# The best horror movies about dolls and puppets

Chucky, Annabelle, M3GAN and the ventriloquist of Magic: the doll and puppet horror films at the top of the rankings by Orrore a Prima Vista, Nocturno and Taxidrivers.

- 11 votes · 14 items
- Nov 4, 2025 · Camilla D.
- https://even.best/en/l/4397/the-best-horror-movies-about-dolls-and-puppets

## Top 14

1. **Child's Play (1988)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Tom Holland. Chucky, possessed by a serial killer's spirit.
2. **Annabelle (2014)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — John R. Leonetti. The doll's first film.
3. **Dolls (1987)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Stuart Gordon. A night in a mansion full of dolls.
4. **M3GAN (2022)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Gerard Johnstone. A robot doll built to protect a little girl.
5. **Possum (2018)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Matthew Holness. A puppeteer and his spider puppet.
6. **Annabelle: Creation (2017)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — David F. Sandberg. The origin of The Conjuring's doll.
7. **Dead Silence (2007)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — James Wan. The ghost of a ventriloquist.
8. **The Boy (2016)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — William Brent Bell. A nanny and a porcelain doll.
9. **Willy's Wonderland (2021)** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Kevin Lewis. Nicolas Cage versus animatronics.
10. **Magic (1978)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Richard Attenborough. Anthony Hopkins and his ventriloquist's dummy.
11. **Bride of Chucky (1998)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Ronny Yu. Chucky and Tiffany.
12. **Puppet Master (1989)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — David Schmoeller. The killer puppets of an old hotel.
13. **Trilogy of Terror (1975)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Dan Curtis. Karen Black and the Zuni fetish doll.
14. **Dead of Night (1945)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Several directors. The ventriloquist segment.

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