Movies Like Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster
If you liked Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965), a horror and science fiction movie directed by Robert Gaffney, 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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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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Alien: Covenant (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionThe crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
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Invaders from Mars (1953)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction and horrorA boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
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Alien: Romulus (2024)
★ 7.2/10Also horror and science fictionWhile scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe.
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Screamers (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fictionSIRIUS 6B, Year 2078. On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding, self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one…
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Prometheus (2012)
★ 6.6/10Also science fiction and horrorA team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.
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Alien (1979)
★ 8.2/10Also horror and science fictionDuring its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a…
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Predator 2 (1990)
★ 6.3/10Also science fictionA police chief in the war-torn streets of Los Angeles discovers that an extraterrestrial creature is hunting down residents - and that he is the next target.
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Starship Troopers (1997)
★ 7.1/10Also science fictionSet in the future, the story follows a young soldier named Johnny Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against…
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Splinter (2008)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionWhen their plans for a nature trip go awry, Polly and boyfriend Seth decide to check into a motel. On their way, they're carjacked and kidnapped by low-rent crooks Dennis and Lacey, who take the victims and their SUV…
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Alien³ (1992)
★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and horrorAfter escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more…
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Body Snatchers (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionWhen Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage…
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Aliens (1986)
★ 8/10Also science fictionRipley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she…
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The War of the Worlds (1953)
★ 6.8/10Also science fictionThe residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made…
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Crawlers (2020)
★ 5.9/10Also horror and science fictionOn Saint Patrick's day—a night of wild parties and drunken revelry—three unlikely friends band together to save a college town from a vicious horde of body-snatching aliens.
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65 (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction65 million years ago, the only 2 survivors of a spaceship from Somaris that crash-landed on Earth, must fend off dinosaurs to reach the escape vessel in time before an imminent asteroid strike threatens to destroy the…
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No One Will Save You (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also horror and science fictionA lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.
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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 5th Wave (2016)
★ 5.9/10Also science fiction16-year-old Cassie Sullivan tries to survive in a world devastated by the waves of an alien invasion that has already decimated the population and knocked mankind back to the Stone Age.
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A Quiet Place Part II (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also science fiction and horrorFollowing the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk…