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Plot Summary:
Monsters under the bed are scary enough, but what happens when an entire house is out to get you? Three teens aim to find out when they go up against a decrepit neighboring home and unlock its frightening secrets.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 135000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: scary, dark, 3d animation, computer animated, semi serious, captivating, fairy tale, funny, suspense, creepy
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Monster High: Ghouls Rule (2012)
Plot Summary:
Monster High: Ghouls Rule unearths an old conflict between "Normies" and monsters - and things are about to get scary! For years, students at Monster High were warned that Halloween was a night to stay inside and avoid conflict at all costs. But Frankie and her friends discover that ghouls and "Normies" once loved to spend the holiday together! The ghouls decide to turn back the clock and use the night to celebrate their individuality and show that it's okay to "Be Yourself. Be Unique. Be a Monster!".
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: semi serious, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sweet, exciting, independent film, computer animated
Similar in 87%
The Halloween Tree (1993)
Plot Summary:
Four children learn the origins of Halloween customs while trying to save the life of their friend.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: exciting, feel good, touching, sentimental, humorous
Similar in 88%
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur (2011)
Plot Summary:
A relaxing spa getaway evolves into a prehistoric panic when Scooby-Doo and the gang uncover the horrible Phantosaur, an ancient legend come to life to protect hidden treasures buried in secret desert caves. But this scare-a-saurus doesn’t stand a chance with Shaggy around, after he finds his inner hero with the help of new-age hypnosis. Like, it makes him more brave and less hungry!.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, exciting, suspenseful, offbeat, slapstick
Similar in 82%
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
Plot Summary:
The Mystery Gang reunite and visit Moonscar Island, a remote island with a dark secret. Daphne wants more than just a villain in a costume, and they get more than they ever expected.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, exciting, captivating, suspenseful, funny, detective, horror comedy, surprise ending, suspense
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Casper's Scare School (2006)
Plot Summary:
When Casper's been being friendly lately even when playing with a boy named Jimmy, Kibosh: The King of the Underworld has Casper enrolled into a Scare School headed by the two-headed headmaster Alder and Dash. He befriends Ra, a mummy with unraveling issues and Mantha, a zombie girl who keeps falling apart. When Casper discovers the two-headed headmaster's plot to use a petrification potion to turn Kibosh into stone and take over the Underworld and Deedstown, he and his new friends must stop him.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 812
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, scary, gothic, spooky, computer animated
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Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000)
Plot Summary:
Kibosh, supreme ruler of all ghosts, decrees that casper must scare at least one person before Christmas Day so Casper visits Kriss, Massachusetts where he meets the Jollimore family and sets out to complete his mission. As usual, kindhearted Casper has a ghastky time trying to scare anyone; so The Ghostly Trio, fed up with his goody-boo-shoes behavior, secretly hires Casper's look-alike cousin Spooky to do the job-with hilarious results.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, christmas horror, sweet, funny, semi serious
Similar in 79%
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween (2018)
Plot Summary:
Sequel to "Goosebumps".
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: scary, semi serious, slasher, mystic, horror comedy, dark fairy tale, cult classic, action adventure, bleak, exciting
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Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969)
Plot Summary:
Scooby Doo, Where Are You! is the first incarnation of the long-running Hanna-Barbera Saturday morning cartoon series, Scooby-Doo. Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, it premiered on September 13, 1969 at 10:30 a.m. EST and ran for two seasons for a total of 25 episodes. Its final first-run episode aired in January 1971. Nine episodes from Scooby-Doo's 1976-78 seasons, first run on ABC, were originally broadcast with the 1969 Scooby Doo, Where Are You! opening and closing sequences. The entire 1976-78 series is sometimes marketed as third-fourth seasons of the original "Where Are You!" series.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 40000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: detective, humorous, not serious, anime, slapstick, exciting, light, retro, spooky, funny
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Frankenweenie (2012)
Plot Summary:
When a car hits young Victor's pet dog Sparky, Victor decides to bring him back to life the only way he knows how. But when the bolt-necked "monster" wreaks havoc and terror in the hearts of Victor's neighbors, he has to convince them that Sparky's still the good, loyal friend he was.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 116000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: gothic, scary, black and white, claymation, spooky, fairy tale, disturbing, humorous, sad, 3d animation
Similar in 83%
ParaNorman (2012)
Plot Summary:
In the town of Blithe Hollow, Norman Babcock is a boy who can speak to the dead, but no one besides his eccentric new friend, Neil, believes his ability is real. One day, Norman's estranged eccentric uncle tells him of an important annual ritual he must take up to protect the town from an curse cast by a witch it condemned centuries ago. Eventually, Norman decides to cooperate, but things don't go according to plan. Now, a magic storm of the witch threatens Blithe Hollow as the accursed dead rise. Together with unexpected new companions, Norman struggles to save his town, only to discover the horrific truth of the curse. With that insight, Norman must resolve the crisis for good as only he can.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, surreal, claymation, witty, semi serious, funny, grindhouse, creepy, cult classic
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Scared Shrekless (2010)
Plot Summary:
Shrek challenges Donkey, Puss in Boots and his other fairy tale character friends to spend the night in Lord Farquaad's haunted castle, telling scary stories to see who can resist becoming scared and stay the longest.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: computer animated, feel good, humorous, witty, not serious, fairy tale, 3d animation, mysterious, spooky, anthology
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Corpse Bride (2005)
Plot Summary:
Set in a 19th-century european village, this stop-motion animation feature follows the story of Victor, a young man whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride Victoria waits bereft in the land of the living.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 294000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, gothic horror, melancholic, captivating, romantic, dark, offbeat, visual, lyrical
Similar in 86%
Casper: A Spirited Beginning (1997)
Plot Summary:
A prequel to the first animated/live-action Casper feature, Casper: A Spirited Beginning introduces the friendliest ghost you'll ever know and explains how Casper met and befriended the other ghouls at Applegate Manor. After being stranded, Casper meets young Chris Carson, a lonely kid who decides to teach Casper how to be a proper ghost.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sad, slapstick, spooky, independent film, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Similar in 87%
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
Plot Summary:
Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Dracula's lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up and no humans are allowed. One special weekend, Dracula has invited all his best friends to celebrate his beloved daughter Mavis's 118th birthday. For Dracula catering to all of these legendary monsters is no problem but the party really starts when one ordinary guy stumbles into the hotel and changes everything!.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 275000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, humorous, computer animated, fairy tale, absurd, gothic, anime, horror comedy, melancholic, scary
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The Addams Family (2019)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA, UK, Vietnam
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: gothic, humorous, funny, 3d animation, fairy tale, spooky, captivating, entertaining, satirical, computer animated
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Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
When the old-old-old-fashioned vampire Vlad arrives at the hotel for an impromptu family get-together, Hotel Transylvania is in for a collision of supernatural old-school and modern day cool.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 139000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, witty, stylized, 3d animation, computer animated, not serious, psychotronic, feel good, gothic
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Igor (2008)
Plot Summary:
A cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 24000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, funny, 3d animation, suspense, anime, computer animated, dark fantasy, slapstick comedy, witty
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Plot Summary:
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests. Using only humane methods that turn their home into a halfway house for evicted vermin, the pair stumble upon a mystery involving a voracious vegetarian monster that threatens to ruin the annual veggie-growing contest.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 144000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: claymation, feel good, atmospheric, humorous, not serious, 3d animation, hilarious, parody, scary, suspense
Similar in 77%
Scooby-Doo in Where's My Mummy? (2005)
Plot Summary:
Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang become involved in a supernatural mystery in Egypt.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, light, feel good, surprise ending, campy
Similar in 78%
Open Season 3 (2010)
Plot Summary:
Boog, Elliot, and their forest friends return with an all-new adventure, this time in a Big Top Circus! The comedy begins when Boog's pals choose their family obligations over the annual guy's trip, and a disappointed Boog decides to take a trip of his own, which leads him right into the middle of a circus ring...literally. When he switches places with a devious look-a-like circus grizzly and falls for an alluring Russian troupe member, he'll come to realize that maybe you don't have to choose between family and friendship after all.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: computer animated, feel good, humorous, not serious, 3d animation, funny
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Ferdinand (2017)
Plot Summary:
Ferdinand, a little bull, prefers sitting quietly under a cork tree just smelling the flowers versus jumping around, snorting, and butting heads with other bulls. As Ferdinand grows big and strong, his temperament remains mellow, but one day five men come to choose the "biggest, fastest, roughest bull" for the bullfights in Madrid and Ferdinand is mistakenly chosen. Based on the classic 1936 children's book by Munro Leaf.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 62000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: touching, stylized, exciting, 3d animation, computer animated, humorous, anime, crying
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The Lego Movie (2014)
Plot Summary:
An ordinary Lego mini-figure, mistakenly thought to be the extraordinary MasterBuilder, is recruited to join a quest to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 382000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Denmark, Australia, Norway
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, exciting, stylized, hilarious, light, funny, visually stunning, 3d animation, entertaining
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The Haunted Mansion (2003)
Plot Summary:
Workaholic Jim Evers and his wife/business partner, Sara get a call one night from mansion owner, Edward Gracey wants to sell his house. Once the Evers family arrive at the mansion a butler takes them to dine with Gracey. Gracey takes one look at Sara and he thinks she's his lost lover.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 56000
Genere: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, stylized, gothic, southern gothic, scary, funny, slasher, sad, horror comedy
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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Plot Summary:
Tired of scaring humans every October 31 with the same old bag of tricks, Jack Skellington, the spindly king of Halloween Town, kidnaps Santa Claus and plans to deliver shrunken heads and other ghoulish gifts to children on Christmas morning. But as Christmas approaches, Jack's rag-doll girlfriend, Sally, tries to foil his misguided plans.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 368000
Genere: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: gothic, dark fantasy, dark, cult classic, claymation, fairy tale, atmospheric, surreal, scary, visual
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Coraline (2009)
Plot Summary:
When Coraline moves to an old house, she feels bored and neglected by her parents. She finds a hidden door with a bricked up passage. During the night, she crosses the passage and finds a parallel world where everybody has buttons instead of eyes, with caring parents and all her dreams coming true. When the Other Mother invites Coraline to stay in her world forever, the girl refuses and finds that the alternate reality where she is trapped is only a trick to lure her.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 257000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: gothic, surreal, dark fantasy, dark, scary, stylized, bleak, offbeat, disturbing, visually appealing
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The Boxtrolls (2014)
Plot Summary:
An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: exciting, dark fantasy, feel good, colorful, surreal, entertaining, 3d animation, humorous, stylized, computer animated
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The Addams Family 2 (2021)
Plot Summary:
The Addams get tangled up in more wacky adventures and find themselves involved in hilarious run-ins with all sorts of unsuspecting characters. Sequel to the 2019 animated film, 'The Addams Family'.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 15000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada, Vietnam, France, UK
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: 3d animation, funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, suspense, cult classic, spooky
Similar in 76%
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
Plot Summary:
The quiet life of a terrier named Max is upended when his owner takes in Duke, a stray whom Max instantly dislikes.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 214000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Japan, France
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: light, entertaining, funny, humorous, computer animated, 3d animation, anime, colorful, feel good, captivating
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Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Plot Summary:
James Sullivan and Mike Wazowski are monsters, they earn their living scaring children and are the best in the business... even though they're more afraid of the children than they are of them. When a child accidentally enters their world, James and Mike suddenly find that kids are not to be afraid of and they uncover a conspiracy that could threaten all children across the world.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 960000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, entertaining, sweet, funny, fairy tale, touching, 3d animation, light, witty
Similar in 86%
Up (2009)
Plot Summary:
Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 11000000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: feel good, inspirational, touching, sweet, tear jerker, heartfelt, exciting, sentimental, sad, computer animated