37 Best Doll Horror Movies & Films

Top 37 must-see best doll horror movies from 60 doll horror movies, including Coraline, M3GAN, Child's Play, Annabelle 2, May, Curse of Chucky, Tales from the Hood, Dolls, Annabelle Comes Home, and The Boy ranked and rated by score.

Top 37 Best Doll Horror Movies of All Time

Click any of the movies in this doll horror list below to see that films' synopsis, plot, cast/actors, directors, full poster, movie trailer, and review.

What We Thought of Coraline
Score: 8.2/10 IMDB: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 286,233

MPAA Rating: PG | Gross: 116896576
Plot / Synopsis: 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.…
Director: Henry Selick
Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David

Score: 7.6/10 IMDB: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 172,065
Creatures, Supernatural, Thriller, Dolls, Sci-Fi, Teens, Thrill Kill, Blumhouse
MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: 95159005
Plot / Synopsis: When Gemma suddenly becomes the caretaker of her orphaned 8-year-old niece, Cady, Gemma's unsure and unprepared to be a parent. Under intense pressure at work,…
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Stars: Allison Williams, Violet McGraw, Ronny Chieng, Jenna Davis, Brian Jordan Alvarez

What We Thought of Child's Play
Score: 6.78/10 IMDB: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 125,255
Possession, Slasher, Cult Classic, Dolls, Police, Single Moms, Supernatural Serial killer (Top Supernatural Serial Killers in Movies)
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 33244684
Plot / Synopsis: When Charles Lee Ray needs to get a quick escape from cop Mike Norris, he takes his soul and buries it into playful, seemingly good…
Director: Tom Holland
Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff

What We Thought of Annabelle 2
Score: 6.72/10 IMDB: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 168,000
Demons, Featured Supernatural, Supernatural, Desolate, Dolls, Orphans
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 102092201
Plot / Synopsis: The manufacturer of dolls Samuel Mullins is a happy family man with his wife Esther and their daughter Bee, who dies after being hit by…
Director: David F. Sandberg
Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Brad Greenquist, Lulu Wilson

Exploring May – Full Review
Score: 6.65/10 IMDB: 6.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 43,016
Featured Psychological, Psychological, Drama, Halloween, Madness
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 150277
Plot / Synopsis: When May was a child, she was a lonely girl with a lazy eye and without any friends except a weird and ugly doll kept…
Director: Lucky McKee
Stars: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris, James Duval, Nichole Hiltz

Curse of Chucky Horror Movie Review
Score: 6.61/10 IMDB: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 45,962
Slasher, Dolls, Maniac
MPAA Rating: R | Gross:
Plot / Synopsis: After the events of Seed of Chucky, Nica, a young woman forced to a wheelchair since birth, has to regroup her sister, Barb and her…
Director: Don Mancini
Stars: Chantal Quesnelle, Fiona Dourif, Jordan Gavaris, Danielle Bisutti, A Martinez

Detailed Review: Tales from the Hood (1995)
Score: 6.45/10 IMDB: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 10,326
Anthology, Black Horror, Black Horror - Thriller, Dolls, Police
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 11837928
Plot / Synopsis: Four short, moralistic horror vignettes (a la EC Comics) that deal with mostly black characters. The framing story introduces three youths out to pick up…
Director: Rusty Cundieff
Stars: Clarence Williams III, Joe Torry, De''aundre Bonds, Samuel Monroe Jr., Wings Hauser

Our Take on Dolls (1986)
Score: 5.96/10 IMDB: 6.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,763
Supernatural, Dolls, Haunted House - Cursed
MPAA Rating: R | Gross:
Plot / Synopsis: A group of travelers spend the night in the mansion of an elderly couple who are dollmakers. However, one of the travelers' children discovers that…
Director: Stuart Gordon
Stars: Ian Patrick Williams, Carolyn Purdy-Gordon, Carrie Lorraine, Guy Rolfe, Hilary Mason

What We Thought of Annabelle Comes Home
Score: 5.91/10 IMDB: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 94,997
Haunted House, Possession, Supernatural, Cursed, Dolls, Psychic, Religion
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 74152591
Plot / Synopsis: Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home,…
Director: Gary Dauberman
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife

The Boy (2016) Review
Score: 5.68/10 IMDB: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 107,448
Possession, Thriller, Dolls, Drama, Dysfunctional Family
MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: 35819556
Plot / Synopsis: Greta is a young American woman who takes a job as a nanny in a remote English village, only to discover that the family's 8-year-old…
Director: William Brent Bell
Stars: Lauren Cohan, Rupert Evans, James Russell, Jim Norton, Diana Hardcastle

In-Depth Bride of Chucky Review
Score: 5.68/10 IMDB: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 67,622
Comedy, Slasher, Dolls, Maniac
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 32400658
Plot / Synopsis: Chucky hooks up with another murderous doll, the bridal gown-clad Tiffany, for a Route 66 murder spree with their unwitting hosts, two eloping high-school graduates.
Director: Ronny Yu
Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, Alexis Arquette

Read Our Puppetmaster Review
Score: 5.51/10 IMDB: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,961
Demons, Supernatural, Cult Classic, Dolls, Psychic
MPAA Rating: R | Gross:
Plot / Synopsis: Neil Gallagher found the secret to Toulon's puppets who come to life and then killed himself. Alex and his psychic friends come to investigate and…
Director: David Schmoeller
Stars: Paul Le Mat, William Hickey, Irene Miracle, Jimmie F. Skaggs, Robin Frates

Read Our Child's Play 2 Review
Score: 5.22/10 IMDB: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 61,371
Killer, Slasher, Dolls, Police
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 28501605
Plot / Synopsis: Andy Barclay has been placed in a foster home after the tragic events of the first film, since his mother was committed. In an attempt…
Director: John Lafia
Stars: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise, Brad Dourif

Full Review of Annabelle (2014)
Score: 5.05/10 IMDB: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 185,874
Demons, Supernatural, Dolls, Featured Phobia, Phobia, Suburbs
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 84284252
Plot / Synopsis: John Form has found the perfect gift for his expectant wife, Mia - a beautiful, rare vintage doll in a pure white wedding dress. But…
Director: John R. Leonetti
Stars: Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Tony Amendola, Alfre Woodard, Kerry O`Malley

Full Review of Seed of Chucky (2004)
Score: 4.61/10 IMDB: 4.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 52,844
Comedy, Slasher, Dolls, Maniac, Meta, Pregnancy
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 17083732
Plot / Synopsis: The killer doll is back! Glenda, the orphan doll offspring of the irrepressible devilish-doll-come-to-life Chucky and his equally twisted bride Tiffany. When production starts on…
Director: Don Mancini
Stars: Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Billy Boyd, Redman, Hannah Spearritt

Our Take on Dead Silence (2007)
Score: 4.59/10 IMDB: 6.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 105,667
Supernatural, Cursed, Dolls, Urban Legend
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 16809076
Plot / Synopsis: Every town has its own ghost story, and a local folktale around Ravens Fair is about a ventriloquist named Mary Shaw. After she went mad…
Director: James Wan
Stars: Ryan Kwanten, Amber Valletta, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Fairman, Joan Heney

Honest Review: Poltergeist (2015)
Score: 4.46/10 IMDB: 4.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 63,194
Mystery, Psychological, Cursed, Dangerous Exploration, Dysfunctional Family, Haunted House - Investigation
MPAA Rating: PG-13 | Gross: 47425125
Plot / Synopsis: Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits.…
Director: Gil Kenan
Stars: Sam Rockwell, Rosemarie DeWitt, Saxon Sharbino, Kyle Catlett, Kennedi Clements

Full Review of Child's Play 3 (1991)
Score: 3.87/10 IMDB: 5.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 49,080
Slasher, Dolls, Revenge
MPAA Rating: R | Gross: 14960255
Plot / Synopsis: It's been eight years since the events in the second film, we now see that Andy is a teenager who has been enrolled in a…
Director: Jack Bender
Stars: Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, Travis Fine, Dean Jacobson

60 Doll Horror films sorted alphabetically from A-Z

Click any of movies below from the full list of doll horror movies list to see that films' synopsis, plot, cast/actors, directors, full poster, movie trailer, and review.

1). Annabelle (2014) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Full Review of Annabelle (2014)

Score: 5.05/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 185,874 | Rotten Tomatoes: 2.8/10 | Metascore: 3.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $84,284,252

Demons, Supernatural, Dolls, Featured Phobia, Phobia, Suburbs

Annabelle is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max

Plot / Synopsis: Director John R. Leonettiwill be bring the scary Annabelle doll to the big screen this October 3, 2014 and many speculate that the events in Annabelle (2014) may have specific tie-ins to The Conjuring 2 (2015) premiered October 23, 2015. As of right now there is no official synopsis released besides stating that Annabelle is a spin-off to The Conjuring...

Director: John R. Leonetti
Stars: Annabelle Wallis, Ward Horton, Tony Amendola, Alfre Woodard, Kerry O`Malley

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2). Annabelle 2 (2017) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Annabelle 2

Score: 6.72/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 168,000 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.0/10 | Metascore: 6.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $102,092,201

Demons, Featured Supernatural, Supernatural, Desolate, Dolls, Orphans

Plot / Synopsis: Director David F. Sandberg is attached to direct the latest installment of the Annabelle series, Annabelle 2 (2017). Sandberg will direct from a script written by Gary Dauberman. The poster teases more scares than in the first installment. At this time of writing, no actors are attached to the new 2017 film. Annabelle 2 is set to release in movie...

Director: David F. Sandberg
Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Brad Greenquist, Lulu Wilson

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3). Annabelle Comes Home (2019) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Annabelle Comes Home

Score: 5.91/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 94,997 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.4/10 | Metascore: 5.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $74,152,591

Haunted House, Possession, Supernatural, Cursed, Dolls, Psychic, Religion

Plot / Synopsis: Determined to keep Annabelle from wreaking more havoc, demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren bring the possessed doll to the locked artifacts room in their home, placing her "safely" behind sacred glass and enlisting a priest's holy blessing. But an unholy night of horror awaits as Annabelle awakens the evil spirits in the room, who all set their sights on...

Director: Gary Dauberman
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace, Madison Iseman, Katie Sarife

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4). Annabellum: The Curse of Salem (2019) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Honest Review: Annabellum: The Curse of Salem (2019)

Score: 2.61/10 | IMDB Rating: 2.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,329 | MPAA Rating: R

Plot / Synopsis: In the form of an old doll a vengeful witches curse from 1692 Salem is released upon a family trapped in a historic English mansion.Tagline: Don't let her out...

Director: Craig Rees
Stars: Liam Clarke, Andrew James Mead, Chris Millward, Monique Todd, Ashleigh McCallion

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5). Asylum (1972) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 5.53/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 8,592 | Rotten Tomatoes: 3.6/10 | Metascore: 6.5/10 | MPAA Rating: PG

Psychological, Asylum, Desolate, Isolation

Plot / Synopsis: In order to secure a job at a mental institution, a young psychiatrist must interview four patients inside the asylum. Tagline: See what the author of "Psycho" is up to now!...

Director: Roy Ward Baker
Stars: Barbara Parkins, Richard Todd, Sylvia Syms, Peter Cushing, Barry Morse

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6). Black Devil Doll (2007) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.35/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.1/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,130 | MPAA Rating: R

Supernatural, Dolls

Plot / Synopsis: A young, moist, buxom teen vixen finds herself hurled into an odyssey of forbidden s** and unspeakable... Tagline: Who will survive? What will be left of them? Will their virginity be intact?...

Director: Jonathan Louis Lewis
Stars: Jonathan Louis Lewis, Chris Lewis, Minh Bao, The Brick, Heather Murphy

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7). Blood Dolls (1999) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.53/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,851 | MPAA Rating: R

Plot / Synopsis: Virgil, an eccentric freak billionaire, spends his days being a "biological inventor." The "blood dolls," his newest creation, aid him in getting revenge on those who betrayed him. Tagline: Power... Lust... Freaks...

Director: Charles Band
Stars: Kristopher Logan, Debra Mayer, William Paul Burns, Warren Draper, Nicholas Worth

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8). Bride of Chucky (1998) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

In-Depth Bride of Chucky Review

Score: 5.68/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 67,622 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.5/10 | Metascore: 4.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $32,400,658

Comedy, Slasher, Dolls, Maniac

Bride of Chucky is Streaming on Netflix, Peacock

Plot / Synopsis: Chucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, discovers the perfect mate to kill and revive into the body of another doll. Tagline: Here comes the bride... there goes everyone else...

Director: Ronny Yu
Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl, Nick Stabile, Alexis Arquette

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9). Child's Play (1988) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Child's Play

Score: 6.78/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 | IMDB Votes: 125,255 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.5/10 | Metascore: 5.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $33,244,684

Possession, Slasher, Cult Classic, Dolls, Police, Single Moms, Supernatural Serial killer (Top Supernatural Serial Killers in Movies)

Child's Play is Streaming on HBO Max, Peacock

Plot / Synopsis: A single mother gives her son a much sought after doll for his birthday, only to discover that it is possessed by the soul of a serial killer. Tagline: No one believes the truth...or lives to tell it. Press Release: Los Angeles, CA - Are we having fun now?... Everyone’s friend ‘til the end is here for more fun as...

Director: Tom Holland
Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif, Dinah Manoff

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10). Child's Play 2 (1990) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Read Our Child's Play 2 Review

Score: 5.22/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 61,371 | Rotten Tomatoes: 4.7/10 | Metascore: 3.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $28,501,605

Killer, Slasher, Dolls, Police

Child's Play 2 is Streaming on Netflix, Peacock

Plot / Synopsis: While Andy's mother is admitted to a psychiatric hospital, the young boy is placed in foster care, and Chucky, determined to claim Andy's soul, is not far behind.Tagline: Sajnálom Jack... Chucky visszatért! (Hungary)...

Director: John Lafia
Stars: Alex Vincent, Jenny Agutter, Gerrit Graham, Christine Elise, Brad Dourif

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11). Child's Play 3 (1991) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Full Review of Child's Play 3 (1991)

Score: 3.87/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.2/10 | IMDB Votes: 49,080 | Rotten Tomatoes: 1.9/10 | Metascore: 2.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $14,960,255

Slasher, Dolls, Revenge

Child's Play 3 is Streaming on Netflix, Peacock

Plot / Synopsis: Chucky, the doll possessed by a serial killer, returns for revenge against Andy, the young boy who defeated him and who has since become a teenager. Tagline: Eljön az idö, amikor félreteszed gyerekkori játékaidat. De van olyan játék, ami nem hagyja magát... (Hungary)...

Director: Jack Bender
Stars: Justin Whalin, Perrey Reeves, Jeremy Sylvers, Travis Fine, Dean Jacobson

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12). Coraline (2009) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

What We Thought of Coraline

Score: 8.2/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 286,233 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.1/10 | Metascore: 8.0/10 | MPAA Rating: PG | Gross: $116,896,576

Plot / Synopsis: An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.Tagline: Be careful what you wish for...

Director: Henry Selick
Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David

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13). Curse of Chucky (2013) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Curse of Chucky Horror Movie Review

Score: 6.61/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 45,962 | Rotten Tomatoes: 7.8/10 | Metascore: 5.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Slasher, Dolls, Maniac

Curse of Chucky is Streaming on Netflix, Peacock

Plot / Synopsis: After her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.Tagline: Be afraid. Be effing afraid...

Director: Don Mancini
Stars: Chantal Quesnelle, Fiona Dourif, Jordan Gavaris, Danielle Bisutti, A Martinez

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14). Curse of the Puppet Master (1998) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 4.3/10 | IMDB Rating: 4.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 3,299 | MPAA Rating: R

Creatures, Possession, Campy, Dolls

Plot / Synopsis: Robert "Tank" begins to work for Dr. Magrew sculpting a puppet for the Doctor to bring to life using the work of Andre Toulon. Robert begins to fall in love with the Doctors daughter, Jane. Unbeknownst to Robert, the Doctor is trying to create a "perfect race" of puppet humans. Jane discovers a "matt puppet" which is from his...

Director: David DeCoteau
Stars: George Peck, Emily Harrison, Josh Green, Michael Guerin, Michael Sollenberger

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15). Curtains (1983) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)

Score: 6.15/10 | IMDB Rating: 5.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 6,141 | Rotten Tomatoes: 6.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R

Supernatural, Drama, Maniac

Plot / Synopsis: Six young actresses auditioning for a movie role at a remote mansion are targeted by a mysterious masked murderer. Tagline: Behind Every Curtain, Someone Is Watching...Something Is Waiting...

Director: Richard Ciupka
Stars: John Vernon, Samantha Eggar, Linda Thorson, Anne Ditchburn, Lynne Griffin

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