20 movies like Dolly Dearest, ordered by similarity : Annabelle Comes Home(2019), You're Next(2011), Worry Dolls(2016), Child's Play(2019), Oculus(2013), I'll Take Your Dead(2018), Before I Hang(1940), Pet Sematary Two(1992), Strait-Jacket(1964), Awaiting(2015), The Unspoken(2015), The Prodigy(2019) ...
Horror
USA
1992
94 Minutes
Denise Crosby Sam Bottoms Rip Torn Chris Demetral Candy Hutson Lupe Ontiveros Will Gotay Alma Martinez Enrique Renaldo Ed Gale
father daughter mother son doll archaeologist outlandish creepy mexico house factory evil spirits dolls possession family murder rescue discovery 1990s
A toy manufacturer buys the 'Dolly Dearest' factory in Mexico, where the malevolent spirit of Sanzia, a devil child, has taken refuge in one of the porcelain dolls, and eventually takes control of his daughter.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2019
106 Minutes
Vera Farmiga Patrick Wilson Mckenna Grace Madison Iseman Katie Sarife Michael Cimino Samara Lee Kenzie Caplan Sade Katarina Michael Patrick McGill Brittany Hoza
doll mother father daughter babysitter possessed person creepy uneasy frightening thrilling intense house bedroom living room haunted houses demonic possession family escape evil spirits escape
While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
2011
94 Minutes
Sharni Vinson Nicholas Tucci Wendy Glenn A.J. Bowen Joe Swanberg Sarah Myers Amy Seimetz Rob Moran Barbara Crampton Ti West Larry Fessenden
mother father son daughter murderer husband creepy unrestrained disturbing family estate country house murderous rampage family dysfunction survival home invasion pursuit rescue revenge 2010s
Members of an estranged, upper-class family must pull together to repel home invaders who are disguised in animal masks and trying to kill them.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2016
86 Minutes
Christopher Wiehl Brea Grant Samantha Smith Kennedy Brice Kym Jackson Tina Lifford Yohance Myles Ashlynn Ross
police detective serial killer doll murder victim daughter brutal shocking somber frightening gory police station house curse murder murder plot obsession killer dolls pursuit mystery discovery
Guatemalan parents teach their children to allay their troubles by getting handmade worry dolls, but several of these talismans find their way into the hands of residents of a small Southern town and set off a grisly wave of bloodshed.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|USA
2019
90 Minutes
Aubrey Plaza Gabriel Bateman Brian Tyree Henry Tim Matheson David Lewis Beatrice Kitsos Ty Consiglio Carlease Burke Trent Redekop
child possessed person doll friend family member parent brutal frightening disturbing thrilling suspenseful house store parking lot demonic possession murder killer dolls escape rivalry adventure
A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2013
105 Minutes
Karen Gillan Brenton Thwaites Katee Sackhoff Rory Cochrane Annalise Basso Garrett Ryan James Lafferty Miguel Sandoval Kate Siegel Scott P. Graham
brother evil spirit mother father sister doctor chilling creepy dark house clinic bedroom kitchen yard living room evil spirits haunted houses murder supernatural fear
A woman tries to exonerate her brother, who was convicted of murder, by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.
Horror
2018
83 Minutes
Aidan Devine Ava Preston Jess Salgueiro Brandon McKnight Ari Millen Moe Jeudy-Lamour Michael Reventar Tavaree Daniel-Simms
gangster victim father daughter prisoner murder victim bleak brutal chilling creepy suspenseful family home farm crime murder family relationships rescue escape transformation sacrifice
A man who disposes of bodies for gangsters in a nearby city faces a difficult decision when one of the "corpses" turns out to still be alive.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Horror
USA
1992
100 Minutes
Edward Furlong Anthony Edwards Clancy Brown Jared Rushton Darlanne Fluegel Lisa Waltz Jason McGuire Sarah Trigger
father son stepfather teen boy mother bully disturbing frightening maine small town burial grounds house attic middle school zombies father/son relationship death of mother child abuse starting over new town
A teenage boy and his father move to his recently-deceased mother's hometown, where they encounter the ancient Native American cemetery with the power to raise the dead.
Horror
USA
1964
89 Minutes
Joan Crawford Diane Baker Leif Erickson Howard St. John John Anthony Hayes Rochelle Hudson George Kennedy Edith Atwater Mitchell Cox Patricia Krest
killer mother daughter psychiatrist fiancé brother campy gory unrestrained farmhouse countryside serial murders mother/daughter relationship violence insanity family history mystery discovery wretched excess 1940s
After a twenty-year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behavior.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Horror
UK
2015
95 Minutes
Diana Vickers Tony Curran Rupert Hill Peter Woodward Adrian Bouchet Sophie Lovell Anderson
lawyer father daughter fiancée accident victim man bleak brutal intense suspenseful creepy dark house woods hideout horror accident father/daughter relationship murder tradition
Deep in the English moors, a sociopath preys on innocent people, until one day his secrets are finally revealed and an inevitable confrontation is at hand.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada
2015
91 Minutes
Jodelle Ferland Neal McDonough Pascal Hutton Sunny Suljic Lochlyn Munro Chanelle Peloso Rukiya Bernard Matt Bellefleur Jessie Fraser Trevor Carroll
single mother son babysitter single father love interest teen girl creepy chilling frightening frightful uneasy suspenseful canada haunted house mother/son relationship evil child haunted houses horror baby-sitting supernatural
In 1997 the Anderson family vanished from their home without a trace. No bodies were ever found. For 17 years the house has remained undisturbed... until now.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
2019
92 Minutes
Taylor Schilling Jackson Robert Scott Peter Mooney Colm Feore Paul Fauteux Brittany Allen Olunike Adeliyi Elisa Moolecherry Paula Boudreau Mark Sparks Michael Dyson
son mother father demon expert dark uneasy creepy brooding chilling house nursery laboratory bathtub school classroom possession parent/child relationship supernatural demonic possession
A mother concerned about her young son's disturbing behavior thinks something supernatural may be affecting him.
Horror
USA
1936
79 Minutes
Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Frank Lawton Robert Greig Lucy Beaumont Henry B. Walthall
innocent man scientist widow daughter son-in-law assistant creepy eerie outlandish paris prison laboratory shrinking wrongful conviction prison break father/daughter relationship science gone awry accidental death sacrifice revenge
An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those that framed him.
Horror, Musical
USA
2008
98 Minutes
Anthony Head Alexa PenaVega Paul Sorvino Terrance Zdunich Bill Moseley Ogre Paris Hilton Sarah Brightman
company president repo man teen girl father son daughter unrestrained gory outlandish mausoleum graveyard warehouse household opera house organ transplant illness corporate greed mass murder family secrets epidemic
A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2017
109 Minutes
Stephanie Sigman Talitha Eliana Bateman Lulu Wilson Philippa Coulthard Grace Fulton Samara Lee Tayler Buck Anthony LaPaglia Miranda Otto Lou Lou Safran Alicia Vela-Bailey
doll toy maker wife nun orphan creepy dark disturbing eerie house orphanage bedroom hallway grief orphans death of a child evil spirits dolls discovery mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.
Horror
USA
1988
87 Minutes
Catherine Hicks Chris Sarandon Alex Vincent Brad Dourif Dinah Manoff Tommy Swerdlow Jack Colvin Neil Giuntoli
doll police detective young boy mother killer babysitter dark intense playful insane asylum department store chicago house street elevator murder voodoo mother/son relationship insanity violence
A single mother gives her son a much sought-after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer.
Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
2015
94 Minutes
Olivia DeJonge Ed Oxenbould Deanna Dunagan Peter McRobbie Kathryn Hahn Celia Keenan-Bolger Samuel Stricklen Patch Darragh Jorge Cordova Steve Annan Benjamin Kanes
young girl brother mother grandmother grandfather evil spirit dark creepy intense house pennsylvania farm attic yard train grandparent/child relationship evil danger siblings stress
Two siblings become increasingly frightened by their grandparents' disturbing behavior while visiting them on vacation.
Horror
USA
2019
78 Minutes
Chase Williamson Jerry G. Angelo Lauren Ashley Carter Matt Mercer David Robbins Gavin White Kari White Cyrus Dodson-Sands
serial killer father son mysterious man bleak brutal dark disturbing frightening gripping united states crime scene warehouse murder father/son relationship serial murders fear deviant behavior growing up mystery
A comic book obsessed serial killer teaches his son how to get away with a series of brutal murders until the boy befriends a mysterious man who threatens to expose everything.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Canada|Spain|Mexico
2013
100 Minutes
Jessica Chastain Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Megan Charpentier Isabelle Nélisse Daniel Kash Javier Botet Jane Moffat Morgan McGarry David Fox Dominic Cuzzocrea Chris Marren
father daughter sister uncle girlfriend ghost dark creepy suspenseful woods household murder missing persons family secrets supernatural motherhood mystery escape 2010s
After a young couple take in their two nieces, they suspect that a supernatural spirit named Mama has latched onto their family.
Horror
USA
1939
99 Minutes
Basil Rathbone Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi Lionel Atwill Josephine Hutchinson Donnie Dunagan Emma Dunn Edgar Norton Perry Ivins Lawrence Grant Lionel Belmore
frankenstein's monster ygor scientist inspector wife son creepy dark thrilling family home castle frankenstein village laboratory graveyard family honor father/son relationship scientific experiments monsters murder vindication
Returning to the ancestral castle long after the death of the monster, the son of Dr. Frankenstein meets a mad shepherd who is hiding the comatose creature. To clear the family name, he revives the creature and tries to rehabilitate him.