Movies Like Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
If you liked Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952), a comedy and science fiction movie directed by William Beaudine, 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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Freaked (1993)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and science fictionA vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
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Psycho Goreman (2020)
★ 6/10Also science fiction and comedySiblings Mimi and Luke unwittingly resurrect an ancient alien overlord. Using a magical amulet, they force the monster to obey their childish whims, and accidentally attract a rogues’ gallery of intergalactic assassins…
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Dark Star (1974)
★ 6/10Also comedy and science fictionA group of scientists are sent on a mission to destroy unstable planets. Twenty years into their mission, they have to battle their alien mascot as well as a "sensitive" and intelligent bombing device that starts to…
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Die Alone (2024)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and science fictionLost in a world reclaimed by nature and overrun by mysterious creatures, Ethan, a young man with amnesia navigates the dangerous landscape in search of his lost love Emma. His journey takes an unexpected turn when he…
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Society (1990)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and horrorBill Whitney is worried that he is different to his sister and parents. They mix with other upper-class people while Bill is more down to earth. Even his girlfriend seems a bit odd. All is revealed when Bill returns…
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Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020)
★ 6/10Also comedy and horrorWhen a group of hunters genetically modify Graboid eggs, they face an all-out war against the larger, terrifyingly intelligent creatures, and swiftly multiplying Shriekers!
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Tremors 2: Aftershocks (1996)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and horrorEarl Bassett's celebrity after defeating the Graboid attack against the town of Perfection has proved short-lived, until he's recruited by a Mexican oil company whose workers have found more than they bargained for…
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From Beyond (1986)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and science fictionThe Resonator, a powerful machine that can control the sixth sense, has killed its creator and sent his associate into an insane asylum. When a psychiatrist becomes determined to continue the experiment, she…
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Return to... Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 (2017)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and horrorFollowing the events of Volume 1, the mutated glee club continue their violent rampage in Tromaville. Chrissy and Lauren, two innocent lesbian lovers, must fight not only the Cretins, mutants, and monsters but also the…
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Night of the Comet (1984)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and horrorAfter a comet wipes out most of life on Earth, two Valley Girls find themselves fighting against cannibal zombies and a sinister group of scientists.
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Year 10 (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fictionAfter the fall of civilization, the few survivors have been driven to cannibalism. A young man must confront a violent tribe that has murdered his father and stolen the medicine that keeps his girlfriend alive.
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The Adam Project (2022)
★ 7/10Also science fiction and comedyAfter accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed teams up with his 12-year-old self on a mission to save the future.
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Afterburn (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and comedySet against the backdrop of a postapocalyptic Earth whose Eastern Hemisphere was destroyed by a massive solar flare, leaving what life remains mutated from radiation and fallout. The story revolves around a group of…
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Bride of Re-Animator (1990)
★ 6.5/10Also horror and comedyUnperturbed by the disastrous outcome of his previous meddling with the dead, Dr. West continues his research into the phenomenon of re-animation; only this time, he plans to create life – starting with the heart of…
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Ick (2025)
★ 6/10Also horror and science fictionScience teacher Hank’s life changes when he reconnects with his first love and suspects that a new student may be his daughter—all while facing an alien threat in their town.
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Relax, I'm from the Future (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and science fictionCasper is a time traveller who arrives in the 2020s in an attempt to prevent a major future catastrophe. He meets Holly, a queer black woman he befriends and draws into his plan by giving her his knowledge of the…
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Bugonia (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also science fiction and comedyTwo conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
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Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and horrorYoung sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins…
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Extinction (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also horror and science fictionAnd suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.
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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.