Movies Like Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon

If you liked Transmutation: Deep Water Horizon (2016), a horror movie directed by Robert Doty and Bryan Martin, 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
Island of Lost Souls (1932)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
2
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead…
3
It! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.
4
Island of Terror (1966)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
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.
5
Them! (1954)
★ 6.8/10Also horror
As 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…
6
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
★ 7.5/10Also horror
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.
7
Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
During 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…
8
Monster (2005)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
A mother battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the closet, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.
9
King Kong (1933)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has seen before. Alongside his leading lady Ann Darrow and his first mate Jack Driscoll, they arrive on an island and…
10
Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
After a mysterious bout of amnesia, a beloved children’s television host struggles to piece together his fractured memories, only to find his once-cheerful puppet co-stars behaving with sinister intent. As reality…
11
The Wailer (2006)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
On their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.
12
The Jester (2016)
★ 7.4/10Also horror
The Jester is the titular main antagonist of the horror/thriller analogy short films of the same name. He is an enigmatic and malevolent being who enjoys inducing suffering to individuals he comes across who don't…
13
King Kong (1976)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
An oil company expedition disturbs the peace of a giant ape and brings him back to New York to exploit him.
14
The Shed (2019)
★ 6/10Also horror
The story of Stan, an orphaned teenager stuck living with his abusive grandfather and tasked with routinely protecting his best friend from high school bullies. When Stan discovers a murderous creature has taken refuge…
15
Tarantula (1955)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
A 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…
16
Mermaid Down (2019)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
A mermaid is ripped from the ocean by a fishing crew only to be tortured and to have her tail cut off. A seemingly helpful stranger intervenes, but then locks her away in an institution for mentally disturbed young…
17
Maniac (1963)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
When 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.
18
Z (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
A family find themselves terrorized by their eight-year-old son's imaginary friend.
19
The Giant Behemoth (1959)
★ 5.8/10Also horror
Marine 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.
20
Gigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.