmare, supernatural ability, insomnia, dream, adoption, monster, little boy, supernatural power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Based on the recently acquired journals of Texan Dale S. Rogers, this vintage horror tale debunks history books to tell the veracious, harrowing story of a rural Texas community whose residents were terrified for years by a mysterious creature ...
Style:
slasher, serious, suspenseful, scary, avant garde ...
Plot:
beast, bigfoot, missing child, vengeance, dangerous animal, deadly creature, unemployment, farm, urban legend, monster, creature, giant monster ...
Time:
70s
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Mad scientist brings Dracula, the Wolfman, the Mummy, and Frankenstein's Monster to life... but there's a problem and they end up three feet tall.
Style:
slasher, scary, suspenseful, semi serious, campy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, monster, frankenstein, supernatural being, mummy, vampire, mad scientist, disorder, heroes, race against time, dangerous animal, obsessive quest ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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