Movies Like Cucuy: The Boogeyman (2018)

Cucuy: The Boogeyman is a 2018 horror, thriller film from Peter Sullivan with a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Cropsey and Housebound.

Horror Thriller

Cropsey

2009

Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.

6.0

MagicScore

Housebound

2014

When Kylie Bucknell is sentenced to home detention, she's forced to come to terms with her unsociable behaviour, her blabbering mother and a hostile spirit who seems less than happy about the new living arrangement.

6.6

MagicScore

Dark Summer

2015

Follows the tale of a 17-year-old on house arrest for the summer. When his mother is away on business, a horrifying incident occurs, followed by an even more terrifying presence in the house.

4.4

MagicScore

Halloween

2018

Laurie Strode comes to her final confrontation with Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.

6.6

MagicScore

Boogeyman 2

2007

A young woman attempts to cure her phobia of the boogeyman by checking herself into a mental health facility, only to realize too late that she is now helplessly trapped with her own greatest fear.

5.5

MagicScore

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989

After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie, who has been confined to a mental institution since his last attempt to slay her.

5.3

MagicScore

Boogeyman 3

2008

When a college student witnesses the alleged suicide of her roommate, it sets into motion a series of horrific events that cause her to fear the supernatural entity. As she tries to convince the rest of her dorm that the Boogeyman does exist, the evil force grows stronger and her friends begin to pay the price. Now she must stop this ultimate evil before the entire campus falls prey.

5.2

MagicScore

Halloween: Resurrection

2002

Reality programmers at DangerTainment select a group of thrill-seeking teenagers to spend one night in the childhood home of serial killer Michael Myers. Their planned live broadcast turns deadly when Michael decides to crash the party.

4.6

MagicScore

Disturbia

2007

Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problem—he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.

6.7

MagicScore

#10

Cherish

2002

After a martini-induced rampage, a fantasy-prone young woman is placed under house arrest.

6.0

MagicScore

#11

100 Feet

2008

After Marnie Watson kills her abusive husband in self-defense, she is condemned to house arrest... only to discover that the house is possessed by the enraged and violent spirit of her dead husband.

5.7

MagicScore

#12

The Boogeyman: The Origin of the Myth

2023

Explores the Spanish origins of the character's story, where he is a tuberculosis patient from Almeria who will do anything to get well, even consuming the blood of the kids he kidnaps in a sack.

6.2

MagicScore

#13

Child Eater

2016

A simple night of babysitting takes a horrifying turn when Helen realizes the boogeyman really is in little Lucas' closet.

4.5

MagicScore

#14

Boogeyman II

1983

Lacey, the shaken survivor of a bloody supernatural rampage in the countryside, is flown to Los Angeles where a slick movie producer plans to cash in on her story. At a decadent Hollywood party, plans for the beginning of a new horror movie franchise are torn asunder when a fragment of the original haunted mirror turns these hotshot movers and shakers into screamers and quakers!

3.0

MagicScore

#15

Ant-Man and the Wasp

2018

Just when his time under house arrest is about to end, Scott Lang once again puts his freedom at risk to help Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym dive into the quantum realm and try to accomplish, against time and any chance of success, a very dangerous rescue mission.

6.9

MagicScore

#16

Get Hard

2015

When obscenely rich hedge-fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately turns to Darnell-- a black businessman who's never even had a parking ticket -- for help. As Darnell puts James through the wringer, both learn that they were wrong about many things, including each other.

6.0

MagicScore

#17

Sollers Point

2017

Keith, a small-time drug dealer, is under house arrest at the home of his father in Baltimore. He re-enters a community scarred by unemployment, neglect and deeply entrenched segregation. There, he pushes back against his surrounding limitations as he tries to find a way out of his own internal prison.

4.7

MagicScore

#18

Rise of the Guardians

2012

When an evil spirit known as Pitch lays down the gauntlet to take over the world, the immortal Guardians must join forces for the first time to protect the hopes, beliefs and imagination of children all over the world.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Babes in Toyland

1934

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.

6.3

MagicScore

#20

Ring

1998

A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

7.1

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Cucuy: The Boogeyman?

The top films similar to Cucuy: The Boogeyman by MovieMagicScore are Cropsey (6.0), Housebound (6.6), Dark Summer (4.4). Each shares horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Cucuy: The Boogeyman worth watching?

Cucuy: The Boogeyman holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.6/10 from 100 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Cucuy: The Boogeyman?

Cucuy: The Boogeyman (2018) is a horror, thriller film directed by Peter Sullivan, starring Marisol Nichols, Brian Krause, Jearnest Corchado.

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About movies like Cucuy: The Boogeyman

This ranked list pairs Cucuy: The Boogeyman (2018), a horror and thriller film from Peter Sullivan, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Marisol Nichols take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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