
Movies that feel like Son of Frankenstein (1939)
If you loved Son of Frankenstein, the closest films we have are Island of Lost Souls (1932), The Invisible Man (1933) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931). All three share Son of Frankenstein's dread and unsettling feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 6 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Peacock Premium and Criterion Channel and others, checked against today's data.
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If Son of Frankenstein hit the spot, these will too
Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: Frankenstein (1931) · Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Dread-soaked where it counts, unsettling underneath

Two things both keep coming back to: murder and black and white

One thread runs through both: black and white
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Son of Frankenstein does

Both keep coming back to the same thing: murder
The difference: Reviewed a good deal more coolly

Cerebral horror, and it commits to that

Both lean on dread more than on science fiction
The difference: None of the ideas Son of Frankenstein is built on

Unsettling horror in both cases

Science fiction built on ideas, twice over

Horror with a pulse of dread, in both cases

Both lean on unease more than on science fiction
The difference: 27 years apart, and the 1960s show

Both run cerebral where it counts

Horror in the same key
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