Movies Like Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man
If you liked Tarry-Dan Tarry-Dan Scarey Old Spooky Man (1978), a horror and fantasy movie directed by John Reardon, 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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The Woman in Black (1989)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movieA lawyer travels to a small seaside town to settle the estate of a recently deceased woman, but soon becomes ensnared in something much more sinister.
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Starve Acre (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and dramaWhen their son starts acting strangely, a couple unwittingly allow dark and sinister forces into their home, awakening a long-dormant ancient evil rooted deep in the countryside.
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A Story of Derry (2026)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and horrorHundreds of years before Pennywise, three youngsters venture into the Western Wood...where they encounter a terrifying ancient spirit.
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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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Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and tv movieTwo millennia ago, a Lybian king has a basilisk (snake-shaped dragon), which petrifies people, subjected to the same fate with a golden scepter during a solar eclipse. Both these and several victims are dug up by…
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The Canterville Ghost (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also tv movie and fantasyWhen a teenaged girl moves to England, with her brothers and parents into the ancient Canterville Hall, she's not at all happy. Especially as there's a ghost and a mysterious re-appearing bloodstain on the hearth. She…
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The Transfiguration (2016)
★ 6/10Also horror and dramaWhen troubled teen Milo, who has a fascination with vampire lore, meets the equally alienated Sophie, the two form a bond that begins to blur Milo's fantasy into reality.
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Fear Street: 1994 (2021)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and dramaAfter a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.
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The Haunting Hour: Don't Think About It (2007)
★ 6.9/10Also horror and tv movieCassie, a 13 year old Gothic girl, is trying to fit in at her new school. To entertain herself, she plays a series of pranks on the popular kids and her younger brother, Max. When she goes to a Halloween store looking…
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Nightbreed (1990)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and fantasyA troubled young man is drawn to a mythical place called Midian where a variety of friendly monsters are hiding from humanity. Meanwhile, a sadistic serial killer is looking for a patsy.
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Constantine: City of Demons - The Movie (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also fantasy and horrorA decade after a tragic mistake, family man Chas Chandler and occult detective John Constantine set out to cure his daughter Trish from a mysterious supernatural coma.
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Dust Bunny (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and horrorTen-year-old Aurora asks her hitman neighbor to kill the monster under her bed that she claims ate her family. To protect her, he must battle an onslaught of assassins while accepting that some monsters are real.
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Girl in the Box (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and tv movieThe true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and tv movieWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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The Good Witch's Family (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and fantasyA young witch visits her cousin in a small town during a heated mayoral election race. Her kind-hearted cousin, the town’s beloved “good witch” and newlywed with two teenage step-kids, is running for office, but must…
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Don't Kill It (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and horrorDemon hunter Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.
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It (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also horror and dramaIn a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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Needful Things (1993)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and horrorA mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected.
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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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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and horrorSet in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.