American mad scientist films

1964 British satire film directed by Stanley Kubrick

2004 American film directed by Sam Raimi

2012 film directed by Marc Webb

2004 film directed by Michel Gondry

2014 film directed by Marc Webb

2017 film directed by Jordan Peele

1995 film directed by Joel Schumacher

1997 film directed by Joel Schumacher

2024 film directed by Jeff Fowler

2017 film by Ridley Scott

1991 film by Barry Sonnenfeld

2014 film directed by Alex Garland

2012 film directed by Drew Goddard

1974 film directed by Mel Brooks

1986 film by David Cronenberg

2016 film by Paul Feig

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a 1975 independent musical comedy horror film produced by Lou Adler and Michael White, directed by Jim Sharman, and distributed by 20th Century Fox. The screenplay was written by Sharman and Richard O'Brien, who also played the supporting role Riff Raff. The film is based on the 1973 musical stage production The Rocky Horror Show, with music, book, and lyrics by O'Brien. The production is a tribute to the science fiction and horror B movies of the 1930s through to the early 1960s. The film stars Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, and Barry Bostwick. It is narrated by Charles Gray, with cast members from the original Royal Court Theatre, Roxy Theatre, and Belasco Theatre productions, including Nell Campbell and Patricia Quinn.

2001 film by Keenen Ivory Wayans

2013 American computer-animated science fiction comedy film

1978 film by Franklin J. Schaffner

Frankenstein is a 2025 American Gothic science fiction horror film written, co-produced, and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on the 1818 novel by Mary Shelley. The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the Creature, with Mia Goth and Christoph Waltz in supporting roles. The story follows the life of Frankenstein, an egotistical scientist whose experiment in creating new life results in dangerous consequences.

1992 film by Brian Levant

1933 film by James Whale

1995 film by Roger Donaldson

1994 film directed by Donald Petrie

2021 animation film

2004 film directed by Kerry Conran

2004 American film directed by Raja Gosnell

1984 film by Ron Howard

1995 film directed by Joe Chappelle

1982 film directed by Tommy Lee Wallace

2018 film by David Gordon Green

1997 film by Les Mayfield

1985 film by George A. Romero

2003 film by Rob Zombie

2007 film directed by Frederik Du Chau

1988 film by John Carl Buechler

1963 film directed by Jerry Lewis

1988 film directed by Tony Randel

1958 film by Kurt Neumann

1988 film by Chuck Russell

1979 film directed by Gary Nelson

2012 film by John Hyams

1999 film by William Malone

1955 film by Ed Wood

1982 film by Wes Craven

1998 film by Jeremiah S. Chechik

1989 film directed by Chris Walas

2014 film directed by Kevin Smith

1984 film by W. D. Richter

2001 film by Michel Gondry

1983 film by Carl Reiner

2018 film by Claire Denis

1996 film directed by John Frankenheimer

1967 monster (kaiju) film

1955 science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold

1986 film by Wes Craven

2018 film directed by Julius Avery

Sssssss is a 1973 American body horror film directed by Bernard L. Kowalski and starring Strother Martin, Dirk Benedict, and Heather Menzies. Its plot follows a college student who becomes a laboratory assistant to a herpetologist who is covertly developing a serum that can transform human beings into snakes.

1932 film by Robert Florey