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Horror films based on children's franchises

This list is for horror films that are based on children's media franchises.

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  • Genre Horror
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  • Created January 28, 2023 by
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Arthur, malédiction

2022

Alex est un fan des films Arthur et les Minimoys depuis qu'il est enfant. Pour son anniversaire, ses meilleurs amis lui font la surprise de l'emmener dans la maison abandonnée où le film a été tourné. Aucun d’eux ne se doute alors qu’ils se dirigent vers un piège machiavélique et mortel. Ce qui était autrefois un rêve d'enfant va bientôt se transformer en véritable cauchemar...

The Banana Splits Movie

2019

When a young boy and his family attend the taping of a children's TV show for his birthday, it soon turns deadly as one of the cast mates starts a killing rampage — all while dressed in a dog costume.

The Curse of Humpty Dumpty

2021

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, and he's back in the form of a doll that belongs to a woman with dementia who starts to recall his dark past.

Curse of Humpty Dumpty 2

2022

A group of troubled teen girls and their teacher must fight for survival after discovering a cult has brought Humpty Dumpty, a killer doll, back to life and set loose on the camp where they are staying.

The Curse of Sleeping Beauty

2016

Thomas Kaiser, a painter, regularly has recurring dreams in which he sees a beautiful sleeping girl named Sleeping Beauty (India Eisley), but is unable to wake her. When he attempts to kiss her he is awakened by searing headaches. While painting he sees an elusive apparition of Rose and receives a phone call from a law firm informing him of an inheritance from his uncle, Clive.

Deadtime Stories

1986

An impatient uncle attempts to calm his rambunctious nephew by telling him three horror stories. The first story tells about a fisherman's son who is sold as a slave to two witches that are trying to resurrect their sister. The second story is about a teenage girl who picks up the medication for her grandmother, which is mixed up with medicine intended for a werewolf. In the third story, three mental patients escape and share their country house hideaway with a murderess.

Gretel & Hansel

2020

When two siblings are cast out of their home, they stumble upon a small house in the forest, from which an intoxicating smell of sweet food emits. However, they quickly discover that the house belongs to a witch named Holda, who takes the children in for nefarious purposes and it is up to them to survive.

The Mean One

2023

In a sleepy mountain town, Cindy has her parents murdered and her Christmas stolen by a blood thirsty green figure in a red Santa suit - The Mean One. But when the ravenous, Christmas hating creature begins to terrorize the town and threatens to ruin the holiday, she finds a new purpose - trapping and killing the monster.

Mickey's Mouse Trap

2024

It's Alex's 21st Birthday, but she's stuck at the amusement arcade on a late shift so her friends decide to surprise her, but a masked killer dressed as Mickey Mouse decides to play a game of his own with them which she must survive.

Pinocchio's Revenge

1996

Despite the evidence presented by the district attorney (Larry Cedar), Jennifer Garrick (Rosalind Allen), the lawyer defending Vincent Gotto (Lewis Van Bergen), an accused child murderer on death row, believes her client is not guilty, and is hiding the identity of the real killer. A fellow attorney in her office (Ron Canada) explains the presence of a large Pinocchio doll sitting in her chair as belatedly delivered evidence which she had earlier requisitioned (the doll had been buried by her client in his son's grave). Intending to examine it in the hope of finding a clue which might prevent his execution, she brings it home and her emotionally fragile daughter Zoe (Brittany Alyse Smith) mistakes it for a birthday gift. She develops a relationship with the puppet and becomes unbalanced to an even greater degree.

Red Riding Hood

2011

Valerie lives with her parents, Cesaire and Suzette, and sister Lucie in the village of Daggerhorn, on the edge of a forest plagued by a werewolf. She is in love with the woodcutter Peter, but her parents arrange for her to marry Henry, son of the wealthy blacksmith Adrien Lazar. Valerie and Peter plan to elope, only to learn the Wolf has broken its truce not to prey on the townspeople and murdered Lucie.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

2019

It’s 1968 in America and cultural unrest has yet to hit the small town of Mill Valley, where for generations, the shadow of the Bellows family has loomed large. A book is discovered that has transcended time and the stories contained inside play out in an all too real way for a group of teenagers who discover the artifact.

Snow White: A Tale of Terror

1997

Lilliana Hoffman dies in a carriage accident in the woods, caused by wolves that attack both the horses and the coachman. Her husband Frederick, at his dying wife's urging, reluctantly performs a caesarean section to save their unborn daughter. Years later, the young Lilli Hoffman, named after her dead mother, plays mischievously on the grounds of the Hoffman estate. Frederick remarries a noble woman named Lady Claudia. Despite Claudia's kindness to her, Lilli is jealous and resentful towards her new stepmother. On the Hoffmans' wedding night, Lilli runs from her nursemaid and hides under Claudia's bed. However the nursemaid is mysteriously killed by an unseen force when she looks into Claudia's mirror.

Tale of Tales

2015

Three fairy tales revolve around a king (John C. Reilly) who must slay a sea monster, a giant flea and a womanizing ruler (Vincent Cassel) who's in for a surprise.

Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey

2023

After being abandoned by a college-bound Christopher Robin, Pooh and Piglet go on a rampage.