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10 Best Movies Like The Poltergeist

If you loved The Poltergeist, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls

R.L. Stine's Monsterville: The Cabinet of Souls

2015★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poltergeist for fans of TV Movie & Comedy & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Teenage friends must resist the spell of an evil showman staging a house of horrors show in their small town....

#2
American Horror House

American Horror House

2012★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poltergeist for fans of TV Movie & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

On Halloween night, a sorority house is overrun with ghosts, while a vengeful housemother goes on a killing spree....

#3
Don't Look Under the Bed

Don't Look Under the Bed

1999★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poltergeist for fans of TV Movie & Comedy & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A girl calls on her brother's imaginary friend to banish a mischievous boogeyman who has framed her for his pranks....

#4
SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp

SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp

2024★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poltergeist for fans of TV Movie & Comedy & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

While at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one!...

#5
Megaboa

Megaboa

2021★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poltergeist for fans of TV Movie & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

On a trip to Colombia, a group of college students encounter a fifty-foot boa constrictor, hungry for blood....

#6
Fright Night Part 2

Fright Night Part 2

1988★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Poltergeist for fans of Comedy & Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After three years of therapy Charley Brewster, now a college student, is convinced that Jerry Dandridge was a serial killer posing as a vampire. But when Regine, a mysterious actre...

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