Movies Like The Beast of Yucca Flats
If you liked The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961), a horror and science fiction movie directed by Coleman Francis, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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X: The Unknown (1956)
★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fictionArmy radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a…
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Them! (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also science fiction and horrorAs a result of nuclear testing, gigantic, ferocious mutant ants appear in the American desert southwest, and a father-daughter team of entomologists join forces with the state police officer who first discovers their…
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The Invisible Man (1933)
★ 7.5/10Also horror and science fictionAfter 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 Terror (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionWhen a small island community becomes overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters that liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures, the community struggles to fight back.
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The Damned (1962)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fictionAn American tourist and a troubled young woman are chased by her gang leader brother to a top secret British government facility that conducts experiments on children.
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Island of Lost Souls (1932)
★ 6.9/10Also science fiction and horrorAn 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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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and horrorA dangerous combination of radiation and insecticide causes the unfortunate Scott Carey to shrink, slowly but surely, until he is only a few inches tall. His home becomes a wilderness where he must survive everything…
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Tarantula (1955)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and horrorA rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates…
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The Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionA crack test pilot lands to find the planet has been devastated by unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward off control by a group of killer robots.
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The Giant Behemoth (1959)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and horrorMarine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
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Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and horrorDuring an assignment, foreign correspondent Steve Martin spends a layover in Tokyo and is caught amid the rampage of an unstoppable prehistoric monster the Japanese call 'Godzilla'. The only hope for both Japan and the…
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Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also horrorWhen a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.
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Signal One (2026)
★ 6/10Also science fictionA computer scientist is invited by a tech billionaire to join his private facility on a Caribbean island to investigate extraterrestrial matter on Earth. When they make contact beyond our world, chaos erupts as we’re…
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The Satan Bug (1965)
★ 6.1/10Also science fictionA US government germ warfare lab has had an accident. The first theory is that one of the germs has been released and killed several scientists. The big fear is that a more virulent strain, named The Satan Bug because…
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Crack in the World (1965)
★ 5.8/10Also science fictionDr. Steven Sorenson plans to tap the geothermal energy of the Earth's interior by means of a thermonuclear device detonated deep within the Earth. This experiment causes a crack to form and grow within the Earth's…
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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5/10Also science fiction and horrorA small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
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Gargoyles (1972)
★ 5.8/10Also horrorAfter receiving word about a mysterious carcass/skeleton unearthed in the Arizona desert, a father and his daughter decide to remove it from the burial grounds for further study. Once they do so, they, as well as the…
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The Night Stalker (1972)
★ 6.9/10Also horrorWisecracking reporter Carl Kolchak investigates a string of murders in Las Vegas and suspects the culprit is a vampire. His editor thinks he's crazy and the police think he's a nuisance, so Kolchak takes matters into…
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It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
★ 5.8/10Also science fiction and horrorThe first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.
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Deadsight (2018)
★ 6/10Also horrorA man with partial blindness and a young pregnant police officer must work together to escape a deadly virus that has spread across Grey County.