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Movies that feel likeGremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green creatures invade a top-secret laboratory and develop genetically altered powers, making them even harder to destroy!

If you loved Gremlins 2: The New Batch, the closest films we have are An American Werewolf in London (1981), Army of Darkness (1992) and Krampus (2015). All three share Gremlins 2: The New Batch's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Poison for the Fairies (1986).

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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Gremlins (1984)

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An American Werewolf in London
1981 · dir. John Landis
🍅 80%★ 7.5comedy · horror · fantasyPrime Video

Two things both keep coming back to: mortality and halloween

American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.

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Army of Darkness
1992 · dir. Sam Raimi
🍅 68%★ 7.4fantasy · horror · comedyPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: halloween

Ash, a handsome, shotgun-toting, chainsaw-armed department store clerk, is time warped backwards into England's Dark Ages, where he romances a beauty and faces legions of the undead.

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Krampus
2015 · dir. Michael Dougherty
🍅 67%★ 6.2horror · comedy · fantasyPrime VideoPeacock

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.

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Extra Ordinary
2019 · dir. Mike Ahern
🍅 98%★ 6.4fantasy · comedy · horrorPrime Video

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

A driving instructor must use her other-worldly gifts to save a lonely man’s daughter from a rock star looking to use her for Satanic purposes.

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Anna and the Apocalypse
2018 · dir. John McPhail
🍅 77%★ 6.1horror · comedy · fantasyRent or buy

Dreamlike comedy, and it commits to that

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven—at Christmas—forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash, and sing their way to survival. In a desperate race to reach their loved ones, they soon learn that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

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Fright Night
1985 · dir. Tom Holland
🍅 83%★ 7.1comedy · horror

Witty horror in both cases

The difference: Less dreamlike, more its own thing

Charley Brewster, a high school student, accidentally discovers the true and creepy nature of Jerry Dandrige, his dashing and enigmatic new neighbor; but no one seems willing to believe him.

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Death Becomes Her
1992 · dir. Robert Zemeckis
★ 6.7comedy · fantasy · horrorPrime VideoPeacock

Fantasy with a pulse of play, in both cases

Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once her arch-rival Helen's fiancé. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to be a great deal more complicated than a mere murder plot.

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The Fearless Vampire Killers
1967 · dir. Roman Polanski
🍅 73%★ 7comedy · horror

Both lean on dread more than on comedy

A noted professor and his dim-witted apprentice fall prey to their inquiring vampires, while on the trail of the ominous damsel in distress.

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Poison for the Fairies
1986 · dir. Carlos Enrique Taboada
★ 7.2fantasy · horror

Horror built on unease, twice over

In 1965 Mexico City, Flavia, a wealthy yet lonely schoolgirl, befriends Veronica, a young orphan girl who has a fascination with witchcraft. Veronica convinces Flavia that she is a real witch and forces her to be her assistant. The children's games gradually become more serious and Veronica demands more from Flavia.

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Piranha 3D
2010 · dir. Alexandre Aja
🍅 76%★ 5.5comedy · horrorParamount+

Witty fantasy in both cases

Each year the population of sleepy Lake Victoria, Arizona explodes from 5,000 to 50,000 residents for the annual Spring Break celebration. But then, an earthquake opens an underwater chasm, releasing an enormous swarm of ancient Piranha that have been dormant for thousands of years, now with a taste for human flesh. This year, there's something more to worry about than the usual hangovers and complaints from locals, a new type of terror is about to be cut loose on Lake Victoria.

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Return
1985 · dir. Andrew Silver
★ 4.8horror · fantasy · romance

Dreamlike horror, and it commits to that

The difference: Leans further into romance

After reading an article about hypnotic regression, a woman whose maternal grandfather died when she was only three years old contacts the hypnotic subject named in the article believing that he is the reincarnation of her grandfather, and hoping that she can learn the truth about how he died.

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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil
2010 · dir. Eli Craig
🍅 86%★ 7.5comedy · horrorPeacock

Both lean on play more than on comedy

Two hillbillies are suspected of being killers by a group of paranoid college kids camping near the duo's West Virginian cabin. As the body count climbs, so does the fear and confusion as the college kids try to seek revenge against the pair.

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