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Movies Like The Tingler

If you liked The Tingler (1959), a horror and science fiction movie directed by William Castle, 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.

  1. 1The Curse of Frankenstein

    The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

    ★ 6.8/10Also horror and science fiction

    Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.

  2. 2Self/less

    Self/less (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts…

  3. 3Return of the Fly

    Return of the Fly (1959)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction

    Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. However, their experiments have…

  4. 4Blood of the Vampire

    Blood of the Vampire (1958)

    ★ 5.8/10Also horror and science fiction

    A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a…

  5. 5The Asphyx

    The Asphyx (1972)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and science fiction

    Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question...What is…

  6. 6The Haunting

    The Haunting (1963)

    ★ 7.1/10Also horror

    Dr. John Markway recruits three strangers for a sleep-disorder study at the eerie and isolated Hill House. It soon becomes clear his real interest lies in the mansion itself and its sinister history, as they are forced…

  7. 7Phase IV

    Phase IV (1974)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction

    Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.

  8. 8The Evil of Frankenstein

    The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction

    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…

  9. 9Circle

    Circle (2015)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and science fiction

    In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two…

  10. 10House on Haunted Hill

    House on Haunted Hill (1959)

    ★ 6.7/10Also horror

    Frederick Loren invites five strangers to the party of a lifetime and offers each of them $10,000 if they can stay the night in the reportedly haunted house. Armed with a gun for protection, each guest arrives in a…

  11. 11Race with the Devil

    Race with the Devil (1975)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror

    Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.

  12. 12Underwater

    Underwater (2020)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction

    After an earthquake destroys their underwater station, six researchers must navigate two miles along the dangerous, unknown depths of the ocean floor to make it to safety in a race against time.

  13. 13Time Lapse

    Time Lapse (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction and horror

    Three friends discover a mysterious machine that takes pictures 24 hours into the future and conspire to use it for personal gain, until disturbing and dangerous images begin to develop.

  14. 14Gemini Man

    Gemini Man (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also science fiction

    Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysterious operative who can seemingly predict…

  15. 15Rampage

    Rampage (2018)

    ★ 6.5/10Also science fiction

    Primatologist Davis Okoye shares an unshakable bond with George, the extraordinarily intelligent, silverback gorilla who has been in his care since birth. But a rogue genetic experiment gone awry mutates this gentle…

  16. 16The Fourth Kind

    The Fourth Kind (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction

    Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome, Alaska, have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler, a psychologist, may be on…

  17. 17Island of Terror

    Island of Terror (1966)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fiction

    When 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.

  18. 18The Astronaut

    The Astronaut (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction

    After returning from her first space mission, astronaut Sam Walker is placed under NASA’s care at a high security house for rehabilitation and medical testing. However, when disturbing occurrences begin happening…

  19. 19The Meg

    The Meg (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and horror

    A deep sea submersible pilot revisits his past fears in the Mariana Trench, and accidentally unleashes the seventy foot ancestor of the Great White Shark believed to be extinct.

  20. 20The End of Oak Street

    The End of Oak Street (2026)

    ★ 7.1/10Also science fiction

    After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they…

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