Movies like Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein (1974)
The best movies like Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein (1974) are Don't Kill It (2016), Donovan's Brain (1953) and The Jack in the Box: Awakening (2022). If Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein hooked you with its horror and action, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedInsidious: Out of the Further (2026)7.7/10 from 1,056 votes
- NewestClayface (2026)Released 2026
- In SpanishThe Son of Alma Grande (1976)Also in Spanish
Don't Kill It (2016)
Demon hunter Jebediah Huntley teams up with an FBI agent to battle a supernatural force in the southern state of Mississippi.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDonovan's Brain (1953)
A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Jack in the Box: Awakening (2022)
When a vintage Jack-in-the-box is opened by a dying woman, she enters into a deal with the demon within that would see her illness cured in return for helping it claim six innocent victims.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025)
After learning that one of their victims, Maya, is still alive, The Strangers return to finish the job. With nowhere to run and no one to trust, Maya soon finds herself in a brutal fight for survival against psychopaths more than willing to kill anyone who stands in their way.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInsidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
A prequel set before the haunting of the Lambert family that reveals how gifted psychic Elise Rainier reluctantly agrees to use her ability to contact the dead in order to help a teenage girl who has been targeted by a dangerous supernatural entity.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaw III (2006)
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While city detectives scramble to locate him, Doctor Lynn Denlon and Jeff Reinhart are unaware that they are about to become the latest pawns on his vicious chessboard.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Black Sleep (1956)
In 19th century England, a noted brain surgeon rescues a former student from being hanged on a false conviction for murder, and spirits him away to an ancient, repurposed abbey far in the countryside. There, he connives his pupil into assisting him in mapping the functions of the various parts of the human brain, using living subjects who are under a terrible animation-suspending drug called "black sleep". Subsequently, the student, along with the daughter of one of the subjects, discover that most of these subjects have survived but are being kept in a dungeon-like cellar, in various stages of physical and mental derangement...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInsidious: Out of the Further (2026)
Gemma, a young mother raising her daughter in the house she grew up in, discovers she can travel into The Further, where she possesses an ability to bring what lives there back to the real world.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCaptain Kronos: Vampire Hunter (1973)
When several young girls are found dead, left hideously aged and void of blood, Dr. Marcus suspects vampirism. He enlists the help of the Vampire Hunter. Mysterious and powerful, Kronos has dedicated his life to destroying the evil pestilence. Once a victim of its diabolical depravity, he knows the vampire's strengths and weaknesses as well as the extreme dangers attached to confronting the potent forces of darkness.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGinger Snaps 2: Unleashed (2004)
Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988)
Freddy Krueger returns once again to terrorize the dreams of the remaining Dream Warriors, as well as those of a young woman who may be able to defeat him for good.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisJigsaw (2017)
Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLet's Get Harry (1986)
Harry Burck has been kidnapped by South American terrorists, and when the US Government refuses to intervene, Harry's friends decide to take matters into their own hands!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBatman: The Doom That Came to Gotham (2023)
Explorer Bruce Wayne accidentally unleashes an ancient evil, and returns to Gotham after being away for two decades. There, Batman battles Lovecraftian supernatural forces and encounters allies and enemies such as Green Arrow, Ra's al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Killer Croc, Two-Face and James Gordon.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSaw 3D (2010)
As a deadly battle rages over Jigsaw's brutal legacy, a group of Jigsaw survivors gathers to seek the support of self-help guru and fellow survivor Bobby Dagen, a man whose own dark secrets unleash a new wave of terror.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisInsidious: The Last Key (2018)
Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisClayface (2026)
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 seeks out a cutting edge treatment that miraculously returns him to his former self… but also unexpectedly affects his grip on reality, spiraling him down a destructive path of all-consuming revenge.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJason Lives - Friday the 13th Part VI (1986)
Tommy Jarvis, tormented by the fear that maybe Jason isn't really dead, unwittingly resurrects the mass murderer for another bloody rampage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Evil (1978)
Shortly after moving into a dark, brooding mansion, a psychologist and his co-workers are terrorized by a horrible evil being.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Raven (1935)
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgically deformed, the mad man lures her, her father, and her fiancé to his isolated, castle-like home.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Son of Alma Grande (1976)
Some aliens stalk and kidnap humans to take their eyes off and send them to their planet, the same Blue Demon falls into the trap, trying to rescue his brother.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror & action
Adventures of El Frenetico and Go Girl (1993)
A drunken superhero and his kung-fu fighting girlfriend battle a local evil snack food king when he kidnaps a lady reporter.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
TJPW The 6th "Futari wa Princess" Max Heart Tournament ~ Day 3 (2026)
The 6th "Futari wa Princess" Max Heart Tournament ~ Day 3 was a professional wrestling event promoted by Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW). It was held on January 31, 2026 at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan, featuring the semi-final matches for the 2026 edition of the promotion's annual tag team tournament.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Stardom 15th Anniversary Series ~ New Year Stars 2026 in Osaka ~ Day 2 (2026)
Stardom 15th Anniversary Series ~ New Year Stars 2026 in Osaka ~ Day 1 was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom, held on January 18, 2026 at EDION Arena Osaka No.2 in Osaka, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Marigold New Years Golden Garden 2026 ~ Day 5 (2026)
Marigold New Years Golden Garden 2026 ~ Day 5 was a professional wrestling event promoted by Dream Star★Fighting Marigold. It took place on January 30, 2026 at Shinjuku FACE in Tokyo, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Sendai Girls' Pro-Wrestling in Sendai PIT (2026)
Sendai Girls' Pro-Wrestling in Sendai PIT was a professional wrestling event promoted by Sendai Girls' Pro-Wrestling, held on January 23, 2026, at Sendai PIT in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
TJPW club eX: Chapter Pause (2026)
TJPW club eX: Chapter Pause was a professional wrestling event promoted by Tokyo Joshi Pro-Wrestling (TJPW). It was held on February 15, 2026 at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Club eX in Tokyo, Japan.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
IMPACT Wrestling: Slammiversary XV (2017)
Slammiversary XV was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Impact Wrestling. It took place on July 2, 2017 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the thirteenth event under the Slammiversary chronology and the first event in the 2017 Impact Wrestling PPV schedule. The event included special appearances by Impact Wrestling alums Shark Boy and James Mitchell.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
Shake, Rattle & Roll II (1990)
Three terrifying tales follow a young groom in Baguio for his honeymoon is possessed by a homicidal spirit when he discovers a cursed ring and decides to wear it; in the eerie halls of a mysterious hospital, a doctor practices voodoo and dead bodies wander in the night; and a student who learns, while a guest at a town fiesta in a remote province, that the locals' hospitable ways leave her clueless about a mysterious nightly ritual.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both horror
Sacred Mask (2023)
A young man who comes from a luchador family but has forsaken the family name and mask tries to follow his own dreams only to be brought back into the fold by a dark and mysterious shadow who hurts everyone close to him to get what he wants.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both action
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein?
The closest matches to Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein are Don't Kill It (2016), Donovan's Brain (1953) and The Jack in the Box: Awakening (2022). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein?
Start with Don't Kill It (2016), the closest match to Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein.
What is the highest-rated movie like Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein?
Insidious: Out of the Further (2026), rated 7.7/10 by 1,056 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein?
Clayface (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein?
Yes: The Son of Alma Grande (1976).
How are movies similar to Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Santo and Blue Demon vs. Dr. Frankenstein, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.