Movies like Frankenstein 2004

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Frankenstein (2004)
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Frankenstein (2004)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Two hundred years after Mary Shelley's novel the brilliant but mad Doctor has sustained his creature and himself over two centuries through genetic experimentation. In present-day America Detective O'Connor is investigating a series of horrific murders which leads her to the doctor and his creature. What she uncovers reveals the strange evolution the doctor and his creation undergo over the course of two centuries and the divergent paths creator and monster take in pursuing good or evil. Detective Carson O'Conner and her partner Detective Michael Sloane are investigating murders of a serial-killer that mutilates and removes the internal organs of the victims. When they meet the mysterious and macabre Deucalion, they are informed that Dr. Frankenstein is alive with a legion of followers, using the name of Dr. Victor Helios.
Style: atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, suspense, detective, tech noir, anime, horrifying, scary, exciting ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, frankenstein, investigation, monster, mad scientist, experiment gone awry, psychopath, supernatural, obsession, reincarnation, danger, deadly creature, gory, murder, murder investigation, undead, devil, mad doctor, deep south, rivalry, chaos, law enforcement, master villain, technology gone awry, sex ...
Time: 19th century, 21st century, contemporary
Place: louisiana, new orleans, usa
Keyword: movie theatre, marquee

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Most similar movies to Frankenstein

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, suspenseful, serious and suspense films with plots about deadly, supernatural, danger, monster, murder, blood and deadly creature mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Frankenstein: The Prometheus Project (2010), Another Heaven (2000), Suspect Zero (2004), Resurrection (1999), Headspace (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's ...
Style: gothic, bleak, scary, suspenseful, gothic horror ...
Plot: frankenstein, mad scientist, supernatural, monster, mental institution, psychopath, experiment gone awry, danger, zombie, deadly creature, violence, murder ...
Time: 19th century, 1930s, 1800s
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Prometheus Project (2010)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Young Scientists Elizabeth Burns explores the impact on the human body stem cells. A specific feature of these cells to interact with dead flesh has been subjected to blackmail heroine is forced to continue chilling experiments. Once she recovers ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, captivating, tense, independent film ...
Plot: zombie, experiment gone awry, deadly creature, danger, mad scientist, laboratory, supernatural, gory, captivity, frankenstein's monster, hospital, frankenstein ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
 5.9
 869
Another Heaven (2000)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 132 min.
Story: A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the murderer cut his skull open and cooked his brain in a stew. As they try to track down the killer, they discover that, quite literally, everybody is a ...
Style: serious, slasher, rough, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, police detective, psychopath, violence spree, danger, riddles and clues, who done it, supernatural ability, electrocution, conspiracy ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
 5.8
 21K
Suspect Zero (2004)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A killer is on the loose, and an FBI agent sifts through clues and learns that the bloodthirsty felon's victims of choice are other serial killers.
Style: psychological, tense, suspenseful, detective, tricky ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, investigation, police investigation, profiler, justice, mental illness, obsession, brutality, fbi, plot twist, murder mystery ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
Place: new mexico, usa, albuquerque new mexico, arizona, dallas texas ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Movie in collections
 6.1
 11K
Resurrection (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A seasoned police detective and his partner have just uncovered a string of unusual murders that lead them to a serial killer, who believes that he is the descendant of Judas.
Style: scary, detective, serious, tense, rough ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, violence, race against time, brutality, religion, death of son, killer, police partner, easter, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, new orleans, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
 4.6
 2K
Headspace (2005)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: A man (Christopher Denham) must use his newfound intellect to stop a brutal series of murders.
Style: serious, suspenseful, psychological, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, supernatural, obsession, murder, danger, gory, siblings relations, clergy, supernatural ability, brother brother relationship, woman in danger ...
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Terror of Frankenstein (1977)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Sweden, Ireland
Duration: 92 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: serious, gothic, scary, suspenseful, psychotronic
Plot: frankenstein, frankenstein's monster, scientist, paranormal, mad doctor, obsession, mad scientist, literary, mutant, disorder, supernatural, vengeance ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
 5.0
 4K
Malevolence (2003)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: It's ten years after the kidnapping of Martin Bristol. Taken from a backyard swing at his home at the age of six, he is forced to witness unspeakable crimes of a deranged madman. For years, Martin's whereabouts have remained a ...
Style: suspense, slasher, suspenseful, rough, bleak ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: serial killer, hostage, psychopath, woman in danger, gory, on the run, criminal heroes, violence spree, confined, kidnapping, backwoods, old dark house ...
Time: year 2003, 80s, 90s, year 1999, year 1989
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
Movie in collections
 5.4
 22K
Phantoms (1998)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In the peaceful town of Snowfield, Colorado something evil has wiped out the community. And now, its up to a group of people to stop it, or at least get out of Snowfield alive.
Style: scary, tense, suspenseful, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: supernatural, small town, monster, military, gory, hotel, survival, extinction, creature feature, good versus evil, danger, disaster ...
Time: 90s
Place: colorado, los angeles, usa, san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 6.2
 145K
The Thing (2011)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: When paleontologist Kate Lloyd travels to an isolated outpost in Antarctica for the expedition of a lifetime, she joins an international team that unearths a remarkable discovery. Their elation quickly turns to fear as they realize that their ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, suspense, atmospheric, serious ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, adult
Plot: monster, alien, gory, alien invasion, deadly creature, evil alien, chase, alien encounter, survival, apocalypse, danger, transformation ...
Time: 2010s, year 2011, future, 80s, year 1982 ...
Place: antarctica
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 4.5
 1K
Deep Space (1988)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Secretly engineered and blasted into space by government scientists, a vile monster crash-lands back on Earth and begins killing everyone it encounters. As the death toll rises, veteran cop McLemore (Charles Napier) bravely steps forward to crush ...
Style: rough, suspenseful, serious, suspense, psychotronic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, monster, technology gone awry, alien invasion, creature feature, outer space, rescue, mutant, alien encounter, rivalry, danger, deadly creature ...
Time: 80s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 5.4
 10K
Anamorph (2007)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A psychological thriller based on the concept of anamorphosis, a painting technique that manipulates the laws of perspective to create two competing images on a single canvas.
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, obsession, psychopath, investigation, law enforcement, murder, police station, uncover truth, supernatural, life is a bitch, who done it, danger ...
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 3.4
 798
They Crawl (2001)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A computer whiz named 'Bean' is among several people found dead with strange striations, odd puncture wounds and missing internal organs. Bean's brother Ted teams up with detective Gina to get to the bottom of it. With the help of a ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, suspense, tense, scary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: investigation, experiment gone awry, dangerous animal, deadly creature, plague, danger, murder, rivalry, supernatural, monster, mutant, creature feature ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
 5.8
 30K
The Relic (1997)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A researcher at Chicago's Natural History Museum returns from South America with some crates containing his findings. When the crates arrive at the museum without the owner there appears to be very little inside. However, police discover ...
Style: scary, exciting, serious, suspenseful, splatter ...
Plot: monster, creature feature, human versus monster, supernatural, museum, deadly creature, gory, beast, creature, violence, fear, police investigation ...
Time: 90s, jurassic
Place: chicago, brazil, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 5.7
 647
Frankenstein (1992)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: In the early 19th century, Dr. Frankenstein (Patrick Bergin, Sleeping with the Enemy) discovers the secret of life – how to create a perfect man – powerful, intelligent and immune to disease. But something goes wrong in the laboratory and the ...
Style: fairy tale, scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: frankenstein, monster, mad doctor, experiment, mutant, disorder, technology gone awry, physical appearance, countryside, cloning, experiment gone awry, reincarnation ...
Time: 90s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 3.6
 4K
Carnosaur (1993)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: After being driven to extinction, great bloodthirsty dinosaurs come back to life with the assistance of a demented genetic scientist. She plans to replace the human race with a super-race of dinosaurs who will not pollute the planet.
Style: scary, rough, serious, suspenseful, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: dinosaur, mad scientist, virus, creature feature, danger, genetics, creature, kaiju, chaos, deadly creature, tyrannosaurus rex, disorder ...
Time: 90s, prehistory, prehistoric times, jurassic
Place: nevada, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 4.2
 1K
Scourge (2008)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An ancient pestilence called The Scourge has been set free in a small town after being entombed in a church's masonry for a century and a half. As bodies rapidly pile up, nothing stands between the spawning Scourge and the rest of the town ...
Style: suspenseful, scary, atmospheric, serious, offbeat
Plot: parasite, survival, violence spree, supernatural, danger, small town, deadly creature, creature feature, chases and races, escapades, small town life, gory ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His ...
Style: gothic, scary, gothic horror, costume drama, stylized ...
Plot: frankenstein, mad scientist, supernatural, monster, obsession, frankenstein's monster, experiment gone awry, science, macabre, justice, rescue, death ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, georgian era, victorian era, 1900s ...
Place: germany, geneva switzerland, swiss alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Victor Frankenstein, descendant of the infamous scientist, Baron Von Frankenstein, follows in his experimental footsteps. Initially his success involves the resuscitation of a tortoise and progressing onto more ambitious projects, including creating ...
Style: gothic horror, suspenseful, gothic, bleak, suspense ...
Plot: frankenstein, mad scientist, frankenstein's monster, laboratory, supernatural, monster, castle, doctor frankenstein, grave robbing, experiment gone awry, gory, escapades ...
Time: 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Frankenstein Theory (2013)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: From the makers of The Last Exorcism comes a boldly original vision of horror. What if the most chilling novel of all time was actually based on a true account of a horrific experiment gone awry? When he is suspended from his university job for his ...
Style: scary, serious, tense, suspenseful, mockumentary ...
Plot: found footage, wilderness, frankenstein, snow, obsessive quest, deadly creature, danger, escapades, supernatural, mutant, experiment gone awry, frankenstein's monster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Frankenstein: The True Story (1973)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 185 min.
Story: This much-requested, made-for-TV adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel stars Michael Sarrazin as the creature given life by Victor Frankenstein (Leonard Whiting), who witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his ...
Style: gothic horror, gothic, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful ...
Plot: frankenstein, mad doctor, blind man, monster, reanimation, scientist, doctor, murder, mad scientist, supernatural, deadly creature, danger ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 5.4
 7K
Silent Rage (1982)
Genre: Action, Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A mentally ill man in a small Texas town goes on a killing rampage and is fatally wounded by police. When doctors use an experimental serum to bring him back to life, the killer develops superhuman strength and the town sheriff must pursue him.
Style: slasher, bloody, suspenseful, grindhouse, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: martial arts, murder, monster, chase, serial killer, survival, mad scientist, hospital, small town, mixed martial arts, home invasion, maniac ...
Time: 80s
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.2
 108K
Malignant (2021)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA, China
Duration: 111 min.
Story: When cancer patient Alan Gates discovers that his tumor is actually a mysterious parasite that gives him otherworldly powers, he begins a battle against an army buried beneath society's skin. The movie is based on james wans comic of the same ...
Style: scary, slasher, suspense, dark, tense ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: serial killer, one against many, body horror, monster, murder, violence, woman in jeopardy, imaginary friend, kidnapping, supernatural power, sister sister relationship, supernatural ...
Time: year 1993, year 1985, year 1994, 2020s, year 1992 ...
Place: seattle, usa, washington state
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Syngenor: Synthesized Genetic Organism (1990)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A scientist engineers a group of genetically engineered cyborgs for use as "super soldiers" to fight U.S. wars in the Middle East. However, things get ugly when the cyborgs malfunction and turn on their creators.
Style: exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, futuristic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: super soldier, laboratory, creature, mutant, superhuman powers, mad scientist, experiment gone awry, monster, battles, deadly creature, danger, soldier ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, gothic, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot: time travel, mad scientist, frankenstein, supernatural, destiny, murder, mutant, deadly creature, vengeance, save the world, chaos, disorder ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, 19th century, 2030s ...
Place: geneva switzerland, switzerland, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Dracula vs. Frankenstein (1971)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Dracula conspires with a mad doctor to resurrect the Frankenstein Monster.
Style: serious, scary, grindhouse, psychotronic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: monster, dracula, vampire, frankenstein, mad scientist, missing person, laboratory, frankenstein's monster, experiment gone awry, investigation, rivalry, hidden identity ...
Time: year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place: california, las vegas, venice california
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.8
 9K
It's Alive (1974)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Heavily pregnant Lenore Davis tells her husband, Frank, that she is in labor. They leave their eleven year-old son Chris with their friend Charley and they head to the Community Hospital. Lenore feels that something is wrong and delivers a monster ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, slasher, atmospheric, rough ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: supernatural, murder, creepy child, monster, body horror, gory, serial killer, isolation, mutant, investigation, deadly creature, family in danger ...
Time: 70s
Place: usa, los angeles, california, seattle, santa monica california
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 3.7
 2K
Mosquito Man (2005)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Police lieutenant detective Thomas 'Thom' Randall's steady girl-friend, Dr. Jennifer 'Jen' Allen, is Dr. Aaron Michaels's main assistant on his pharmaceutical firm Bellion's research program to cure the highly ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, scary, tense, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mosquito, insect, experiment gone awry, monster, supernatural, danger, swat, body horror, virus, transformation, escaped prisoner, creature feature ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
God Told Me To (1976)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A New York detective investigates a series of murders committed by random New Yorkers who claim that "God told them to."
Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, rough, grindhouse, slasher ...
Plot: occult, police investigation, alien, murder, macabre, life & death, introspection, mysterious character, supernatural, psychopath, law enforcement, serial killer ...
Time: year 1976, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night (2010)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Supernatural private eye, Dylan Dog, seeks out the monsters of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans.
Style: exciting, suspenseful, horror comedy, scary, semi serious ...
Audience: date night, boys' night, teens
Plot: vampire, undead, werewolf, afterlife, vampire hunter, heroes, supernatural, private detective, zombie, good versus evil, investigation, friendship ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
Place: new orleans, louisiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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