Movies like Frankenstein 1984

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Frankenstein (1984)
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Frankenstein (1984)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.
Style: gothic horror
Plot: frankenstein, monster, mad doctor, love, dog, village, revenge, scientist, experiment, murder, fire, boy, father, blind man, family relations, old man, laboratory, boat, electricity, insanity, river, male female relationship, thunderstorm, rage, accidental death ...
Time: 19th century
Keyword: reading

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out psychotronic, scary, serious and suspenseful films with plots about monster, mad scientist, frankenstein, frankenstein's monster, laboratory, experiment gone awry and deadly mostly in Horror, Sci-Fi and Drama genres. Some movies like Frankenstein: Frankenstein: The True Story (1973), The Prometheus Project (2010), The Creeping Flesh (1973), Doctor Franken (1980), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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
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95%
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 ⇓
88%
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 ⇓
77%
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and ...
Style: gothic
Plot: frankenstein, live performance, monster as victim, monster, stage play, scientist, obsession, theater, adaptation, rape, sexual abuse, boy strangling ...
Time: 1810s
Place: geneva switzerland, swiss alps
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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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 ⇓
73%
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
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73%
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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 ⇓
72%
Victor Frankenstein (2015)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
Style: gothic, gothic horror, stylized, light, serious ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: monster, mad scientist, frankenstein, hunchback, frankenstein's monster, friendship, experiment gone awry, scientist, experiment, obsession, escapades, steampunk ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, future, 21st century
Place: scotland, england, scotland yard, usa, big ben london ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Frankenstein Created Woman (1967)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, slasher, suspense ...
Plot: frankenstein, mad scientist, monster, mad doctor, murder, supernatural, decapitation, guillotine, frankenstein's monster, occult, living dead, woman with a gun ...
Time: year 1967, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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 ⇓
62%
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A scientist comes to believe that evil is a disease of the blood and that the flesh of a skeleton he has brought back from New Guinea contains it in a pure form. Convinced that his wife, a Folies Bergere dancer who went insane, manifested this evil ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot: skeleton, monster, creature, mad scientist, reincarnation, murder, laboratory, corpse, scientist, 666, insane asylum, body horror ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 19th century, 1800s
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Black Frankenstein (1973)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Eddie is a Vietnam veteran who loses his arms and legs when he steps on a land mine, but a brilliant surgeon is able to attach new limbs. Unfortunately an insanely jealous assistant (who has fallen in love with Eddie's fiance) switches ...
Style: psychotronic, independent film, black cinema
Plot: blaxploitation, frankenstein, exploitation, black, african american, monster, experiment, vietnam veteran, laboratory, american horror, meme, vietnam war ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Doctor Franken (1980)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Manhattan surgeon Franken rebuilds the broken body of a John Doe patient with spare parts.
Plot: murder, hospital, corpse, frankenstein's monster, heart transplant, surgery, heart surgery, transplant, medical research, frankenstein
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, scary, psychotronic ...
Plot: frankenstein, rape, monster, supernatural, mad doctor, frankenstein's monster, macabre, living dead, sexual abuse, wedding, sex crime, european ...
Time: year 1969, 60s, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1973)
Genre: Horror, Musical, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Musical version of the story in which Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
Plot: jekyll and hyde, mad doctor, evil doctor, double life, split personality, mental illness, good versus evil, science runs amok, experiment, potion, monster, mad scientist ...
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50%
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
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50%
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The Bride (1985)
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Sting is Doctor Frankenstein in this remake of the old classic film Bride of Frankenstein. After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".
Style: psychotronic, gothic horror, gothic, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: frankenstein, laboratory, mad scientist, obsession, experiment gone awry, supernatural, danger, deadly creature, dangerous attraction, zombie, human experiment, friendship ...
Time: year 1985
Place: budapest
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Dr. Frankenstein's Granddaughter Maria, and her brother assistant Rudolph, moved to the old west because the lightning storms there are more frequent and intense, which allows them to work on the experiments of their grandfather. But the ...
Style: suspense, scary, tense, disturbing, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mad scientist, frankenstein, rescue, experiment gone awry, danger, supernatural, mutant, chases and races, rivalry, frankenstein's monster, outlaw, family tradition ...
Time: year 1966, 19th century
Place: arizona, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, classic horror, psychotronic, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: frankenstein, monster, mad scientist, frankenstein's monster, supernatural, murder, laboratory, castle, creature, experiment, reanimation, experiment gone awry ...
Time: 60s
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46%
Frankenstein Island (1981)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A hot air balloon crew and a dog find themselves on an island with scantily-clad part-alien women, zombies, and other monsters.
Style: slasher, funny, medical horror, independent film
Plot: zombie, frankenstein, monster, frankenstein's monster, exploitation, creature, lost soul, alien, invasion, desert island, jungle, dracula ...
Time: year 1981
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46%
Lady Frankenstein (1971)
Genre: Horror
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Dr. Frankensteins' daughter, who is in love with the aging lab assistant Marshall, continues with her fathers experiments and attempts to transplant Marshall's brain into a new body to prolong his life.
Style: classic horror, psychotronic, suspense, grindhouse, gothic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mad scientist, monster, laboratory, frankenstein, surgeon, scientist, father daughter relationship, seduction, killed during sex, sex scene, anti heroine, reanimation ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
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45%
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Frankenstein (2015)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story: After he is artificially created, then left for dead by a husband-and-wife team of eccentric scientists, Adam is confronted with nothing but aggression and violence from the world around him. This perfect creation-turned disfigured monster must come ...
Style: bloody, medical horror, disturbing, suspense
Plot: frankenstein, scientist, reanimated corpse, laboratory, beast, medical, monster, wedding, father child relationship, hotel room, prostitute, security guard ...
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45%
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Embryo (1976)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: A scientist doing experiments on a human fetus discovers a method to accelerate the fetus into a mature adult in just a few days.
Style: gothic horror, tech noir, classic horror, mystic, psychotronic ...
Plot: science runs amok, birth, mad scientist, serial killer, exploitation, babies and infants, evil computer, bad kids, transhumanism, embryo, human experiment, child ...
Time: year 1976
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
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Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel ...
Style: gothic, grindhouse, classic horror, queer horror, serious ...
Plot: mad scientist, jekyll and hyde, gender bending, split personality, serial killer, gender bender, transformation, transsexual, supernatural, murder, femme fatale, prostitute ...
Time: victorian era, year 1971, 1880s, 19th century, 70s
Place: london, europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy, France
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the ...
Style: gothic, gothic horror, sexy, scary, grindhouse ...
Plot: zombie, sex horror, frankenstein, male pubic hair, nudity, female pubic hair, public nudity, laboratory, male nudity, mad scientist, gay, gory ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 19th century
Place: europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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The Body Shop (1972)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Emminent plastic surgeon and mad scientist Don Brandon loses his wife Anitra - pinup model and social butterfly - in a tragic accident. He and his faithful humpbacked and drooling assistant Igor - oops, I mean Greg - busy themselves experimenting ...
Style: medical horror, independent film
Plot: exploitation, medical, freak, surgeon, mad scientist, experiment, hunchback, dead wife, obsession, reanimated corpse, trucker, nudity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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 ⇓
43%
Frankenstein Meets the Spacemonster (1965)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story: When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian Princess Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap women for new breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA space ...
Style: grindhouse, retro, freeze frame, fast, scary ...
Plot: monster, martian, frankenstein, nasa, brain damage, alien monster, alien, alien invasion, mars, space monster, frankenstein's monster, spacesuit ...
Place: puerto rico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is ...
Style: scary, psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, surreal ...
Plot: mad scientist, mad doctor, laboratory, monster, zombie, experiment, macabre, surgery, danger, experiment gone awry, woman in danger, vengeance ...
Time: 50s, 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, virginia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Frankenstein Reborn (2005)
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, modern day adaptation
Plot: frankenstein, blood, love, female nudity, sex, lesbianism, monster, madness, frankenstein's monster, sex scene, insanity, lesbian sex ...
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40%
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