9 Doll Horror Movies on Netflix in August 2024

On August 1st, nearly all of the Chucky movies joined Netflix. All but one of the mainline Child’s Play and Chucky series is available to watch throughout the month (the 2019 remake, though a fine movie, doesn’t count in this scenario). The only missing film is Child’s Play (1988), but the good thing about the franchise is that you can watch any installment on its own. You don’t need to be an expert about the deeper lore of the franchise to enjoy each film.

So, collected here are the six movies currently streaming on Netflix which feature the world’s most famous killer doll, Chucky. Also included in this list are all of the other doll horror movies on Netflix. There aren’t many, but the ones that are in Netflix’s library are worth a look.

Director: John Lafia | Runtime: 84 minutes

For viewers who enjoy: campy slashers, surprisingly good sequels

The first sequel in the Child’s Play/Chucky franchise follows the doll with the soul of a killer as he tracks down young Andy Barclay in a foster home. Chucky needs Andy so he can transfer his soul into the boy’s body, but that’s not as easy as it sounds. The comedy in Child’s Play 2 is increased when compared to the first movie in the series. The kill scenes are also more elaborate, making Child’s Play 2 good for viewers looking for a light and fun slasher movie.

Director: Jack Bender | Runtime: 90 minutes

For viewers who enjoy: slashers set in schools, recasting franchise characters

Set at a military academy eight years after Child’s Play 2, the third installment in the franchise follows the same basic premise of the previous movies while shifting the dynamics of the main characters. Chucky still needs to transfer his soul into a new body, but Andy Barclay, now a teenager (and played by a different actor), is forced to the side as Chucky sets his sights on someone new.

Director: Ronny Yu | Runtime: 89 minutes

For viewers who enjoy: comedic slashers, road movies

Bride of Chucky is the first of multiple “new beginnings” in the Chucky franchise, and it’s one of the best movies in the series. It isn’t a reboot, but it does significantly change the direction of the ongoing story. Jennifer Tilly joins the Chucky saga as Tiffany, pairing her with Brad Dourif’s Chucky in a cross-country road trip to recover a magical amulet. Along the way they experience love, murder, and betrayal in the most ridiculous ways.

Director: Don Mancini | Runtime: 86 minutes

For viewers who enjoy: very silly movies, movies about making movies

Seed of Chucky takes the wackiness of the living-doll premise to new heights (or lows depending on your perspective and tastes). Chucky and Tiffany’s child—who was born at the end of Bride of Chucky—is now old enough to realize who their parents are. A family reunion takes place in Hollywood, but Chucky and Tiffany each have very different ideas about how to raise their gender-nonconforming child. It’s family melodrama, played out by a trio of killer dolls who murder a bunch of people.

Director: Don Mancini | Runtime: 97 minutes

For viewers who enjoy: near-reboots that are actually sequels, one-location horror

The more serious tone in Curse of Chucky was a direct reaction to the silliness seen in Seed of Chucky. Curse gives us a new story with new characters, all of who surround a newly-designed Chucky (who is thankfully still voiced by Brad Dourif). A Good Guy doll is delivered to a house inhabited by Nica and Sarah Pierce, and the deaths begin almost immediately. As the killings continue, a previously unknown connection between Chucky and the Pierce family is uncovered.

Director: Don Mancini | Runtime: 91 minutes

For viewers who enjoy: horror set in mental institutions, franchise legacy characters

After the events of Curse of Chucky, Nica Pierce is blamed for the murders committed by Chucky. Nica is placed in a psychiatric facility, but even there she can’t get away from Chucky. Or, in this case, she can’t get away from multiple Chuckys. Cult of Chucky is the final movie in the series so far (not counting the 2019 remake of Child’s Play which is not connected in continuity), and it is a perfect lead-in to the excellent Chucky TV series which you can find streaming on Peacock.

Director: John R. Leonetti | Runtime: 98 minutes

For viewers who enjoy: The Conjuring Universe, supernatural horror

As the first spin-off of The Conjuring movies, Annabelle is the film that began the expanded Conjuring Universe. The story is set before The Conjuring (2013), and it tells the origin story of how the doll became the Annabelle we see in the beginning of the previously released film. Well, it tells part of Annabelle’s origin, because the doll’s next film goes even further back to tell another origin story. It’s a bit complicated to think about, but regardless, Annabelle is a solidly spooky haunted-doll movie.

Director: Rick Soraya | Runtime: 113 minutes

For viewers who enjoy: Indonesian horror, spooky Charlie Charlie games

Vanya, an orphaned girl living with her aunt and uncle, is stricken with grief. One night she attempts to contact her deceased mother by using the divination game Charlie Charlie, but in doing so she opens a door that allows a spirit to possess a rather creepy doll given to Vanya by her aunt. Sabrina isn’t the most original possessed-doll movie, but it’s a nicely creepy change of pace to see a movie like this from an Indonesian perspective.

Director: William Brent Bell | Runtime: 86 minutes

For viewers who enjoy: sequels that are drastically different, sequels with different characters

Brahms: The Boy II changes quite a lot about what is established in the movie that came before. This sequel focuses on a new family consisting of a mother, a father, and their son. The young boy discovers a porcelain doll buried on the grounds of their new home, and spooky events ensue. Brahms is probably the lesser of the doll movies in this list, but it might be worth a watch if you really enjoy doll-horror and are fairly forgiving when it comes to quality.