Movies Like Tales of Phantasmagoria: Sam Will Be Home Soon
If you liked Tales of Phantasmagoria: Sam Will Be Home Soon (2019), a horror and fantasy movie directed by B.K. Frizzell and Alexander Vogt, 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 Shed (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror and thrillerThe story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…
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Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and thrillerA family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
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Monster (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and thrillerA mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
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Basilisk: The Serpent King (2006)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and fantasyTwo 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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Race with the Devil (1975)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and thrillerTwo couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and thrillerWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and horrorAfter an American family moves to an old country manor in rural England, one of the daughters is tormented by the spirit of the owner's long lost daughter, who mysteriously disappeared 30 years ago during a solar…
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Shrek 3-D (2004)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and comedyLord Farquaad was eaten by the dragon, but his ghost has returned, and he's still evil. With the help of his henchman, Thelonious, he kidnaps Fiona. Shrek and the donkey set out to save her, with help from the dragon…
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Nightbooks (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and horrorAlex, a boy obsessed with scary stories, is trapped by a witch in her modern, magical New York City apartment. His original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping him safe as he desperately tries to find a way…
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Godmothered (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and comedyA young and unskilled fairy godmother that ventures out on her own to prove her worth by tracking down a young girl whose request for help was ignored. What she discovers is that the girl has now become a grown woman…
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Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: The Great Calamity (2012)
★ 8.1/10Also horror and fantasyA motion comic follow-up to a chapter from Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter novel where Abe's friend, Edgar Allan Poe, tells him the tale of historical Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory, often tied to vampire legends…
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Casper Meets Wendy (1998)
★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and comedyWhen a warlock threatens Wendy the Good Little Witch, she and her aunts hide out at a resort where Casper the Ghost is vacationing with his uncles. Although Casper and Wendy are told ghosts and witches don't get along…
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Dave Made a Maze (2017)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and horrorDave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of…
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Kermit's Swamp Years (2002)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and comedyAt 12 years old, Kermit the Frog and best friends Goggles and Croaker travel outside their homes in the swamps of the Deep South to do something extraordinary with their lives.
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Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace (2024)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and horrorWhen an Iraq War veteran receives a calling from a higher power, he embarks on a mission to stop a fallen angel from raising an army of the dead to take over the world.
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Once Bitten (1985)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and horrorMark wants to lose his virginity, but his girlfriend wants to wait. Unfortunately for both of them, a 400-year-old vampire Countess needs to turn a virgin into a vampire before Halloween in order to preserve her own…
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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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Little Monsters (1989)
★ 5.8/10Also fantasy and comedyA young boy is scared of the monster under his bed. He asks his 6th grade brother to swap rooms for the night as a bet that the monster really exists. Soon the brother becomes friends with the monster and discovers a…
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The House with a Clock in Its Walls (2018)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and fantasyWhen ten-year-old Lewis is suddenly orphaned, he is sent to live with his Uncle Jonathan in a creaky (and creepy) old mansion with a mysterious ticking noise that emanates from the walls. Upon discovering that his…
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Slumberland (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and fantasyA young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.