Movies like Phantasmatapes (2025)
The best movies like Phantasmatapes (2025) are Invaders from Mars (1953), Island of Terror (1966) and Dead of Night (1977). If Phantasmatapes hooked you with its horror and science fiction, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedDoctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)7.5/10 from 229 votes
- NewestStarlorn (2026)Released 2026
Invaders from Mars (1953)
A boy tries to stop aliens that have taken over his town and are brainwashing its inhabitants.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisIsland of Terror (1966)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisDead of Night (1977)
This anthology tells three stories: a man buys a car that takes him back and forth through time; a tale of vampires; and a distraught mother asks for her drowned son to come back to life and gets more than she bargained for.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIsland of Lost Souls (1932)
An obsessed scientist conducts profane experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as the self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human abominations.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGigantis, the Fire Monster (1959)
A prehistoric monster called Gigantis emerges alongside another creature named Angurus.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Earth Dies Screaming (1964)
A 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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIt! The Terror from Beyond Space (1958)
The first manned expedition to Mars is invaded by an unknown life form, which stows away on the rescue ship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Tingler (1959)
A pathologist experiments with a deaf-mute woman who is unable to scream to prove that humans die of fright due to an organism he names The Tingler that lives within each person on the spinal cord and is suppressed only when people scream when scared.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSiren (2016)
A bachelor party becomes a savage fight for survival when the groomsmen unwittingly unleash a fabled predator upon the festivities.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDoctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009)
A meeting in a London bus with jewel thief Lady Christina takes a turn for the worse for the Doctor when the bus takes a detour to a desert-like planet, where the deadly Swarm awaits.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBen 10: Alien Swarm (2009)
Ben and a mysterious girl from his past must prevent an alien threat from destroying the world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpace/Time (2025)
After a fatal test shuts down their project, a disgraced team of scientists enters the criminal underworld to rebuild a forbidden space-bending engine that could rescue humanity or annihilate it entirely.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
A concise adaptation of Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows" about Mr. Toad's motor mania, followed by a short retelling of Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" concerning schoolmaster Ichabod Crane.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRace with the Devil (1975)
Two couples vacationing together in an R.V. from Texas to Colorado are terrorized after they witness a murder during a Satanic ritual.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisExtraordinary Tales (2015)
Five tales by Edgar Allan Poe come to life thanks to a pictorical style animation, five tales that exude madness, pestilence, murder and torture.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBabylon 5: A Call to Arms (1999)
Allies of the Shadows seek revenge against humanity. This movie sets up the series, "Crusade," the sequel to "Babylon 5."
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBen 10: Race Against Time (2008)
Ben, Gwen, and Max must stop an extraterrestrial who plans to open a gateway that leads to an alien invasion.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
SnoozefestMovies like thisBabylon 5: The River of Souls (1998)
A group of Soul Hunters come to Babylon 5 demanding the return of something that was stolen from them.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMonster High 2 (2023)
As they enter sophomore year at Monster High, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura and Frankie Stein face new students, new powers, and an even bigger threat that could not only tear their friendship apart but could change the world forever.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both science fiction
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStarlorn (2026)
Alone in the cosmic sea, a voice cries out to you.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & science fiction
Mind Leech (2023)
A persuasive Leech wreaks havoc on rural Provinstate, ‘98
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & science fiction
Photographic Valarie (2023)
Valarie sets up a photo shoot.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
How to Make a Sandwich (2020)
Based on the popular phone service, "How To Make a Sandwich" is a short film directed by Drake Sanderson that depicts the rise of media star, Peter Willard, and his acclaimed sandwich-making skills. From breads to meats to condiments, follow Peter as he teaches you how to make the perfect sandwich!
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Sin piedad (2025)
Under the relentless sun, a killer stalks through the mountains, where the innocence of a young couple becomes prey. With no shadows to hide their fate, the hunt is a macabre game in broad daylight, where fear is not hidden in the darkness, but burns with the rawness of the unperturbed noon.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
The Demons Beneath (1998)
"Les Démons" tells a rather familiar story of a young French man named Franc, who finds an ancient relic in a box hidden away in a cellar. It is soon learned that anyone who touches this relic will become possessed by a demonic entity, and Franc spends the film attempting to fight off this deadly deity.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Boggy Creek II: And the Legend Continues (1984)
Having heard tales of Bigfoot wreaking havoc in the swamps of Louisiana, a zoology professor sets out to investigate these strange occurrences for himself, aided by a ragtag team. Hitting the road in their camper, the group encounter person after person who relay their strange and often frightening encounters with the beast, while the creature itself remains elusive...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMidnight Snack (TBA)
When their dream apartment turns out to be a nightmare, roommates Cathy and Dave join forces against a dark, nocturnal force lurking inside their kitchen, before they become its next Midnight Snack. While landlords and neighbors ignore the imminent danger, these two best friends fend for themselves and learn the harsh truth: RENTING BITES.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Trivakra (2025)
The gushing syringe of a transvestite hormonal application ritual inaugurates a tridimensional failure in the matrix of gender and the molecular constitution of the body. Bones, skin and muscles are pulverized into the video and merge with the molecules of images in a cybernetic dissolution.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both science fiction
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Phantasmatapes?
The closest matches to Phantasmatapes are Invaders from Mars (1953), Island of Terror (1966) and Dead of Night (1977). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Phantasmatapes?
Start with Invaders from Mars (1953), the closest match to Phantasmatapes.
What is the highest-rated movie like Phantasmatapes?
Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead (2009), rated 7.5/10 by 229 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Phantasmatapes?
Starlorn (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Phantasmatapes?
Yes: Invaders from Mars (1953), Island of Terror (1966) and Dead of Night (1977).
How are movies similar to Phantasmatapes chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Phantasmatapes, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.