20 best movies like Curse of the Puppet Master (1998)

List of the best movies like Curse of the Puppet Master (1998): Time Lapse, The Ghostmaker, The Divide, Dragon Wasps, ABCs of Death 2, Hydra, Silent Rage, The Ruins, Body Parts, Snakes on a Train.

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Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:44

Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

A group of college friends discover a 15th century coffin that allows them to experience the world as ghosts. While their first adventures in the spirit world are playful and innocent, the "Box of Shadows" soon brings out the group's most dangerous impulses and desires. The friends find themselves pulled into a world of evil where they learn the line between life and death is there for a reason.

Markimdb: 5.8
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantastic, thriller, thriller, drama, drama
CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
Duration02:02

Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.

Markimdb: 3
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

A scientist enlists the help of the US army to investigate the mysterious disappearance of her father, deep in the Belizean jungle. Caught in the crossfire between a brutal guerrilla army controlled by a mystical warlord, they are also confronted by an even bigger terror giant mutated wasps that are, for some reason, thirsty for blood.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy
CountryUSA, New Zealand, Canada, Israel, Japan, Nigeria
Duration02:05

Taking all that was great from the first installment, ABCs OF DEATH 2 aims to be a wilder, leaner, faster paced and even more entertaining anthology this time around, with a new crop of award-winning, visionary filmmakers from around the globe.

Markimdb: 3.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
CountryUSA

The Most Dangerous Game formula gets a monstrous twist as the mythical Hydra turns the tables on a group of wealthy human-hunters. Kidnapped along with three ex-convicts, former Marine Tim Nolan is transported to a deserted island where the super rich pay a fortune to hunt human prey. But this island isn't exactly deserted; it's actually home to Hydra the Beast!

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, crime
CountryUSA

A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, adventure, detective
CountryUSA, Germany, Australia
Duration01:30

    A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.

    Markimdb: 2.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA

    Under a powerful Mayan curse, snakes are hatched inside a young woman, slowly devouring her from within. Her only chance for survival is a powerful shaman who lives across the border. With only hours to live, she jumps on a train headed for Los Angeles. Unfortunately for the passengers aboard, they are now trapped, soon to be victims of these flesh-eating vipers.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:58

    Locked in a school closet during Halloween 1962, young Frank witnesses the ghost of a young girl and the man who murdered her years ago. Shortly afterward he finds himself stalked by the killer and is soon drawn to an old house where a mysterious Lady In White lives. As he discovers the secret of the woman he soon finds that the killer may be someone close to him.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA

    Seven female directors present seven short films.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Scientific whiz-kid Paul moves to a new town to study artificial intelligence at the local university. One of Paul's high-tech inventions is a growly-voiced robot named BeeBee, and one of his new friends is the lovely girl next door, Samantha. When tragic events take both BeeBee and Samantha from him, the boy genius desperately sets out to restore the love he lost — and, like a modern-day Dr. Frankenstein, discovers too late that he has created a rampaging monster.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:48

    Supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    Barbara Hershey stars as Carla Moran, a hard-working single mother until the night she is raped in her bedroom by someone - or something - that she cannot see. Despite skeptical psychiatrists, she is repeatedly attacked in her car, in the bath, and in front of her children. Could this be a case of hysteria, a manifestation of childhood sexual trauma, or something even more horrific?

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

    A horror film told in three parts, from three perspectives, in which a mysterious transmission that turns people into killers invades every cell phone, radio, and television.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryCanada
    Duration01:38

    Tamara, an unattractive girl who is picked on by her peers, returns after her death as a sexy seductress to enact revenge.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryUSA

    A vengeful ghost, a mysterious killer, and a family where everyone has a secret converge in one night of terror in this remake of Francis Ford Coppola's first feature film.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure, detective
    CountrySpain
    Duration01:35

    Ángela Vidal, the young television reporter who entered the building with the firemen, manages to make it out alive. But what the soldiers don't know is that she carries the seed of the strange infection. She is to be taken to a provisional quarantine facility, a high-security installation where she will have to stay in isolation for several days. An old oil tanker, miles off shore and surrounded by water on all sides, has been especially equipped for the quarantine.

    Markimdb: 3.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:27

    A giant flesh-eating reptile takes the Arctic region by storm.

    Markimdb: 2.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:21

    Jackson Slate, famous treasure hunter, is out to find the legendary Lost Gold Of Cortez in the open waters off a secluded island in the Caribbean Sea. Using dynamite to blast his way through centuries of silt, new chasms are created reaching miles below the ancient ocean floor. From here, an ancient evil is released, that quickly, savagely, and without warning, destroys Jackson s boat and kills his crew. The sole survivor of the carnage, Jackson teams up with marine biologist, Sarah, to venture back to the site and investigate the horrific events. They extract an egg from the darkest depths of the ocean and take it back to the lab to investigate. But when it hatches, they realise they have awaken a deadly prehistoric monster, the P-Rex, which will stop at nothing until the entire island is destroyed...

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:00

    Vampires have just made themselves public! Now a group of documentarians have been granted access to spend some time with them and learn how they live and coexist with humans. But as reality sets in, the crew realize they are in for far more than they bargained for.

    Markimdb: 2.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
    CountryCanada

    A group of skiers are terrorized during spring break by some sharks that swim through the snow. Avalanche Sharks tells the story of a bikini contest that turns into a horrifying affair when it is hit by a shark avalanche.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, military
    CountryJapan

    Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:31

    In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

    Markimdb: 4.6
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    After a freak, fatal accident, the soul Karl—aka The Address Book Killer—ends up trapped in the electrical grid. He targets Terry and her son for his next victims, turning home technology against them as deadly weapons.

    Markimdb: 5.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:16

    Four boyhood pals perform a heroic act and are changed by the powers they gain in return. Years later, on a hunting trip in the Maine woods, they're overtaken by a vicious blizzard that harbors an ominous presence. Challenged to stop an alien force, the friends must first prevent the slaughter of innocent civilians by a military vigilante ... and then overcome a threat to the bond that unites the four of them.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration02:12

    Carrie White is a lonely and painfully shy teenage girl with telekinetic powers who is slowly pushed to the edge of insanity by frequent bullying from both classmates at her school, and her own religious, but abusive, mother.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA

    Captured by a secret society known as the Faith and mentally controlled with a powerful spell, ancient demoness Lilith now lives as a young woman with no memory of her agless past. However, the terrifying plague unleashed by a rampaging monster, the Demonicos, forces one human to recruit her mystical power known as the Darklight to fight this terrifying beast...

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:40

    A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

    Ten people arrive at a secluded mountain resort to find it completely deserted. With no gas for the return trip, the visitors are forced to stay and investigate the mystery surrounding the abandoned lodge.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:47

    A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of his grandfather's inquiries, and soon he takes on investigating the Cthulhu cult as a crusade of his own.

    Markimdb: 3.9
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Luxembourg, USA
    Duration01:28

    When an archaeological expedition opens an ancient Egyptian tomb, the unimaginable evil of a cursed pharaoh is unleashed.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration03:11

      Two full-length feature horror movies written by Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez put together as a two-film feature. Including fake movie trailers in between both movies.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective, biography
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      A documentary filmmaker turns his lens on an enigmatic conspiracy theorist who claims he's found the entrance to a vast underground city populated entirely by monsters.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:10

      Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:46

      Hatch Harrison, his wife, Lindsey, and their daughter, Regina, are enjoying a pleasant drive when a car crash leaves wife and daughter unharmed but kills Hatch. However, an ingenious doctor, Jonas Nyebern, manages to revive Hatch after two lifeless hours. But Hatch does not come back unchanged. He begins to suffer horrible visions of murder -- only to find out the visions are the sights of a serial killer.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration02:00

      In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:42

      A couple agree to have their deceased son cloned under the supervision of an enigmatic doctor, but bizarre things start to happen years after his rebirth.

      Markimdb: 3.5
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA

      An expedition led by adventurer Darren McCall and funded by the wealthy Harry Vargas braves the impenetrable jungle to retrieve a fabled bejeweled dagger from an ancient burial ground. But pulling the dagger from its rightful resting place awakens the long-dormant plant creature - part plant, part animal, and all bloodthirsty -- and sends it on a feeding frenzy from which there seems scant hope of survival or escape...

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Criminals and a beautiful but cunning hitchhiker must battle a supernatural force known as the Reaper.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
      CountryAustralia

      It is about two Atheists who run a video blog debunking Psychics, Mediums and religious beliefs. However, a death experiment goes totally wrong and as a result they attract evil entities that stalk and haunt them.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      The "sematary" is up to its old zombie-raising tricks again. This time, the protagonists are Jeff Matthews, whose mother died in a Hollywood stage accident, and Drew Gilbert, a boy coping with an abusive stepfather.

      Markimdb: 3.1
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Romania

      When most of the population of Earth is infected by a virus and transformed into flesh eaters and blood drinking creatures, a group of hunters lead by Tao and his sword chase the vampire zombies to eliminate them. Six non-infected survivors try to find the exit of an abandoned hospital crowded of the infected creatures. Meanwhile, the military is ready to bomb the whole area.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      A young doctor in a US hospital administers a powerful and untested cocktail of drugs to a coma victim. But instead of curing him, it triggers a powerful "out-of-body" experience and enables the patient - a depraved and dangerous loner - to inhabit other people's bodies and, through them, take revenge on the bullying medical students who were accidentally responsible for his condition.

      Markimdb: 3.6
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:30

      Scientists discover a giant creature under the Earth that is wrapped around the entire planet. When the creature wakes all grumpy, it causes worldwide destruction.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:43

      A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:53

      Dr. David Marrow invites Nell Vance, and Theo and Luke Sanderson to the eerie and isolated Hill House to be subjects for a sleep disorder study. The unfortunate guests discover that Marrow is far more interested in the sinister mansion itself – and they soon see the true nature of its horror.

      Markimdb: 4
      Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      Earth as we know it is gone. A virus has destroyed the planet and rendered all its women infertile, all but one. An elite team of soldiers are tasked with bringing the woman to safety on the newly habitable Earth Two. But when they are forced underground they find themselves fighting for survival from an bloodthirsty creature in a maze of ever shrinking tunnels. As the team's ranks start to dwindle, the tunnels shrink and the ammunition run out, the crawl for survival becomes more and more desperate.




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