Movies like The Brainiac

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The Brainiac (1962)
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The Brainiac (1962)
Original name: El barĂ³n del terror
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 77 min.
Story: In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears vengeance against the descendants of the Inquisitors. 300 years later, a comet that was passing overhead on the night of the Baron's execution returns to earth, bringing with it the Baron in the form of a horrible, brain-eating monster that terrorizes the Inquisitor's descendants
Style: psychotronic, gothic, suspense, grindhouse, cult classic, spooky, cult film
Plot: monster, magic, crusader, occult, creature, exploitation, creature feature, shapeshifting, vampire, revenge, inquisition, murder, meteorite, comet, brain, catholic church, undead, resurrection, death sentence, astronomer, baron, flash forward, back from the dead, invisible, crucifix ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 17th century, year 1961, 1960s
Place: mexico, spain

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Most similar movies to The Brainiac

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, scary, independent film and suspense films with plots about monster, creature feature, exploitation, creature, supernatural, murder and danger mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like The Brainiac: The Being (1981), The Milpitas Monster (1976), The Kindred (1987), The Mutation (2021), The Creeping Terror (1964). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Being (1981)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Toxic waste dumping in a small Idaho town turns a young boy into horrible mutant monster. The town's police chief and a government scientist team up to stop the monster, which is quickly killing off the town's citizenry.
Style: slasher, retro, cult classic, cult horror, psychotronic ...
Plot: monster, toxic waste, exploitation, holiday horror, creature, creature feature, mutant, paranormal, disfigurement, revenge, small town, police ...
Time: year 1983
Place: idaho
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95%
The Milpitas Monster (1976)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: A monster created from a garbage dump; local pollution terrorizes a town
Style: psychotronic, independent film
Plot: kaiju, monster, giant monster, creature, creature feature, exploitation, town, transformers, contamination, small town, mutant, party ...
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89%
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The Kindred (1987)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Amanda's deathbed request to her son, John, was for him to destroy all the lab notes etc. from her last experiment. She also blurts out he had a brother. At the funeral John meets Melissa, who claims to be his mothers biggest fan. Together with ...
Style: scary, suspense, dark, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience: teens
Plot: creature, mutant, genetics, laboratory, mad scientist, murder, secrets, death, transformation, experiment gone awry, survival, danger ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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The Mutation (2021)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A mutated rat has been let loose in a city.
Style: psychotronic, bleak, scary, suspense
Plot: monster, rat, creature, mutant animal, mad scientist, zoologist, creature feature, violence, killings, supernatural power, hunting, supernatural ability ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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The Creeping Terror (1964)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story: A newlywed sheriff tries to stop a shambling monster that has emerged from a spaceship to eat people.
Style: cult classic, suspense, retro, detective, grindhouse ...
Plot: alien invasion, monster, ufo, evil alien, freak, mutant, killer animal, occult, invasion, 666, mothra, wedding ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Hydra (1971)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A mad scientist (and apparent former Nazi) unleashes his master plan: to transform himself into a mutated walking catfish, gain revenge on those who have spurned him, and kidnap nubile young women to similarly transform so that he can breed. Or ...
Style: natural horror, psychotronic, grindhouse, cult classic, medical horror ...
Plot: monster, creature feature, mad scientist, transformation, creature, mutant, fish, octopus, laboratory, water monster, animal, 666 ...
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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Don't Speak (2020)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Upon arriving at their grandparents farm, a family soon realise the entire town has been taken out by an unknown monster that hunts by sound. And soon, they become its prey.
Style: suspense, disturbing, bleak, psychological
Plot: creature, monster, ghost town, creature feature, survival horror, family relations, countryside, woman in danger, chase, supernatural horror, fear, suffering ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
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The Terror (1963)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Lieutenant Andre Duvalier has been accidentally separated from his regiment. He is wandering near the coast when he sees a young woman. He asks the road to Coldon, where he hopes to rejoin his regiment. But the woman doesn't answer, ...
Style: gothic, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot: ghost, castle, supernatural, murder, monster, twists and turns, baron, soldier, haunted by the past, obsession, uncover truth, danger ...
Time: 19th century, year 1963
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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Bigfoot (1970)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Bigfoot kidnaps some women and some bikers decide to go on a rescue mission to save them.
Style: psychotronic, mythical, grindhouse, serious, scary ...
Plot: bigfoot, sasquatch, motorcycle, monster, yeti, urban legend, camp, exploitation, camping, camping trip, biker, forest ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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The Crawlers (1990)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Italy, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story: People from a small town are attacked by evil radioactive tree roots growing in the forest.
Style: natural horror, funny, cult classic, independent film, ambiguous ending ...
Plot: monster, creature, exploitation, creature feature, virus, pandemic, canine, woods, evil, town, cruiser, death ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
Bonehill Road (2017)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: A young couple become stranded in the woods where they encounter a werewolf and a house of horrors.
Style: slasher, scary, suspense, psychotronic, suspenseful ...
Plot: werewolf, supernatural, fear, monster, killer, exploitation, murder, supernatural power, revenge, violence, death, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
The Creature Below (2016)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A young scientist discovers a malevolent entity which sets her on a bloody descent into the jaws of insanity.
Style: bleak, scary, rough, suspenseful, spooky ...
Plot: creature, creature feature, murder, nightmare, sibling relationship, marine biologist, diving, eaten alive, insanity, monster, cosmic horror, medical ...
Place: atlantic ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
61%
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The Dark (1979)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: At night the Mangler stalks the streets of Los Angeles, killing and mutilating random victims. On the trail are a TV reporter, the father of one of the victims, and a police detective, but despite their efforts only the mysterious psychic DeRenzy ...
Style: retro, detective, slasher, twist ending, psychotronic ...
Plot: alien, exploitation, murder, father, monster, police, invasion, creature feature, supernatural, ufo, telekinesis, psychic ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
The Devil's Hand (1961)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min.
Story: A man is haunted by visions of a beautiful woman. When he finally meets her, he winds up involved in a satanic cult.
Style: cult classic, satanic, grindhouse, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: voodoo, devil worship, human sacrifice, witchcraft, witch, magic, demon, macabre, coven, occult, satanic cult, satanism ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Octaman (1971)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: A scientific team in Mexico discover a pool of unusual baby "octopus-like" specimens. Gathering a few for analysis back at the lab, it is soon discovered that the critters belong to a gangly six-foot half man/half octopus-like creature, ...
Style: natural horror, retro, grindhouse, scary, semi serious ...
Plot: octopus, monster, creature, mutant, trailer home, 666, water monster, shark, occult, mutation, cave, environmentalism ...
Time: 70s
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
Track of the Moon Beast (1976)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Professor "Johnny Longbow" Salina, a man who really knows his stews, introduces Paul Carlson to the practical-joking Kathy Nolan. Paul and Kathy seem to hit it off rather well but, during a meteor storm, a meteorite fragment strikes Paul, ...
Style: exciting, serious, suspenseful, rough, cult classic ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: mutant, monster, experiment gone awry, supernatural, escapades, buddies, danger, beast, creature, transformation, creature feature, exploitation ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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The Dark (1993)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Something is alive beneath the surface of the graveyard. Something with the power to destroy and the power to heal. One man, a cop, is determined to kill this mysterious creature. Another, a scientist, is determined to capture and save this ...
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, detective ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: creature, survival, dangerous animal, experiment gone awry, tunnel, special agent, supernatural, danger, creature feature, scientist, monster, law enforcer ...
Time: prehistory
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Night of the Lepus (1972)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Giant mutant rabbits terrorize the southwest!!
Style: serious, suspenseful, natural horror, scary, absurd ...
Plot: giant animal, mutation, monster, gene manipulation, creature feature, experiment gone awry, giant monster, chaos, dangerous animal, mad scientist, danger, heroes ...
Time: year 1972, 70s
Place: arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Altered (2006)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.
Style: scary, suspenseful, rough, exciting, serious ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: alien, creature, abduction, revenge, alien abduction, hysteria, supernatural, alien encounter, haunted by the past, friendship, danger, race against time ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Konga (1961)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Dr.Decker comes back from Africa after a year, presumed dead. During that year, he came across a way of growing plants and animals to an enormous size. He brings back a baby chimpanzee to test out his theory. As he has many enemies at home, he ...
Style: natural horror, suspense, grindhouse, classic horror, serious ...
Plot: giant monster, kaiju, mad scientist, monkey, king kong, monster, man eating plant, ape, killer animal, mutant, chaos, deadly creature ...
Time: year 1961, 60s
Place: london, england, europe
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52%
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Dinosaur Hotel (2021)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 77 min.
Story: Sienna is desperate to win a large cash prize in a secret underground game show. However, Dinosaur's begin to hunt her down for the entertainment of the rich and wealthy. Can she be the last to survive the horrific night to win the prize?
Style: psychotronic, suspense, scary, suspenseful, stylized
Plot: dinosaur, monster, characters in danger, deadly creature, supernatural ability, killings, society, victim, loss, mission, supernatural, supernatural power ...
Time: jurassic, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Blood Orgy of the She-Devils (1973)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: Lorraine and Mark enter the world of witchcraft where Mara foretells the future and helps them remember their past lives. When a series of mysterious murders begin to occur, they turn to Dr. Helsford for advice.
Style: grindhouse, psychotronic, classic horror, satanic, gothic horror ...
Plot: witchcraft, witch, exploitation, occult, satanism, female monster, nazi exploitation, lucifer, regression, native american, burned alive, torture ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Night of the Bloody Apes (1969)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A surgeon transplants the heart of an ape into his ailing son with horrific results.
Style: psychotronic, terrifying, grindhouse, natural horror, cult classic ...
Plot: wrestling, rape, female wrestler, mad scientist, monkey, monster, exploitation, gorilla, heart transplant, hospital, creature feature, medical ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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The Hidden (1987)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: An alien is on the run in America. To get his kicks, it kills anything that gets in its way, and uses the body as a new hiding place. This alien has a goal in life; power. Hotly pursued by another alien (who's borrowed the body of a dead FBI ...
Style: exciting, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: alien, car chase, buddy cop, fbi, chase, mind control, violence, alien invasion, revenge, monster, space and aliens, twists and turns ...
Time: future, 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Boogens (1981)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Otherworldly creatures inhabit the bootleg tunnels underneath a small town mining community, and they kill any of the townsfolk who invade their home.
Style: scary, rough, suspenseful, serious, slasher ...
Plot: supernatural, deadly creature, creature, gory, danger, social relations, experiment gone awry, escapades, creature feature, winter, snow, monster ...
Time: 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
The Diabolical Dr. Z (1966)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A woman seeks to avenge her father's death by using a local dancer, with long poisonous fingernails, to do her bidding.
Style: black and white, suspense, gothic, medical horror, perverse ...
Plot: revenge, serial killer, night, strip club, escaped prisoner, murderer, death, exploitation, faking one's own death, death by poison, female nudity, father daughter relationship ...
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44%
From the Dark (2014)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Ireland
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The story centers on a young couple on a road trip through the Irish countryside who encounter an ancient force of evil.
Style: scary, suspense, dark, tense, psychotronic ...
Plot: vampire, farm, creature, supernatural, fear, stranded, vampire bite, couple relations, countryside, farmer, deadly creature, chase ...
Time: 21st century
Place: ireland
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A young man finds out that his parents had been used in an atomic-weapons experiment shortly before he was born, and that the results have had some unexpected effects on him.
Style: suspenseful, rough, gothic, tense, medical horror ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: supernatural, experiment gone awry, danger, supernatural ability, government agency, body horror, secret past, monster, murder, conspiracy, burned alive, exploitation ...
Time: 90s, 50s, 80s, year 1955, 20th century ...
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
 4.3
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Blood Hunters (2016)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An elevated genre horror film about a single mother who wakes up in a medical facility to find that everyone is dead and she's nine months pregnant. As she struggles to escape she discovers the facility's secret, they've tampered ...
Style: suspense, bleak, psychotronic, scary, disturbing ...
Plot: mother, supernatural, pregnant woman, hunting, revenge, characters in danger, deadly creature, vengeance, chase, female protagonist, rescue, creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.4
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Fear No Evil (1969)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man's fiance discovers that the mirror is able to bring back her former boyfriend, who had been killed in a ...
Style: psychotronic, spooky, crime thriller, suspense
Plot: occult, ghost, black magic, witch, 666, parapsychology, mirror, spirit, back from the dead, antique
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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