Movies Like Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness
If you liked Pinocchio: Carved from Darkness, a horror and fantasy movie directed by Joona Tena, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Dark Harvest (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and fantasyIn a small Midwestern town, a deadly annual ritual unfolds when the mythical nightmare, Sawtooth Jack, rises from the cornfields and challenges the town’s teenage boys in a bloody battle of survival.
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Pinocchio: Unstrung (2026)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and fantasyInfluenced by a sinister Cricket and created by Geppetto, Pinocchio launches a violent crusade to carve himself into a real boy like his brother James, one piece at a time.
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The Witches (1990)
★ 7/10Also fantasy and horrorWhile staying at a hotel in England with his grandmother, Helga, a young boy named Luke inadvertently spies on a convention of witches. The Grand High Witch reveals a plan to turn all children into mice via a magical…
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Hansel and Gretel (1988)
★ 7.1/10Also fantasyHansel and Gretel tells the tale of two young children driven from home by their scolding mother. Losing their way in the dark forest they stumble upon the cottage of a kindly old woman. But is this kindly old woman…
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The Last Voyage of the Demeter (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and fantasyThe crew of the merchant ship Demeter attempts to survive the ocean voyage from Carpathia to London as they are stalked each night by a merciless presence onboard the ship.
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Warlock (1989)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and fantasyIn 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help. Flung into the future, the warlock winds up in the 1980s and plans to bring about…
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R.L. Stine's Pumpkinhead (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and fantasyWhen his brother disappears and everyone forgets he existed, Sam must unravel the mystery before Finn is gone forever.
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In the Lost Lands (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and horrorA queen sends the powerful and feared sorceress Gray Alys to the ghostly wilderness of the Lost Lands in search of a magical power, where she and her guide, the drifter Boyce, must outwit and outfight both man and demon.
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The Legend of Ochi (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasyIn a remote village on the island of Carpathia, a shy farm girl named Yuri is raised to fear an elusive animal species known as ochi. But when Yuri discovers a wounded baby ochi has been left behind, she escapes on a…
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Pumpkinhead (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasy and horrorWhen a group of teenagers inadvertently kill his only son, Ed Harley seeks the powers of a backwoods witch to bring the child back to life.
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Fear Street: 1666 (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also horrorIn 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.
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Cinderella's Curse (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and fantasyDesperate Cinderella summons her fairy godmother from an ancient flesh-bound book, seeking revenge on her evil stepmother and stepsisters who abuse and torment her daily.
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Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House (2016)
★ 6.2/10Also fantasy and horrorJust one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and ghost pals, Max Doyle races to find the crystal and save the world.
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A Knight's War (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and fantasyA fearless knight braves a deadly realm to save the Chosen One’s soul. Facing witches, demons, and brutal foes, he discovers her return could ignite chaos and doom humanity.
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The Black Cauldron (1985)
★ 6.4/10Also fantasyTaran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the…
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Silver Bullet (1985)
★ 6.7/10Also horrorThe small city of Tarker's Mills is startled by a series of sadistic murders. The population fears the work of a maniac, but sightings of a mysterious, hairy creature soon spread. People lock themselves up at night…
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Willow (1988)
★ 7/10Also fantasyThe evil Queen Bavmorda hunts the newborn princess Elora Danan, a child prophesied to bring about her downfall. When the royal infant is found by Willow, a timid farmer and aspiring sorcerer, he's entrusted with…
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Witch Hunt (2021)
★ 6.6/10Also horror and fantasyIn a modern America where witches are real and witchcraft is illegal, a sheltered teenager must face her own demons and prejudices as she helps two young witches avoid law enforcement and cross the southern border to…
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Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and horrorAfter getting a taste for blood as children, Hansel and Gretel have become the ultimate vigilantes, hell-bent on retribution. Now, unbeknownst to them, Hansel and Gretel have become the hunted, and must face an evil…
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Vampires (1998)
★ 6.3/10Also fantasy and horrorThe church enlists a team of vampire-hunters to hunt down and destroy a group of vampires searching for an ancient relic that will allow them to exist in sunlight.