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by Pantstrovich | created - 02 Mar 2018 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicI discovered a lot of these titles from Hollie Horror's Experimental Horror list, on Letterboxd. Thanks, Hollie Horror!
I guess I'm adding mad doctors too now.
Still in progress.
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1.
Night Gallery (1969–1973)
Episode:
You Can Come Up Now, Mrs. Millikan/Smile, Please
(1972)
TV-PG | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Bumbling inventor Henry Millikan wants to improve his reputation among his colleagues by bringing his loving wife Helena back from the dead - but she hasn't died yet. / A photographer meets a vampire.
Directors: John Badham, Jack Laird | Stars: Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Roger Davis, Michael Lerner
Votes: 245
2. Frankenweenie (2012)
PG | 87 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
When a boy's beloved dog passes away suddenly, he attempts to bring the animal back to life through a powerful science experiment.
Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Martin Short, Martin Landau
Votes: 117,139 | Gross: $35.29M
3. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Horror
Doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar Anton Phibes seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for the death of his wife.
Director: Robert Fuest | Stars: Vincent Price, Joseph Cotten, Virginia North, Terry-Thomas
Votes: 16,683 | Gross: $0.55M
4. The Quiet Ones (2014)
PG-13 | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A university professor and a team of students conduct an experiment on a young woman, uncovering terrifyingly dark, unexpected forces in the process.
Director: John Pogue | Stars: Jared Harris, Sam Claflin, Olivia Cooke, Erin Richards
Votes: 21,115 | Gross: $8.50M
5. Fear Chamber (1968)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist notices strange frequencies coming from within the Earth. He and his assistants discover a living rock underneath a volcano. They bring the rock to their lab and discover that ... See full summary »
Directors: Jack Hill, Juan Ibáñez | Stars: Boris Karloff, Julissa, Carlos East, Isela Vega
Votes: 505
6. Penny Dreadful (2014–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, scientist Victor Frankenstein and medium Vanessa Ives unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton, Eva Green, Reeve Carney
Votes: 131,100
7. Transylvania 6-5000 (1985)
PG | 93 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Two tabloid reporters are sent to Transylvania to find the Frankenstein monster - or get fired. They are laughed at there, but something suspicious is going on.
Director: Rudy De Luca | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Joseph Bologna, Ed Begley Jr., Carol Kane
Votes: 8,478 | Gross: $7.20M
8. Hammer House of Horror (1980)
TV-14 | 54 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
This British anthology series, which was produced by England's leading exporters of horror films, told tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts, and other supernatural wonders.
Stars: Peter Cushing, Denholm Elliott, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Anna Calder-Marshall
Votes: 2,285
9. House of Frankenstein (1944)
Passed | 71 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A deranged scientist escapes from prison and recruits Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolf Man to get revenge on his behalf.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine
Votes: 7,723
10. House of Dracula (1945)
Approved | 67 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
The Wolf Man and Count Dracula beg Dr. Edelman to cure them of their killing instincts but Dracula schemes to seduce the doctor's nurse.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Onslow Stevens, John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Martha O'Driscoll
Votes: 6,159
11. Toonsylvania (1998–2000)
TV-Y | 30 min | Animation, Comedy, Family
Random stories that happen in the science lab of doom and other shorts
Stars: Matt Frewer, Corey Burton, Jess Harnell, Kath Soucie
Votes: 300
12. The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death.
Director: Fritz Lang | Stars: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Otto Wernicke, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl
Votes: 13,600
13. Doctor X (1932)
Unrated | 76 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Lee Tracy, Preston Foster
Votes: 4,266 | Gross: $0.88M
14. The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Passed | 62 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A hotshot reporter and a young doctor team up to investigate a series of grisly murders and a mysterious sample of synthetic blood.
Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan
Votes: 2,558
15. Lust of the Vampire (1957)
82 min | Horror
Paris. Young girls are found dead, drained from their blood. A journalist investigates these murders while the beautiful Gisele, from a noble family, tries to seduce him.
Directors: Riccardo Freda, Mario Bava | Stars: Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo D'Angelo, Dario Michaelis, Wandisa Guida
Votes: 1,939
16. The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962)
Approved | 90 min | Horror
Dr. Orlof, a former prison doctor, abducts beautiful women from nightclubs and tries to use their skin to repair his daughter's fire-scarred face.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Conrado San Martín, Diana Lorys, Howard Vernon, Perla Cristal
Votes: 1,805
17. Brain 17 (1982 TV Movie)
71 min | Action, Family, Sci-Fi
A robot helps a young boy save Earth from evil forces.
Directors: Michael Part, Minoru Yamada | Stars: Marla Frumkin, Bunker Jenkins, Paul Ross, Richard Rossner
Votes: 20
18. La bruja (1954)
90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Thieves break into a scientist's laboratory to steal a secret formula, and in the process they kill his daughter. Enraged, he develops a formula that will turn an extremely ugly woman into ... See full summary »
Director: Chano Urueta | Stars: Lilia del Valle, Ramón Gay, Julio Villarreal, Charles Rooner
Votes: 128
19. Night of the Vampires (1964)
Approved | 86 min | Horror
A mad scientist and his bevy of vampires terrorize a German village. A detective and a witch set out to stop them.
Director: Ákos Ráthonyi | Stars: Adrian Hoven, Erika Remberg, Carl Möhner, Wolfgang Preiss
Votes: 402
20. Van Helsing (2004)
PG-13 | 131 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
The famed monster hunter is sent to Transylvania to stop Count Dracula, who is using Dr. Frankenstein's research and a werewolf for nefarious purposes.
Director: Stephen Sommers | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, Shuler Hensley
Votes: 284,659 | Gross: $120.18M
21. Island of Lost Souls (1932)
Passed | 70 min | Film-Noir, Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad doctor conducts ghastly genetic experiments on a remote island in the South Seas, much to the fear and disgust of the shipwrecked sailor who finds himself trapped there.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams
Votes: 10,908
22. Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)
Not Rated | 99 min | Horror
After escaping from an insane asylum, a medical student assumes the identity of a mysterious dead man, who appeared to be his doppelganger, and gets lured to a sinister island ruled by a mad scientist and his malformed men.
Director: Teruo Ishii | Stars: Teruo Yoshida, Yukie Kagawa, Teruko Yumi, Mitsuko Aoi
Votes: 1,884
23. Rubber's Lover (1996)
Not Rated | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Scientists use a brain-altering drug to conduct experiments, after one such project goes astray, they need to find another test subject in this Japanese splatter-punk film.
Director: Shozin Fukui | Stars: Nao, Norimizu Ameya, Yôta Kawase, Mika Kunihiro
Votes: 1,089
24. X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A Roger Corman tale of Dr. James Xavier's devastating experiments on himself and the unforeseen.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone, John Hoyt
Votes: 8,166
25. Pastel de sangre (1971)
89 min | Horror
Directors: Francesc Bellmunt, Jaime Chávarri, Emilio Martínez Lázaro, José María Vallés | Stars: Miquel Bordoy, Ángel Carmona Ristol, Jaime Chávarri, Luis Ciges
Votes: 61
26. No Telling (1991)
Not Rated | 93 min | Horror
In the name of medical research, a man experiments on animals. His relationship with his wife becomes stressed when she becomes inquisitive about his work.
Director: Larry Fessenden | Stars: Miriam Healy-Louie, Stephen Ramsey, David Van Tieghem, Richard Topol
Votes: 428
Warning for animal cruelty. No idea if it's real or not. Haven't looked into it.
27. Cyclops (1987)
52 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A bizarre medical exam of a nude woman by several doctors and scientists reveal that their latest subject has committed suicide before giving birth to one of the mutant creatures they had ... See full summary »
Director: Jôji Iida | Stars: Kai Atô, Mayumi Hasegawa, Yoshimasa Kondô, Kazuhiro Sano
Votes: 204
28. Night Terrors (VI) (2014)
Not Rated | 98 min | Comedy, Horror
A devious older sister fills her brother's head with bizarre tales of terror, blood soaked memories, and nightmares of perversion after finding out that she has to babysit and miss the party.
Directors: Alex Lukens, Jason Zink | Stars: Kaveh Akbar, Joe Bachan, Alyssa Benner, Miranda Blue
Votes: 52
29. The Man Who Lived Again (1936)
Approved | 66 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Laurience, a brilliant but unstable scientist experimenting with transferring minds, becomes vengeful when his magnate patron withdraws his support.
Director: Robert Stevenson | Stars: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, John Loder, Frank Cellier
Votes: 1,201
30. El siniestro doctor Orloff (1984)
87 min | Horror
The son of the infamous Dr. Orloff clashes with his father when he begins to stalk and dismember prostitutes in order to get parts to reanimate his dead mother.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Howard Vernon, Antonio Mayans, Rocío Freixas, Tony Skios
Votes: 139
31. The Secret of the Mummy (1982)
85 min | Comedy, Horror
Laughed at when he announces the discovery of the elixir of life, scientist Professor Expedito Vitus devotes himself to the reconstitution of a map that has been divided into eight parts. ... See full summary »
Director: Ivan Cardoso | Stars: Anselmo Vasconcelos, Clarice Piovesan, Wilson Grey, Regina Casé
Votes: 313
32. The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981)
97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpathians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera.
Director: Oldrich Lipský | Stars: Michal Docolomanský, Evelyna Steimarová, Vlastimil Brodský, Milos Kopecký
Votes: 1,420
33. The Feast of Satan (1971)
PG | 90 min | Horror, Mystery
A woman searching for her missing sister arrives at a small coastal village, where her sister was last seen. Unknown to her, her arrival has been noted by a crazed scientist, who has designs on her.
Director: José María Elorrieta | Stars: Espartaco Santoni, Krista Nell, Teresa Gimpera, Verónica Luján
Votes: 203
34. Kamillions (1990)
90 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
Nathaniel Pickman Wingate has opened a gateway to another dimension using equations and equipment in his basement laboratory. His wife, Nancy, wants him to get ready for his own birthday ... See full summary »
Director: Mike B. Anderson | Stars: Christopher Gasti, Dru-Anne Perry, Kate Alexander, Dan Evans
Votes: 156
35. Regenerated Man (1994)
R | 89 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Thieves force a scientist to drink his own formula, turning him into a deformed, monstrous killer.
Director: Ted A. Bohus | Stars: Pete DeLorenzo, James Benvenuto, John Bianco, Ted A. Bohus
Votes: 149
36. The Resurrected (1991)
R | 108 min | Horror
Charles Dexter Ward's wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries.
Director: Dan O'Bannon | Stars: John Terry, Jane Sibbett, Chris Sarandon, Robert Romanus
Votes: 4,918
37. The Mildew from Planet Xonader (2015)
85 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
1984. A secret facility. A strain of mildew being developed as a bio weapon. When an accidental leak reveals that the fungus is actually an alien lifeform, the facility's only hope is the mercenary Toxic.
Directors: Giulio De Santi, Neil Meschino | Stars: Wilmar Zimosa, Edward X. Young, Mike Keller, Lawrence George
Votes: 709
38. Reanimator Academy (1992 Video)
80 min | Horror
Edgar Allan Lovecraft is the brainy outcast in the hard partying Delta Epsilon Delta Fraternity. Edgar develops a reanimating serum to bring a severed head back to life - attracting the attention of a local gangster.
Director: Judith Priest | Stars: Steve Westerheit, Connie Speer, Richard Perrin, Benton Jennings
Votes: 116
39. Terror in the Swamp (1985)
87 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In an effort to create the perfect nutria for breeding by the fur industry, a scientist and his assistant inadvertently create a brutal mutation that escapes into the nearby swamps.
Directors: Joe Catalanotto, Martin Folse | Stars: Keith Barker, Chuck Bush, Gerald Daigal, Albert Dyket
Votes: 210
40. The Butcher of Binbrook (1971)
Not Rated | 86 min | Horror
Dead beings and a bloodsucking lizard-man populate this atmospheric and bizarre European gothic shocker! Scientist Michael Sharrington conducts strange experiments on the transmutation of ... See full summary »
Director: Miguel Madrid | Stars: Bill Curran, Catherine Ellison, John Clark, María Paz Madrid
Votes: 336
41. Strange Behavior (1981)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A scientist is experimenting with teenagers and turning them into murderers.
Director: Michael Laughlin | Stars: Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis
Votes: 2,411
42. Warning Sign (1985)
R | 99 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A woman working as a security guard in an agricultural research facility finds herself and her co-worker Schmidt fighting to survive against their former friends.
Director: Hal Barwood | Stars: Sam Waterston, Kathleen Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn
Votes: 2,912 | Gross: $1.92M
43. The Asphyx (1972)
PG | 83 min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
English country squire Sir Hugo Cunningham searches for immortality by literally 'bottling up' the Spirit of the Dead, or Asphyx.
Director: Peter Newbrook | Stars: Robert Powell, Robert Stephens, Jane Lapotaire, Alex Scott
Votes: 3,041
44. Primal Rage (1988)
R | 91 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist at a Florida University accidentally creates a "rage virus" while conducting experiments to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. The virus soon spreads.
Director: Vittorio Rambaldi | Stars: Patrick Lowe, Cheryl Arutt, Sarah Buxton, Mitch Watson
Votes: 1,401
45. Little Devils: The Birth (1993)
100 min | Comedy, Horror
Evil scientist discovers ancient mud from Hell, becomes possessed, and creates miniature gargoyle statues, bringing them to life. The gargoyles then go on killing sprees, wreaking havoc.
Director: George Pavlou | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, Marc Price, Nancy Valen, Wayne McNamara
Votes: 301
46. Herbert West: Re-Animator (2017)
83 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
After the loss of his daughter Eleanor, a famous scientist, Dr. Herbert West, experimenting with a special serum invented by him, desperately tries to bring her back to life.
Director: Ivan Zuccon | Stars: Emanuele Cerman, Alessio Cherubini, Rita Rusciano, Valentina Bivona
Votes: 2,294
47. Herbert West: Reanimator
Horror, Sci-Fi | Announced
Pursued by the police, an ambitious neuroscientist uses a neutrino impulse to bring his dead wife back to life, unintentionally unlocking within her dormant powers that threaten the existence of everyone he knows.
Director: Serge Levin | Star: Serge Levin
48. The Creeping Flesh (1973)
PG | 92 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A Victorian-age scientist returns to London with his paleontological bag-of-bones discovery from Papua New Guinea. Unfortunately, when exposed to water, flesh returns to the bones ... See full summary »
Director: Freddie Francis | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Lorna Heilbron, George Benson
Votes: 4,443
49. Severed Ties (1992)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When a regeneration experiment on his severed arm grows a deadly reptilian creature instead of a limb, a mad scientist uses the serum on homeless crippled veterans to create an army and get his research back from his evil mother.
Director: Damon Santostefano | Stars: Oliver Reed, Elke Sommer, Garrett Morris, Billy Morrissette
Votes: 762
50. The Kindred (1987)
R | 93 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A geneticist takes his assistants to his old family home to locate the deadly product of his late mother's revolutionary research into rapid human evolution--his monstrous, tentacled baby brother--before a mad scientist gets to him first.
Directors: Stephen Carpenter, Jeffrey Obrow | Stars: Rod Steiger, Kim Hunter, David Allen Brooks, Amanda Pays
Votes: 2,505 | Gross: $2.41M
51. Dead Sushi (2012)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Keiko, the daughter of a legendary sushi chef, runs away from home when his Karate-style regimen becomes too severe. Finding work at a rural hot springs inn, she is ridiculed by the eccentric staff and guests.
Director: Noboru Iguchi | Stars: Rina Takeda, Kentarô Shimazu, Takamasa Suga, Takashi Nishina
Votes: 1,808
52. Alien Lockdown (2004 TV Movie)
R | 90 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
After an experiment to make the ultimate weapon goes wrong, a team of commandos is sent into a genetic research lab and end up getting stalked by a creature that looks a lot like the Predator
Director: Abram Cox | Stars: James Marshall, Michelle Goh, John Savage, Martin Kove
Votes: 943
53. The Rejuvenator (1988)
R | 90 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A rich actress who has gotten too old for leading roles employs a scientist who is working on a formula for eternal youth. The formula involves withdrawing certain fluids from the human ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Thomas Jones | Stars: Vivian Lanko, John MacKay, James Hogue, Katell Pleven
Votes: 691
54. The Head (1959)
97 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog's head alive after its body dies.
Director: Victor Trivas | Stars: Horst Frank, Karin Kernke, Helmut Schmid, Paul Dahlke
Votes: 812
55. Meat Market (2000 Video)
Unrated | 90 min | Action, Horror, Comedy
Animals attacks, says the TV news. But two ex-security agents know the real cause - maybe the real culprits. Shahrokh and Argenta are former employees of a company they knew to be ... See full summary »
Director: Brian Clement | Stars: Bettina May, Paul Pedrosa, Alison Therriault, Teresa Simon
Votes: 312
56. Man Made Monster (1941)
Passed | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.
Director: George Waggner | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson
Votes: 1,879
57. Isolation (2005)
R | 95 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
On a remote Irish farm, five people become unwilling participants in an experiment that goes nightmarishly wrong.
Director: Billy O'Brien | Stars: John Lynch, Essie Davis, Sean Harris, Marcel Iures
Votes: 7,992
58. The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942)
Passed | 67 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Dr. Frankenstein's plans to replace the brain of his monster are hijacked by his scheming and malevolent assistant Ygor.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Cedric Hardwicke, Lon Chaney Jr., Ralph Bellamy, Lionel Atwill
Votes: 7,097
59. Soultangler (1987)
Not Rated | 90 min | Horror
A mad scientist name Anton Lupesky invents a drug that can free the soul of the user and allow them to posses the bodies of corpses. The horrible side effect is sometimes fatal hallucinations that leave the survivors incurably mad.
Director: Pat Bishow | Stars: Bill Bernhard, Jennifer Brown, Tom Ciorciari, Pierre Devaux
Votes: 211
60. Vampires (1986)
80 min | Horror
The students at a private art school are unaware that the school's headmistress is secretly using a machine to extract the life energy from young girls there.
Director: Len Anthony | Stars: Duane Jones, Jackie James, John Bly, Robin Michaels
Votes: 80
61. The Black Castle (1952)
Passed | 82 min | Adventure, Horror, Mystery
Man investigates the disappearance of two of his friends who were the guests of a sinister Austrian count.
Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Richard Greene, Boris Karloff, Stephen McNally, Paula Corday
Votes: 1,640
62. The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962)
76 min | Horror
In 1897 London, a woman weds a necrophiliac doctor whose first wife died under mysterious circumstances - and who might be returning from the grave to torment her successor.
Director: Riccardo Freda | Stars: Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Silvano Tranquilli, Maria Teresa Vianello
Votes: 1,921
63. Death Smiles on a Murderer (1973)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Mystery, Romance
Greta, a mysterious woman with amnesia, is taken in by the wealthy Mr. and Mrs. von Ravensbruck. The three soon enter into a love triangle that turns deadly, as Greta's gruesome past is slowly revealed.
Director: Joe D'Amato | Stars: Ewa Aulin, Klaus Kinski, Giacomo Rossi Stuart, Angela Bo
Votes: 1,666
64. Mill of the Stone Women (1960)
Approved | 96 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
In 19th century Holland, a professor of fine arts and an unlicensed surgeon run a secret lab where the professor's ill daughter receives blood-transfusions from kidnapped female victims who posthumously become macabre art.
Director: Giorgio Ferroni | Stars: Pierre Brice, Scilla Gabel, Wolfgang Preiss, Dany Carrel
Votes: 2,091
65. The Hand That Feeds the Dead (1974)
Not Rated | 87 min | Horror
Under strong influence from his burn victim wife, a wealthy aristocrat does skin transplants from young women, who were captured, operated on against their will and then killed, to fix his wife's burnt body.
Directors: Yilmaz Duru, Sergio Garrone | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Katia Christine, Marzia Damon, Carmen Silva
Votes: 375
66. Lover of the Monster (1974)
83 min | Horror
Anijeska, the Rassimov's heir, moves with her husband, Dr. Alex Nijinski, to her father's mansion. In the basement, the doctor discovers the laboratory in which the late Rassimov carried out horrifying experiments.
Director: Sergio Garrone | Stars: Klaus Kinski, Katia Christine, Marzia Damon, Stella Calderoni
Votes: 209
67. Boltneck (2000)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A student receives a serial killer's brain in a transplant after being thrown into a pool with no water in it.
Directors: Mitch Marcus, John Blush | Stars: Matthew Lawrence, Justin Walker, Christine Lakin, Christian Payne
Votes: 846
68. Science Crazed (1991 Video)
83 min | Horror, Comedy
A mad scientist injects a woman with an untested growth serum. She dies, but gives birth to a full-grown monster.
Director: Ron Switzer | Stars: Cameron Scholes, Tony Della Ventura, Robin Hartsell, Catherine Bruhier
Votes: 133
69. Beast of Blood (1970)
GP | 90 min | Adventure, Horror
A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.
Director: Eddie Romero | Stars: John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie Garcia, Liza Belmonte
Votes: 634
70. It Conquered the World (1956)
Approved | 71 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A well meaning scientist guides an alien monster to Earth from Venus, so that he can rid mankind of feelings and emotions - but only death and sorrow results.
Director: Roger Corman | Stars: Peter Graves, Beverly Garland, Lee Van Cleef, Sally Fraser
Votes: 2,667
71. The Undying Monster (1942)
Not Rated | 63 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Surviving members of an aristocratic English family are threatened by a legendary monster when they venture out on chilly, foggy nights.
Director: John Brahm | Stars: James Ellison, Heather Angel, John Howard, Bramwell Fletcher
Votes: 1,537
72. La casa del terror (1960)
60 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Casimiro, night watchman at a wax museum of horrors, is even more sleepy than his usual laziness makes him - because his boss, the Professor, is secretly draining blood from him while he ... See full summary »
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Germán Valdés, Yolanda Varela, Lon Chaney Jr., Yerye Beirute
Votes: 151
73. El castillo de los monstruos (1958)
89 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
A couple are forced to stay in a scary castle, and the castle is filled with monsters!
Director: Julián Soler | Stars: Antonio Espino, Evangelina Elizondo, Carlos Orellana, Guillermo Orea
Votes: 98
74. Carry on Screaming! (1966)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Horror
The sinister Dr Watt has an evil scheme going. He's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores.
Director: Gerald Thomas | Stars: Kenneth Williams, Jim Dale, Harry H. Corbett, Charles Hawtrey
Votes: 5,829
75. Gallery of Horror (1967)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
"Gallery of Horror" is a 1967 anthology horror movie with John Carradine narrating five horror tales with macabre twists.
Director: David L. Hewitt | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine, Rochelle Hudson, Roger Gentry
Votes: 807
76. Santo and Blue Demon vs. the Monsters (1970)
85 min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
To foil his plan for world domination, wrestling superheroes El Santo and Blue Demon battle the mad Dr. Halder and his army of reanimated monsters.
Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Santo, Alejandro Moreno, Ivan J. Rado, Carlos Ancira
Votes: 448
77. Fury of the Wolfman (1972)
PG | 86 min | Horror
A man has had a werewolf curse cast upon him. If he doesn't get rid of it, he turns into a killer werewolf when the moon is full.
Director: José María Zabalza | Stars: Paul Naschy, Perla Cristal, Miguel de la Riva, Pasquale Simeoli
Votes: 909 | Gross: $0.19M
78. Dr. Jekyll vs. The Werewolf (1972)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
Paul Naschy returns as El Hombre Lobo for the sixth time as he searches for a cure to his full moon madness by visiting the grandson of the infamous Dr. Jekyll.
Director: León Klimovsky | Stars: Paul Naschy, Shirley Corrigan, Jack Taylor, Mirta Miller
Votes: 682
79. Dracula, Prisoner of Frankenstein (1972)
85 min | Horror
Dracula kills another innocent victim and Dr. Seward decides it's time to wipe him off the face of the earth. Armed with a hammer and a wooden stake, he arrives at Castle Dracula and duly ... See full summary »
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Dennis Price, Howard Vernon, Paca Gabaldón, Alberto Dalbés
Votes: 818
80. Maniac (1934)
Not Rated | 51 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A former vaudevillian gifted at impersonation assists a mad scientist in reanimating corpses and soon goes mad himself.
Director: Dwain Esper | Stars: Bill Woods, Horace B. Carpenter, Ted Edwards, Phyllis Diller
Votes: 2,706
81. L'homme au cerveau greffé (1972)
80 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Professor Marcilly is a famed brain specialist who, following in-depth and extended research work, is now able to perform brain transplant surgery. One day, he finds himself in the presence... See full summary »
Director: Jacques Doniol-Valcroze | Stars: Mathieu Carrière, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Michel Duchaussoy
Votes: 62
82. The Phantom Creeps (1939)
Approved | 265 min | Action, Family, Horror
A military intelligence officer and a pretty reporter try to find a scientist whose inventions can destroy the world.
Directors: Ford Beebe, Saul A. Goodkind | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Robert Kent, Dorothy Arnold, Edwin Stanley
Votes: 1,121
83. The Black Sleep (1956)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Sir Joel Cadman, a mad scientist, kidnaps his victims and cuts open their brains in an effort to discover a means to cure his wife's brain tumor.
Director: Reginald Le Borg | Stars: Basil Rathbone, Akim Tamiroff, Lon Chaney Jr., John Carradine
Votes: 2,041
84. The Invisible Ray (1935)
Approved | 80 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A scientist becomes murderous after discovering, and being exposed to the radiation of, a powerful new element called Radium X.
Director: Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Frances Drake, Frank Lawton
Votes: 3,029
85. The Devil Commands (1941)
Approved | 65 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Scientist becomes obsessed with the idea of communicating with his dead wife.
Director: Edward Dmytryk | Stars: Boris Karloff, Anne Revere, Amanda Duff, Richard Fiske
Votes: 1,439
86. Swamp Thing (2019)
TV-MA | 60 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Abby Arcane returns home to Marais, Louisiana to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, only to discover the dark, terrifying mysteries of the swamp.
Stars: Crystal Reed, Virginia Madsen, Andy Bean, Derek Mears
Votes: 27,734
87. Torture Ship (1939)
Approved | 57 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist performs experiments on "the criminal mind" on captured criminals on board his private ship.
Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Lyle Talbot, Irving Pichel, Julie Bishop, Sheila Bromley
Votes: 471
88. The Monster Maker (1944)
Approved | 62 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist injects his enemies with an acromegaly virus, causing them to become hideously deformed.
Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: J. Carrol Naish, Ralph Morgan, Tala Birell, Wanda McKay
Votes: 1,262
89. The Corpse Vanishes (1942)
Passed | 64 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A scientist, aided by an old hag and her two sons, kills virginal brides, steals their bodies, and extracts gland fluid to keep his ancient wife alive and young.
Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Luana Walters, Tristram Coffin, Elizabeth Russell
Votes: 3,513
90. Frankenstein's Daughter (1958)
Approved | 85 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Dr. Frankenstein's insane grandson attempts to create horrible monsters in modern-day L.A.
Director: Richard E. Cunha | Stars: John Ashley, Sandra Knight, Donald Murphy, Sally Todd
Votes: 1,258
91. Bride of the Monster (1955)
Passed | 69 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
A mad doctor attempts to create atomic supermen.
Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Stars: Bela Lugosi, Tor Johnson, Tony McCoy, Loretta King
Votes: 7,646
92. Terror Is a Man (1959)
Approved | 90 min | Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
A mad scientist transforms a panther into a man-like creature that escapes and goes on a murderous rampage.
Directors: Gerardo de Leon, Eddie Romero | Stars: Francis Lederer, Greta Thyssen, Richard Derr, Oscar Keesee
Votes: 837
93.
Mystery and Imagination (1966–1970)
Episode:
Frankenstein
(1968)
75 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A version of the famous story in which the same actor plays both Dr. Frankenstein and the Creature he puts together from parts of dead bodies and brings to life in his laboratory.
Director: Voytek | Stars: Ian Holm, Richard Vernon, Neil Stacy, Sarah Badel
Votes: 60
94. Return of the Fly (1959)
Unrated | 80 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Philippe Delambre, the now-adult son of "The Fly", does some transportation experimentation of his own.
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Vincent Price, Brett Halsey, David Frankham, John Sutton
Votes: 5,184
95. The Bride (1985)
PG-13 | 118 min | Fantasy, Horror, Romance
After years of research, the doctor finally succeeds in creating the perfect woman, who gets the name "Eva".
Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown
Votes: 3,564 | Gross: $3.60M
96. The Werewolf (1956)
Approved | 79 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
Two scientists are involved in a car accident and find an unconscious man in the remains. They take him to their lab and inject him with a serum they have been working with. Sadly, the serum turns the man into a murderous werewolf.
Director: Fred F. Sears | Stars: Steven Ritch, Don Megowan, Joyce Holden, Eleanore Tanin
Votes: 1,876
97. I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Approved | 76 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf.
Director: Gene Fowler Jr. | Stars: Michael Landon, Yvonne Lime, Whit Bissell, Charles Willcox
Votes: 2,864 | Gross: $2.00M
98. Las noches del Hombre Lobo (1968)
Horror
Werewolf Waldemar Daninsky becomes a tool for a mad scientist.
Director: René Govar | Stars: Paul Naschy, Peter Beaumont, Monique Brainville, Beba Novak
Votes: 38
99. Scream and Scream Again (1970)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer who drains his victims' blood is on the loose in London. The police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
Director: Gordon Hessler | Stars: Vincent Price, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Alfred Marks
Votes: 4,441 | Gross: $0.38M
100.
The Red Skelton Hour (1951–1971)
Episode:
Salesman vs. Mad Scientist or A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
(1956)
TV-G | 30 min | Comedy
Stars: Red Skelton, David Rose and His Orchestra, Art Gilmore, Percy Helton
Votes: 9
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