Movies Similar to Encounter with the Unknown

Cat's Eye(1985)

Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.

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Child's Play(1988)

An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

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Seed of Chucky(2004)

This time around, Chucky and his homicidal honey, Tiffany, are brought back to life by their orphan offspring, Glen. Then the horror goes Hollywood as Chucky unleashes his own brand of murderous mayhem!

5.5

Hardware(1990)

Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a bizarre Christmas present from her boyfriend. Once inside its new home, the cyborg promptly reconstructs the rest of its body using a variety of household utensils and proceeds to go on a murderous rampage.

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Child's Play 3(1991)

Eight years after seemingly destroying the killer doll, teen Andy Barclay is placed in a military school, and the spirit of Chucky returns to renew his quest and seek vengeance after being recreated from a mass of melted plastic.

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96 Souls(2016)

A university research scientist, about to lose funding and status, has a lab accident and discovers he can see people's true intentions -- making his situation even worse.

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Child's Play 2(1990)

Chucky is reconstructed by a toy factory to dispel the negative publicity surrounding the doll, and tracks young Andy Barclay to a foster home where the chase begins again.

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Urban Legends: Bloody Mary(2005)

On a prom-night dare, a trio of high school friends chant an incantation, unleashing an evil spirit from the past with deadly consequences.

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Bride of Chucky(1998)

Chucky is reborn when his old flame, Tiffany, rescues his battered doll parts from a police impound.

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White Noise(2005)

An architect's desire to speak with his wife from beyond the grave using EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon), becomes an obsession with supernatural repercussions.

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Barbarous Mexico(2014)

Eight tales based on the most brutally terrifying Mexican traditions and legends, an anthology of haunting stories woven into the fabric of the Mexican culture, some told through the centuries and some new, but all equally frightening. Bogeymen, trolls, ghosts, monsters, all brought to life. Time for Aztec sacrifices. This is the Day of the Dead.

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V/H/S: Viral(2014)

As the streets of Los Angeles overflow with camera-wielding gawkers seeking to capture images of a bizarre police pursuit, the same people who sought to exploit the suffering of others for amusement on the Internet become the stars of a gruesome viral video from which no one gets out alive.

4.9

Bone Forest(2000)

The insane and violent criminal Mike Mansfield has escaped the Baltic Sea psychiatry. He retreated into a cottage in the nearby woods. Driven by an insatiable lust for blood and hidden behind an emotionless gas mask, Mike Mansfield is waiting for his victims. There comes a small group of campers, who just wanted to spend their weekends in the forest, just right. The fight for survival begins and soon the group's last survivor faces a hopeless situation. There is no escape from the bone forest .....

4.0

Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh(1995)

Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.

5.4

Nightlight(2015)

Five friends play a game in a "mysterious" forest with a long history as a beacon for troubled young people contemplating suicide.

4.8

The Haunting Lodge(2023)

Filmmakers stay at a haunted lodge and find themselves in over their heads when they encounter something otherworldly.

3.0

Swamp Freak(2017)

Six college students go into the wetlands to find their missing professor after he takes off in search of the mythical and deadly monster known as the 'Swamp Freak.'

5.2

Red Midnight(2005)

The tale of a reporter who attends a strange theatrical event and experiences more than she bargained for is wrapped around 3 supernatural tales of terror.

0.0

Faces of Snuff(2016)

Shane Ryan presents the worlds first snuff anthology, with stomach- turning short films collected from over 20 filmmakers around the world, who all reach deep into the darkest cervices of their humanity to put on a gruesome and unforgettable show of depravity and pain. Some of the filmmakers contributing to this anthology refuse to be named, and some claim their entries are real. Now you can be the judge.

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Frontier(s)(2007)

A gang of young thieves flee Paris during the violent aftermath of a political election, only to hole up at an Inn run by neo-Nazis.

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