Movies and TV shows like Children of the Stones
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Children of the Stones (1977)
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Astrophysicist Adam Brake (Gareth Thomas) and his teen son Matthew (Peter Demin) investigate the roots of a mysterious stone circle in the quiet British village of Milbury, where they encounter the sinister Rafael Hendrick (Iain Cuthbertson) and entranced villagers known as "the happy ones".
Style:
psychological thriller, surprise ending, sinister, ambiguous ending, weird
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
folk horror, psychic, halloween, occult, pagan, folklore, coming of age, countryside, psychic power, outer space, school, children, snake, escape, investigation, myth, rescue, family relations, black hole, giant snake, chase, astronomy, ritual, prophecy, boy genius ...
Place:
britain
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Most similar movies to Children of the Stones
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspenseful, spooky, psychotronic and anthology films and TV series with plots about supernatural, investigation, teenager, supernatural power, surrealism, paranormal and paranormal phenomena mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Mystery genres. Some movies like Children of the Stones: Moondial (1988), The Stone Tape (1972), Eerie, Indiana (1991), The Owl Service (1969), Sapphire & Steel (1979). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, History, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Moondial is a British television serial made for children by the BBC and transmitted in 1988, with a repeat in 1990. It was written by Helen Cresswell, who also wrote the novel on which the series was based.
The story deals with a young girl, ...
Style:
psychological thriller, weird
Plot:
children, time travel, coming of age, supernatural, holiday, ghost, mansion, mirror, child protagonist, teenage girl, invisible, car accident ...
Time:
80s, 19th century, 18th century, 1870s, victorian era ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, ...
Style:
spooky, lovecraft, slasher, thrilling, independent film ...
Plot:
folk horror, ghost, haunted, haunting, staircase, computer, folklore, macabre, cosmic horror, stoner, supernatural, abusive boss ...
Time:
70s
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, detective, sitcom ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, suburbs, youth, paranormal, teenager, magic, town, halloween, teenage boy, small town, investigation, urban legend ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Three teenagers discover a mysterious set of owl and flower-patterned dinner plates in the attic and the magical ancient legend of the "Mabinogion" comes to life once again in their Welsh valley.
Style:
spooky
Plot:
folk horror, folklore, celtic, coming of age, bird attack, locked door, ghost, redheaded woman, local legend, housekeeper, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, family secret ...
Place:
britain, wales
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Sapphire & Steel is a British television science-fiction fantasy series starring David McCallum as Steel and Joanna Lumley as Sapphire. Produced by ATV, it ran from 1979 to 1982 on the ITV network. The series was created by Peter J. Hammond who ...
Style:
spooky, cliffhanger, tense, captivating, serious ...
Plot:
time travel, alien invasion, folk horror, clairvoyant, telepathy, surrealism, male female friendship, alternate reality, danger, special agent, interdimensional travel, platonic ...
Time:
future, 70s, 20th century
Place:
britain
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Freaky is a New Zealand children's program that began in 2003, and made by Avalon Productions. It features short episodes about odd phenomena and eerie situations facing children. Usually the protagonist is a boy or girl who starts by trying to ...
Style:
anthology, suspenseful, creepy, psychotronic
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
children, supernatural, ghost, alien, macabre, paranormal, travel, middle school, evil, vampire, zombie, supernatural power ...
Place:
new zealand, australia
Similarity:
100%
442
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Chocky is a 1984 children's television drama based on the 1968 novel by John Wyndham and was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom. Two sequels were produced. All were written by Anthony Read and produced by Thames Television. The series was ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspense, children's program, creepy, sinister ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
alien contact, imaginary friend, friendship, human alien relationship, telepathy, family drama, adaptation, coming of age, mysterious stranger, macabre, alien, boy ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The Demon Headmaster is a British television series based on the children's books by Gillian Cross of the same name. Made for CBBC, the drama was first broadcast between 1996 and 1998. The first series contained six episodes, and aired twice ...
Style:
suspenseful, creepy, atmospheric, tense, dark fantasy ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
school, children, mind control, hypnosis, british, obedience, families, adaptation, foster home, investigation, supernatural, macabre ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
39%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
The tale tells the story of Paxton, an amateur archeologist who travels to "Seaburgh" (a disguised version of Aldeburgh, Suffolk) and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which legendarily protect the county from ...
Style:
gothic, christmas horror, scary, thrilling, spooky ...
Plot:
folk horror, ghost, ghost story, haunting, cemetery, being followed, coastal town, archaeology, folklore, christmas, supernatural, octopus ...
Time:
year 1929, year 1917, 20th century, 1920s, 1910s
Place:
britain
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
The Moon Stallion is a British children's television serial made by the BBC in 1978 and written by Brian Hayles, who also authored its novelization.
The series stars Sarah Sutton as Diana Purwell, a young blind girl who becomes embroiled in ...
Style:
atmospheric, mysterious, tense
Plot:
arthurian legend, supernatural, magical, paranormal, english countryside, mythology, macabre, girl horse relationship, legend, children, haunting, good versus evil ...
Place:
britain
Similarity:
39%
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 ...
Style:
scary, spooky, serious, exciting, suspenseful ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, horror for children
Plot:
supernatural, youth, fear, monster, escapades, danger, imaginary, mischievous children, evil force, supernatural power, good versus evil, child in peril ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 15 min.
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Story:
House of Anubis is a jointly Nickelodeon British, American, and Belgian mystery television series based on the Dutch-Belgian television series Het Huis Anubis aired in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert ...
Style:
light, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, enigmatic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen fantasy, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot:
mysterious disappearance, high school, boarding school life, teenage life, investigation, boarding school, friends, school, disappearance, riddles and clues, young heroes, youth ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a young boy vanishes, a small town uncovers a mystery involving secret experiments, terrifying supernatural forces, and one strange little girl.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, sincere, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot:
supernatural, monster, small town, telekinesis, parallel universe, friendship, parallel world, super powers, supernatural power, government conspiracy, group of friends, fear ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, future, 20th century, year 1985 ...
Place:
indiana, chicago, usa, soviet union, ussr
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, 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 horror, supernatural, child in peril, good versus evil, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, coming of age, courage, teenager, spirit, vengeful ghost, ghost ...
Time:
2000s
Similarity:
38%
596
Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Jeopardy is a BAFTA award-winning British television series which ran for three seasons, from 2002 to 2004, on BBC One. It was created by Tim O'Mara who also directed, and all three series were produced by Andy Rowley, with Richard Langridge as ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, creepy, teen, spooky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
ufo, alien, investigation, paranormal, teenager, children, found footage, paranormal activity, paranormal investigation, amateur sleuth, alien contact, escapades ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
australia, scotland
Similarity:
38%
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:
neo noir, spooky, adult cartoon, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
supernatural, teenager, paranormal, clairvoyant, psychic, haunting, missing person, halloween, magic, middle school, slice of life, surrealism ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
Carrie is a mysterious warrior who escaped from a cult-like colony that guards the world from monsters hidden behind a secret door in the woods.
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
supernatural, monster, forest, woods, lesbian, struggle for survival, good versus evil, teenager, supernatural power, protector, survival, paranoia ...
Similarity:
38%
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, atmospheric, scary, thought provoking ...
Plot:
supernatural, stephen king, supernatural ability, hidden truth, nobody believes, investigation, twists and turns, nightmare comes true, society, imaginary, abduction, vietnam war ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
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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, humorous, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, horror for children
Plot:
children, supernatural, escapades, imaginary, ghost, supernatural power, paranormal phenomena, teenage boy, teenager, surrealism, paranormal, child in peril ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Born to human parents, an apparently normal child might at some point between childhood and late adolescence experience a process called 'breaking out' and develop special paranormal abilities. These abilities include psychic powers such ...
Style:
exciting, serious, uplifting, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
psychic, telekinesis, superhuman powers, telepathy, psychic power, superpower, teleportation, alien invasion, youth, child in peril, young heroes, imaginary ...
Time:
future, 70s
Place:
britain, europe, england
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Australia, Japan
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Two-hour version of the miniseries. When one of Io's volcanoes erupts, the surviving colonists must flee the moon and try to reach the safety of Earth. Finding a derelict station in orbit of Jupiter, they convert it into a rudimentary space ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
jupiter, space travel, father son relationship, dog, beach, escape, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, spaceship, girl, teenage girl, children, family relations ...
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Dark Season is a British science-fiction television serial for adolescents, screened on BBC1 in late 1991. Comprising six twenty-five minute episodes, the two linked three-part stories tell the adventures of three teenagers and their battle to save ...
Style:
suspense, sinister, suspenseful, creepy, cult classic
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
world domination, mind control, computer, school, good versus evil, youth, artificial intelligence, children, secret experiment, mad scientist, paranoia, cat and mouse ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, 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 fairy tale, dark, sitcom, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, family outing, pre-teens, toddlers ...
Plot:
children, scared, middle school, childhood love, goose, haunting, clairvoyant, insect, magic, shape shifting, generation y, lycanthropy ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
canada
Similarity:
37%
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 204 min.
TV show
Story:
After the mysterious destruction of the new space station, young people find themselves drawn to a stone circle in England, and other locations around Earth. They believe they'll be taken to a better place by a higher power. Only Professor ...
Style:
sinister, bleak, melancholic, ambiguous ending, neo noir
Plot:
dystopia, investigation, mysterious disappearance, post apocalyptic, ritual, cosmic horror, elderly man, astronaut, post apocalypse, folklore, distopia, kaiju ...
Time:
near future, 20th century, future
Place:
britain, england, london
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of five high schoolers embark on a shadowy and twisted journey to investigate the tragic passing three decades earlier of a teen named Harold Biddle – while also unearthing dark secrets from their parents' past.
Style:
mystical, teen horror, mystic, teen, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, paranormal, investigation, supernatural power, monster, teenager, high school, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, paranormal activity, mysticism, undercover ...
Similarity:
37%
546
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Brazil
TV show
Story:
In 1988, the disappearance of a young girl shocks the population of little Brígida, in the interior of southern Brazil, resulting in the banning of pagan festivities of Ivana Kupala. Thirty years later, the city is preparing to bring the party ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, dark, atmospheric ...
Plot:
small town, religions or cults, supernatural, folklore, society, child in peril, supernatural horror, family relations, mistrust, life & death, death of husband, danger ...
Time:
year 1988
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the stories of Stephen King, the series intertwines characters and themes from the fictional town of Castle Rock.
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, anthology, enigmatic, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
stephen king, murder, violence, danger, death, investigation, paranormal phenomena, small town, blood, supernatural power, mysticism, interracial adoption ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Sleuthy foster siblings Max, Tess, Sal, Anika, and Daniel Hunter find new quests, more mysteries, and even new Hunter sibs!
Style:
tense, psychological, captivating, suspense, disturbing ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
foster parent, new family, family relations, investigation, treasure, chase, adaptation, chases and races, rescue, siblings relations, escapades, parents and children ...
Place:
amsterdam
Similarity:
37%
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, detective, spooky, semi serious, scary ...
Audience:
kids, horror for children
Plot:
small town, amateur detective, paranormal, investigation, imaginary, youth, disorder, suburbs, teenage life, parallel world, young boy, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A girl with extraordinary psychic abilities joins two gifted teen boys at a small ghost-hunting agency to fight the many deadly spirits haunting London.
Style:
captivating, tense, mystical, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot:
psychic power, supernatural power, paranormal activity, supernatural horror, ghost, paranormal phenomena, evil spirit, supernatural, ghost hunter, investigation, paranormal, teenage protagonist ...
Similarity:
37%
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