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Movies Like Santo in the Wax Museum

If you liked Santo in the Wax Museum (1963), a science fiction and action movie directed by Alfonso Corona Blake and Manuel San Fernando, 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 Mummies of Guanajuato

    The Mummies of Guanajuato (1972)

    ★ 7.4/10Also action and horror

    Satan, a wrestler who sold his soul to the Lord of Darkness for fame but was thwarted by Santo's ancestor, who is now rising after a hundred years with his army of mummies to take revenge.

  2. 2Werewolf by Night

    Werewolf by Night (2022)

    ★ 7/10Also action and horror

    On a dark and somber night, a secret cabal of monster hunters emerge from the shadows and gather at the foreboding Bloodstone Temple following the death of their leader. In a strange and macabre memorial to the…

  3. 3Wolves

    Wolves (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10Also horror and action

    The coming-of-age story of Cayden Richards. Forced to hit the road after the murder of his parents, Cayden wanders lost without purpose... Until he meets a certifiable lunatic named Wild Joe who sets him on a path to…

  4. 4Clayface

    Clayface (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10Also horror and science fiction

    Matt Hagen's meteoric rise from Gotham street kid to Hollywood leading man is tragically cut short when a local crime boss's actions leave him horribly disfigured. Abandoned by his team and with nothing left, Matt…

  5. 5Darkman

    Darkman (1990)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and science fiction

    Dr. Peyton Westlake is on the verge of realizing a major breakthrough in synthetic skin when his laboratory is destroyed by gangsters. Having been burned beyond recognition and forever altered by an experimental…

  6. 6Hollow Man

    Hollow Man (2000)

    ★ 6/10Also action and science fiction

    Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the…

  7. 7Child's Play

    Child's Play (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also horror and science fiction

    Karen, a single mother, gifts her son Andy a Buddi doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. A contemporary re-imagining of the 1988 horror classic.

  8. 8Abduction

    Abduction (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10Also horror and science fiction

    A man steps out of a park fountain in Ho Chi Minh City with no recollection of who he is or where he came from. As he wanders through the city, piecing together clues to his past, he is relentlessly pursued by…

  9. 9The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

    The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

    ★ 5.9/10Also action and horror

    Professor Van Helsing had been asked to help against the tyranny of skeletal creatures that are responsible for terror and death amongst the peasants in rural China. He is the only person qualified to deal with the…

  10. 10Resident Evil: Apocalypse

    Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004)

    ★ 6.4/10Also horror and action

    As the city is locked down under quarantine, Alice finds out that the people that died from the previous incident at the Umbrella Corporation have turned into zombies. She then joins a small band of elite soldiers, who…

  11. 11Monsters of Man

    Monsters of Man (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action

    A robotics company vying to win a lucrative military contract team up with a corrupt CIA agent to conduct an illegal live field test. They deploy four weaponized prototype robots into a suspected drug manufacturing…

  12. 12Demolition Man

    Demolition Man (1993)

    ★ 6.8/10Also action and science fiction

    In 1996, brash L.A. detective John Spartan and maniac killer Simon Phoenix are both sentenced to decades in a cryogenic prison as punishment for a rescue mission gone wrong. When Phoenix escapes 36 years later to wreak…

  13. 13Code 8 Part II

    Code 8 Part II (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action

    In a world where superpowered people are heavily policed by robots, an ex-con teams up with a drug lord he despises to protect a teen from a corrupt cop.

  14. 14Death Machine

    Death Machine (1995)

    ★ 5.8/10Also action and horror

    Chaank Armaments is experimenting with the ultimate fighting machine which is part human - part machine. So far, the Hardman project has been unreliable and has killed a number of innocent people. The genius behind…

  15. 15Assimilate

    Assimilate (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also horror and science fiction

    Three friends making a web series about their town discover that their neighbors are being killed and replaced by creatures who are perfect copies of their victims.

  16. 16The Resurrected

    The Resurrected (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and science fiction

    Charles Dexter Ward, a wealthy scientist, uses an ancient diary and human remains to begin a terrifying and bloody pursuit for immortality.

  17. 17Terminator: Dark Fate

    Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)

    ★ 6.4/10Also science fiction and action

    Decades after Sarah Connor prevented Judgment Day, a lethal new Terminator is sent to eliminate the future leader of the resistance. In a fight to save mankind, battle-hardened Sarah Connor teams up with an unexpected…

  18. 18Primeval

    Primeval (2007)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and action

    A news team is sent to Burundi to capture and bring home a legendary 25-foot crocodile. Their difficult task turns potentially deadly when a warlord targets them for death.

  19. 19Monster Hunters

    Monster Hunters (2020)

    ★ 6.2/10Also science fiction and action

    When an alien prison ship crash lands and unleashes creature after creature in the California desert, they make quick work of the army that tries to stop them. Now, the only hope of stopping the aliens rests with a…

  20. 20A Knight's War

    A Knight's War (2025)

    ★ 6.2/10Also horror and action

    A fearless knight braves a deadly realm to save the Chosen One’s soul. Facing witches, demons, and brutal foes, he discovers her return could ignite chaos and doom humanity.

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