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R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010)
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R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour (2010)
Original name: R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: R. L. Stine's The Haunting Hour is a Canadian/American original anthology horror-fantasy series, with episodes each half an hour long. The series is based on The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It Movie, and the books The Haunting Hour and Nightmare Hour anthology by R. L. Stine.
Style: anthology, scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, spooky, dark, dark fantasy, horror comedy, dark fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, youth, monster, fear, escapades, danger, imaginary, mischievous children, evil force, supernatural power, good versus evil, child in peril, halloween, middle school, fantasy life, haunting, stranger, disorder, encounter, kids in trouble, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, courage, morality, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary

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Most similar movies to R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anthology, scary, spooky and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about supernatural, supernatural power, danger, youth, paranormal phenomena, paranormal and escapades mostly in Thriller, Horror and Fantasy genres. Some movies like R.L. Stine's The Haunting Hour: Goosebumps (1995), Spooksville (2013), Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990), Creeped Out (2017), Deadtime Stories (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Goosebumps (1995)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Goosebumps is a Canadian-American children's horror anthology television series based on R. L. Stine's Goosebumps books. It was one of the two popular television horror anthology children's series in the 1990s.
Style: anthology, dark, sitcom, dark fairy tale, scary ...
Audience: family friendly, teens, family outing, pre-teens, kids ...
Plot: supernatural, children, psychic, haunting, clairvoyant, goose, middle school, insect, magic, generation y, lycanthropy, childhood love ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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Spooksville (2013)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Spooksville is an action/adventure live action TV series that aired on The Hub beginning October 26, 2013. The show was produced by Jane Startz, who also produced Tuck Everlasting and Ella Enchanted and was written for TV by James Krieg. The show ...
Style: exciting, captivating, light, tense, spooky ...
Audience: kids
Plot: good versus evil, small town, supernatural, youth, danger, friendship, parallel world, save the day, rivalry, escapades, high school, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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, anthology, semi serious, suspenseful, spooky ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: halloween, supernatural, campfire story, paranormal, youth, surrealism, woods, danger, ghost, escapades, alien encounter, mischievous children ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s
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75%
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Creeped Out (2017)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A masked figure known as "The Curious" collects tales of dark magic, otherworldly encounters and twisted technology in this kids anthology series.
Style: anthology, light, colorful, semi serious, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens
Plot: children, friendship, parents and children, monster, secrets, social relations, teenager, school, paranormal phenomena, supernatural, paranormal, supernatural power ...
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Deadtime Stories (2012)
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A baby-sitter tells a different 'Deadtime Story' to the kids she is babysitting. The stories are scary and chilling.
Style: anthology, semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, suspense ...
Audience: family outing, kids, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, children, escapades, imaginary, zombie, ghost, supernatural power, paranormal phenomena, paranormal, child in peril, child protagonist, child's point of view ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
The Nightmare Room (2001)
Genre: Family, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Anthology series centered on teens facing supernatural threats, many based on the books by R.L. Stine.
Style: anthology, captivating, tense, spooky, dark fairy tale ...
Audience: kids, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, child in peril, paranormal phenomena, good versus evil, supernatural horror, coming of age, courage, spirit, paranormal activity, mysticism, haunted house, ghost ...
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Are You Afraid of the Dark? (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: This three-part, self-contained limited series is about the newest member of the Midnight Society, her first scary tale, and what happens to the group when the terrifying events of her story start to actually happen in their small town.
Style: anthology, disturbing, suspenseful, captivating, spooky ...
Audience: horror for children
Plot: fantasy becomes reality, carnival, rescue, girl, initiation, deal with the devil, eccentricity, clown, intelligence agency, apocalypse, friend, mind control ...
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100%
Eerie, Indiana (1991)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Eerie, Indiana is an American television series that originally aired on NBC from 1991 to 1992. The series was created by José Rivera and Karl Schaefer, with Joe Dante serving as creative consultant. A total of nineteen episodes were produced. The ...
Style: spooky, scary, anthology, sitcom, detective ...
Audience: kids, horror for children
Plot: supernatural, suburbs, youth, paranormal, magic, halloween, town, teenager, small town, investigation, disorder, suburban life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: indiana, usa
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100%
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The Twilight Zone (2002)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: The Twilight Zone is a 2002 revival of Rod Serling's 1950/60s television series, The Twilight Zone. It aired for one season on the UPN network, with actor Forest Whitaker assuming Serling's role as narrator and on-screen host. The series ...
Style: anthology, serious, atmospheric, stylized, mind bending ...
Plot: supernatural power, surrealism, paranormal phenomena, danger, supernatural, twists and turns, trapped, supernatural ability, investigation, boss, space, time travel ...
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Tales from the Darkside (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero; it was released in 1984. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, Tales From The Crypt, and Lee Martin's The Midnight ...
Style: anthology, scary, atmospheric, semi serious, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural ability, danger, twists and turns, nightmare comes true, imaginary, mysterious character, paranormal activity, nobody believes, supernatural, stephen king, zombie, halloween ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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100%
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King (2006)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 387 min.
TV show
Story: A television mini-series adaptation of Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Stephen King's collection of short horror stories.
Style: anthology, scary, serious, suspenseful, stylized ...
Plot: supernatural, stephen king, nightmare, evil force, danger, wrong place wrong time, mysterious place, halloween, hospital, writers, loss of son, honeymoon ...
Time: 21st century
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Night Gallery (1969)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Night Gallery is an American anthology series that aired on NBC from 1970 to 1973, featuring stories of horror and the macabre. Rod Serling, who had gained fame from an earlier series, The Twilight Zone, served both as the on-air host of Night ...
Style: anthology, psychological, supernatural thriller, dark fairy tale, spooky ...
Plot: supernatural, monster, new year, end of the world, ghost, winter, occult, cosmic horror, creature, american horror, mermaid, myth ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
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100%
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: The Twilight Zone is the first of two revivals of Rod Serling's acclaimed 1950/60s television series of the same name. It ran for two seasons on CBS before producing a final season for syndication.
Style: anthology, psychological, scary, thought provoking, atmospheric ...
Plot: supernatural, supernatural ability, hidden truth, nobody believes, investigation, twists and turns, nightmare comes true, abduction, imaginary, society, vietnam war, surrealism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Nowhere Boys (2013)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Four teenage boys get lost in the forest and discover, when they return home, that they are in an alternate world identical to theirs except for one startling difference - they were never born.
Style: exciting, serious, captivating, suspense, children's program ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: young heroes, parallel world, friendship, youth, good versus evil, chosen one, supernatural ability, teenage boy, supernatural, danger, curses spells and rituals, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Zero Hour (2013)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: As the publisher of Modern Skeptic Magazine, Hank Galliston has spent his career following clues, debunking myths and cracking conspiracies. But when his beautiful wife, Laila, is abducted from her antique clock shop, Hank gets pulled into one of ...
Style: exciting, serious, mind bending, suspenseful, captivating
Plot: ancient mystery, relic, danger, treasure, riddles and clues, conspiracy, legends and myths, journal, artifact, good versus evil, map, missing person ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Monsters (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. As of 2011, Monsters airs on NBC Universal's horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller in sporadic ...
Style: anthology, scary, dark fairy tale, spooky, dark ...
Audience: teens
Plot: monster, creature, supernatural, apocalypse, magic, irony, supernatural power, dark humor, deadly creature, freak, nightmare comes true, danger ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
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Amazing Stories (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A truly amazing, fantastical, science fiction, funny and odd, and sometimes scary, sad and endearing anthology series presented by Steven Spielberg with guest appearances by many famous actors, actresses, and directors.
Style: anthology, atmospheric, suspenseful, serious, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien encounter, space and aliens, supernatural, psychic power, missing person, time travel, luftwaffe, monster, healing power, magician, ghost, magic ...
Time: 20th century
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34%
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.
Style: anthology, scary, spooky, sitcom, dark fairy tale ...
Audience: kids
Plot: conspiracy, youth, mysterious character, twists and turns, dark humor, danger, supernatural, supernatural power, surrealism, british
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
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Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension (1998)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Eerie, Indiana: The Other Dimension is a spin-off of Eerie, Indiana. This series aired on the Fox Kids Network in 1998.
Style: anthology, spooky, detective, scary, semi serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: small town, paranormal, disorder, youth, investigation, imaginary, amateur detective, parallel world, teenage life, suburbs, brother sister relationship, best friend ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: indiana, usa
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Into the Dark (2018)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: A Year's Worth of Horrific Holidays: each episode is inspired by a holiday from the month in which it is released.
Style: anthology, scary, disturbing, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night, chick flick
Plot: fear, holiday, murder, macabre, youth, nudity, psychopath, isolation, supernatural, mythical creature, holiday horror, supernatural horror ...
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Night Visions (2001)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Night Visions is an hour-long, American television horror anthology series, with each episode comprising two half-hour stories dealing with themes of the supernatural or simply the dark side of human nature. Henry Rollins was the uncredited host of ...
Style: anthology, scary, suspenseful, atmospheric, bleak ...
Plot: paranormal phenomena, danger, figment, puzzle, paranormal, secret, mysticism, paranormal activity, cautionary tale, morality, supernatural power, human nature ...
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33%
The Hitchhiker (1983)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: The Hitchhiker is a mystery anthology series that aired from 1983 to 1987 on HBO and First Choice in Canada. The series later moved to the USA Network from 1989 to 1991.
Style: anthology, scary, dark, creepy, spooky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, hitchhiker, mental illness, drifter, obsession, breaking the fourth wall, hitchhiking, female nudity, nudity, chaos, supernatural ability, vengeance ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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33%
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The Troop (2009)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Troop is an American-Canadian live-action, single camera comedy-adventure television series about a trio of teenagers who fight and capture monsters and other supernatural phenomena that invade the fictional town of Lakewood. Created and ...
Style: humorous, exciting, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids
Plot: supernatural, good versus evil, escapades, rivalry, young heroes, youth, danger, friendship, teachers and students, parallel world, high school, heroes ...
Time: 21st century
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50%
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The Outer Limits (1963)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 51 min.
TV show
Story: The Outer Limits is an American television series that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1965. The series is often compared to The Twilight Zone, but with a greater emphasis on science fiction stories. The Outer Limits is an anthology of self-contained ...
Style: anthology, serious, psychotronic, scary, bleak ...
Audience: kids
Plot: space travel, dystopian future, supernatural ability, save the world, danger, space and aliens, alien encounter, space wars, alien, science, dystopia, alternate reality ...
Time: 20th century, future
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32%
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So Weird (1999)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: So Weird is an American television series that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. The series was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia. In season one and season two, the series centered ...
Style: spooky, neo noir, adult cartoon, semi serious, offbeat ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: supernatural, teenager, paranormal, psychic, haunting, clairvoyant, super powers, middle school, magic, slice of life, halloween, missing person ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
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50%
Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible is a British comedy-horror anthology series created by Graham Duff, who co-wrote the series with Steve Coogan. BBC Two broadcast the series in 2001. It spoofs the British horror films of Amicus Productions, ...
Style: parody, anthology, not serious, suspenseful, humorous ...
Plot: mad scientist, vampire, supernatural, danger, escapades, satire, castle, halloween, disorder, heroes, lesbian vampire, giant crab ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Tower of Terror (1997)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: A disgraced reporter investigates an abandoned luxury hotel where five people mysteriously disappeared sixty years earlier.
Style: scary, serious, spooky, atmospheric, suspenseful
Audience: kids, horror for children
Plot: ghost, supernatural, elevator, halloween, black magic, hotel, haunted, danger, supernatural ability, rivalry, journalism, media ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa
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31%
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The Evil Touch (1973)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Evil Touch is an Australian-produced television series, originally broadcast in Australia in 1973. It was an anthology series where each episode had a self-contained story and a new set of characters. Each episode feature a new cast of guest ...
Style: anthology, scary, spooky, dark fairy tale
Plot: monster, witchcraft, ghost, haunting
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31%
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The Immortal (2000)
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Immortal is a Canadian television series which aired from October 2000 to June 2001 and had 22 episodes.
Style: exciting, rough, suspenseful, bleak, scary ...
Plot: immortality, supernatural, good versus evil, demon, heroes, vengeance, curses spells and rituals, danger, escapades, rivalry, superhuman powers, imaginary ...
Time: 16th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Freddy's Nightmares (1988)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Freddy's Nightmares is an American horror anthology series, which aired in syndication from October 1988 until March 1990. A spin-off from the Nightmare on Elm Street series, each story was introduced by Freddy Krueger. This format is ...
Style: slasher, scary, anthology, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, supernatural, gory, nightmare on elm street, murder, fear, high school, dream, missing person, nightmare comes true, apocalypse, nightmare ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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