Movies like Rejuvenator
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Rejuvenator (1988)
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Original name: Rejuvenatrix
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A rich actress who has gotten too old for leading roles employs a scientist who is working on a formula for eternal youth. The formula involves withdrawing certain fluids from the human brain. She takes the serum, but its unforeseen side effects turn her into a murderous monster.
Style:
cult classic, psychological horror, suspense, medical horror, dark fantasy, cult horror, psychotronic, independent film, grotesque
Plot:
body horror, rejuvenation, transformation, actress, aging, experiment gone awry, mad scientist, monster, creature feature, obsession, killing spree, ageism, vanity, serum, madness, tragedy, desperation, female protagonist, ambition, ethical dilemma, corruption, isolation, urban, scientist, experiment ...
Time:
80s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out suspense, suspenseful, independent film and psychotronic films with plots about body horror, monster, mad scientist, creature feature, scientist, gore and mutant mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Thriller genres. Some movies like Rejuvenator: The Regenerated Man (1994), Evil Spawn (1987), From Beyond (1986), The Being (1981), The Fly (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
An Experiment involving human tissue regeneration goes horribly wrong when Dr. Clark is forced to drink his own potion by two deranged thugs. But instead of killing him, it transforms him into THE REGENERATED MAN. And they better not shoot him - ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
lovecraft, scary, sexy, demonic, homoerotic ...
Plot:
mad scientist, body horror, monster, transformation, alternate dimension, mutant, insanity, parallel world, decapitation, cthulhu, gory, cannibalism ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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, psychotronic, retro, cult horror, cult classic ...
Plot:
monster, toxic waste, holiday horror, exploitation, creature, creature feature, disfigurement, mutant, paranormal, small town, police, revenge ...
Time:
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Place:
idaho
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
When Seth Brundle makes a huge scientific and technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
Style:
scary, psychological, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
transformation, mad scientist, science, body horror, mutation, teleportation, laboratory, mutant, experiment gone awry, insect, tragic love, experiment ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Similarity:
100%
986
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy, Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A scientist's experiment with a deadly bacteria goes awry and leaves him horribly deformed. The monstrous man then runs amok in his town.
Style:
suspense
Plot:
monster, body horror, female nudity, terror, zombie, mad scientist, paranormal, virus, living dead, bacteria, murder, priest ...
Place:
london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 67 min.
Story:
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Style:
cult horror, gothic, natural horror, independent film, detective ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
30%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
A scientist invents a new serum, tries it on himself and turns into a murderous monster.
Style:
grim, suspenseful, period piece, black and white, psychotronic
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The latest psychiatrist assigned to assess whether inmate Victor Frank is mentally fit to stand trial for murder gives up in frustration and so the asylum head Dr Robert Walton steps in to do the job. Frank tells Walton his story. He was a scientist ...
Style:
suspense, medical horror, dark, psychological horror, gothic ...
Plot:
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Place:
africa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
After the loss of his daughter Eleanor, a famous scientist, Dr. Herbert West, experimenting with a special serum invented by him, desperately tries to bring her back to life.
Style:
medical horror, lovecraft, scary, tense, bleak ...
Plot:
daughter, father and daughter, body horror, reanimation, violence, serum, dead child, deadly creature, murder, supernatural, reincarnation, creature feature ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The mutant babies have been placed by court order on a deserted island. Appalled by the cynicism and exploitation of the children by the legal system and the media, the man responsible for them leads an expedition to the island to free them.
Style:
medical horror, suspense, scary, rough, disturbing ...
Plot:
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Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
cuba, florida
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Paul Dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach. He and his female companion, Patricia Welles, must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid Ricus, his rednecks, and an evil government agent named Merchant.
Style:
scary, medical horror, suspenseful, serious, rough ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles
Similarity:
25%
236
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Video geek Shepard 'Shep' Franco (Dan Merriman) uncovers a 135 year old videotape on which mad scientist Artemis Winthrop (Phip Barbour) displays a machine he's invented, which he believes can bridge dimensions. With his buddies Kim ...
Style:
dark, suspenseful, independent film, lovecraft
Plot:
monster, mad scientist, wicca, videotaping, mutant, transformation, body horror, creature feature, madness, kidnapping, obsession, laboratory ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Triton Indutries has created a genetically-engineered creature using DNA from human sources. During the course of the experiment, however, the host mother carrying the mutant escapes from the laboratory compound, giving birth shortly thereafter. The ...
Style:
dark, suspenseful, tense, independent film
Plot:
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24%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Mexico
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
creepy, dark, retro, tension, suspenseful ...
Plot:
swamp, mutation, killer animal, creature feature, mutant animal, isolation, monster, escape, survival, fear, violent, mad scientist ...
Time:
80s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A geneticists working on a drug to stop ageing tries it upon himself with horrendous consequences.
Style:
medical horror, cult horror, independent film, serious, scary ...
Plot:
monster, university, body horror, mad scientist, female nudity, professor, rape, guts, medical, explorer, nudity, college ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A psychotic college professor uses unwitting students as laboratory rats, injecting them with a drug that mutates them into gory killers
Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
creature, mutant, secrets, genetics, laboratory, mad scientist, murder, death, transformation, experiment gone awry, survival, danger ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A private jet crashes in the Sierra Mountains leaving seven survivors stranded in a torrential snow storm. With no rescue team in sight, the group decides to search for the plane in hopes of fixing the radio to call for help. But what they find ...
Style:
suspense, tension, brutal, grim
Plot:
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Similarity:
22%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
In the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
Style:
medical horror, suspenseful, serious, scary, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
exploitation, mutant, cocoon, female scientist, monster attack, experiment gone awry, genetic engineering, creature feature, monster, laboratory, creature, babe scientist ...
Time:
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Similarity:
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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:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A scientist is testing a demonic drug on people in his secret lab. A cop and a female reporter try to stop him.
Style:
serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, scary ...
Plot:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
slasher, anthology, suspense, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
David, a college student, is looking for a job. He is hired by Dr. Stoner as a lab assistant for his research and experiments on snakes. David also begins to fall for Stoner's young daughter, Kristina. However, the good doctor has secretly ...
Style:
medical horror, scary, stylized, suspenseful, grindhouse ...
Plot:
mad scientist, body horror, snake, laboratory, experiment, college student, killer animal, nightmare, transformation, insanity, carnival, python ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
california
Similarity:
21%
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, tyrannosaurus rex, creature feature, virus, genetics, danger, creature, kaiju, deadly creature, chaos, imaginary ...
Time:
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Place:
nevada, washington d.c.
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20%
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