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Movies that feel like Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

If you loved Bride of Frankenstein, the closest films we have are The Invisible Man (1933), Island of Lost Souls (1932) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). All three share Bride of Frankenstein's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 8 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Paramount Plus Premium and others, checked against today's data.

Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.

🍅 98% Rotten Tomatoes7.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. James Whaledreadunsettlingcerebral
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Frankenstein (1931) · Son of Frankenstein (1939)

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The Invisible Man
1933 · dir. James Whale
🍅 95%7.6horror · science fiction

The same hand behind both of them: James Whale

After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.

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Island of Lost Souls
1932 · dir. Erle C. Kenton
🍅 88%7.4science fiction · horror

Common ground: mad scientist

An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931 · dir. Rouben Mamoulian
🍅 91%7.6horror · science fiction · drama

Both are built on the same subject: black and white

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Bride of Frankenstein does

Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men: one that is good and one that is evil. He believes that by separating the two, man can become liberated. He succeeds in his experiments with chemicals to accomplish this and transforms into Hyde to commit horrendous crimes. When he discontinues use of the drug, it is already too late.

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Dracula
1931 · dir. Tod Browning
🍅 96%7.3horror

Two things both keep coming back to: monster and halloween

The difference: Missing the ideas of Bride of Frankenstein

A British estate agent travels to Transylvania to meet the mysterious Count Dracula, who is interested in leasing a London castle. After Dracula enslaves the agent and drives him to insanity, the pair return to London together, where Dracula, a secret bloodsucker, begins preying on socialites.

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Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 · dir. Jack Arnold
🍅 81%6.9adventure · horror · science fiction

The same preoccupation in both: monster

The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Bride of Frankenstein does

When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.

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The Thing from Another World
1951 · dir. Christian Nyby
🍅 87%7drama · horror · science fiction

One thread runs through both: black and white

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.

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Godzilla
1954 · dir. Ishirō Honda
🍅 94%7.6thriller · horror · science fiction

The same mix in both: dread, then unease

Japan is thrown into a panic after several ships are sunk near Odo Island. An expedition to the island led by Dr. Kyohei Yamane soon discover something far more devastating than imagined in the form of a 50 meter tall monster whom the natives call Gojira. Now the monster begins a rampage that threatens to destroy not only Japan, but the rest of the world as well.

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Phantasm
1979 · dir. Don Coscarelli
🍅 72%6.6horror · science fiction

Both keep coming back to the same thing: cemetery

The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

A teenage boy and his friends face off against a mysterious grave robber, known only as the Tall Man, who employs a lethal arsenal of unearthly weapons.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956 · dir. Don Siegel
🍅 97%7.7science fiction · horror · thriller

Both lean on ideas more than on horror

The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

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The Phantom of the Opera
1925 · dir. Rupert Julian
🍅 90%7.5horror

Dread-soaked science fiction, and it commits to that

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

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White Zombie
1932 · dir. Victor Halperin
🍅 77%6.2horror

Horror built on unease, twice over

A wealthy landowner living in Haiti convinces a sorcerer to lure the woman he has fallen for away from her fiancé. The madman later betrays their agreement by keeping the woman for himself…as a zombie.

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The Fly
1958 · dir. Kurt Neumann
🍅 95%7.1science fiction · horror · drama

Science fiction with a pulse of ideas, in both cases

Industrialist François Delambre is called late at night by his sister-in-law, Helene, who tells him that she has just killed her husband. Reluctant at first, she eventually explains to the police that he invented a matter transportation apparatus and, while experimenting on himself, a fly entered the chamber.

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