Movies like Pumpkinhead
If Pumpkinhead's mix of witch, loss of loved one and halloween stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Pumpkinhead's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Cobweb
2023 · Directed by Samuel Bodin · 88 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, pumpkin, demon
Eight year old Peter is plagued by a mysterious, constant tapping from inside his bedroom wall—one that his parents insist is all in his imagination.
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The Unholy
2021 · Directed by Evan Spiliotopoulos · 99 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: witch, demon
Alice is a young hearing-impaired girl who, after a supposed visitation from the Virgin Mary, is inexplicably able to hear, speak and heal the sick.
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The Exorcist III
1990 · Directed by William Peter Blatty · 110 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, demon
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
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Ginger Snaps
2000 · Directed by John Fawcett · 108 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: halloween · Also horror and fantasy
The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987 · Directed by Chuck Russell · 96 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: halloween · Also horror and fantasy · From the same decade (1980s)
A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.
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Witch Hunt
2021 · Directed by Elle Callahan · 92 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: witch · Also horror and fantasy
In 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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Spider-Man
2002 · Directed by Sam Raimi · 121 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: loss of loved one, evil
After being bitten by a genetically altered spider at Oscorp, nerdy but endearing high school student Peter Parker is endowed with amazing powers to become the superhero known as Spider-Man.
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In the Lost Lands
2025 · Directed by Paul W. S. Anderson · 101 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: witch · Also fantasy and horror
A 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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Warlock
1989 · Directed by Steve Miner · 103 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: witch · Also horror and fantasy · From the same decade (1980s)
In 17th century New England, witch hunter Giles Redferne captures an evil warlock, but the conjurer eludes death with supernatural help.
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 · Directed by Wes Craven · 91 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: halloween · From the same decade (1980s)
Teenagers in a small town are dropping like flies, apparently in the grip of mass hysteria causing their suicides. A cop's daughter, Nancy Thompson, traces the cause to child molester Fred Krueger, who was burned alive…
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Weapons
2025 · Directed by Zach Cregger · 129 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: witch
When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance.
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Hokum
2026 · Directed by Damian McCarthy · 108 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: witch
When novelist Ohm Bauman retreats to a remote inn to scatter his parents' ashes, he is consumed by tales of a witch haunting the honeymoon suite.