Here we've displayed a list of the best Mad Scientist films : Bride of Frankenstein(1935), Against the Dark(2009), Spider-Man 2(2004), Lilo & Stitch(2002), The American Astronaut(2001), Repo Man(1984), When the Clouds Roll By(1919), A Monster in Paris(2011), Our Man Flint(1966), Late for Dinner(1991), The Fury of the Wolfman(1972), Dr. Phibes Rises Again(1972) ... ...
Horror
USA
1935
75 Minutes
Boris Karloff Elsa Lanchester Colin Clive Valerie Hobson O.P. Heggie Una O'Connor Ernest Thesiger Gavin Gordon Douglas Walton E.E. Clive Lucien Prival
monster mad scientist fiancée blind person hunter bride witty brooding chilling countryside castle hideout death accident meaning of life guilt pursuit transformation sacrifice 19th century
Mary Shelley reveals the main characters of her novel survived: Dr. Frankenstein, goaded by an even madder scientist, builds his monster a mate.
Horror, Action
USA
2009
93 Minutes
Steven Seagal Tanoai Reed Jenna Harrison Danny Midwinter Emma Catherwood Stephen Hagan Daniel Percival Skye Bennett
mad scientist tough guy warrior survivor brutal gory frightful hospital abandoned building dystopia safe house zombies martial arts explosion massacre evacuation rescue 2000s
'Against The Tide' examines the conflict that erupted in the American Jewish community over the best means to rescue the European Jews trying to escape the Holocaust. It tells the little ... See full summary »
Fantasy, Action, Adventure
USA
2004
122 Minutes
Tobey Maguire Kirsten Dunst James Franco Alfred Molina Rosemary Harris J.K. Simmons Donna Murphy Daniel Gillies Dylan Baker Bill Nunn Vanessa Ferlito
peter parker mary jane watson editor mad scientist superhero dr. octopus thrilling suspenseful melodramatic spectacular new york city queens, n.y. newsroom broadway theater laboratory apartment work-life balance loyalty disillusionment spider-man
Peter Parker is beset with troubles in his failing personal life as he battles a brilliant scientist named Doctor Otto Octavius.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
USA
2002
85 Minutes
child alien sister social worker mad scientist agent endearing amusing hawaii household forest courtroom spaceship family adoption experiments friendship love loneliness escape
A Hawaiian girl adopts an unusual pet who is actually a notorious extra-terrestrial fugitive.
Musical, Comedy
USA
2001
94 Minutes
Cory McAbee Rocco Sisto Gregory Russell Cook Annie Golden James Ransone Joshua Taylor Tom Aldredge Peter McRobbie Bill Buell Mark Manley Ned Sublette
space traveler mad scientist worker woman friend smuggler campy outlandish hilarious spaceship venus solar system saloon bathroom alien planet cloning space travel theft sexual frustration epic journey
Samuel Curtis, an interplanetary trader, sets forth through a rustic and remote solar system, unaware that his old friend Professor Hess is trying to kill him.
Sci-Fi
USA
1984
93 Minutes
Emilio Estevez Harry Dean Stanton Tracey Walter Olivia Barash Sy Richardson Susan Barnes Fox Harris Tom Finnegan Del Zamora Eddie Velez Jennifer Balgobin
repo man government official mother father mad scientist beautiful woman offbeat wild quirky los angeles supermarket car road house restaurant cars repossession reward chase aliens
A young punk recruited by a car repossession agency finds himself in pursuit of a Chevrolet Malibu that is wanted for a $20,000 bounty - and has something otherworldly stashed in its trunk.
Comedy
USA
1919
77 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Frank Campeau Ralph Lewis Herbert Grimwood Albert MacQuarrie Kathleen Clifford Daisy Jefferson
playboy love interest psychiatrist mad scientist friend winsome madcap playful new york city church train experiments mental breakdown romance mind control abuse of power love transformation 1910s
Psychiatrist Dr. Ulrich Metz attempts to drive Daniel Brown to suicide.
Animation, Comedy, Adventure, Kids & Family
France
2011
89 Minutes
mad scientist friend monster corrupt police officer amusing endearing positive paris chase protection adventure quest rescue 21st century
A 3D-animated movie set in Paris in the year 1910 and centered on a monster who lives in a garden and his love for a beautiful, young singer.
Action
USA
1966
107 Minutes
James Coburn Lee J. Cobb Gila Golan Edward Mulhare Benson Fong Gianna Serra Helen Funai Rhys Williams
secret agent spy assassin mad scientist love interest cool outlandish washington, d.c. marseilles, france rome island secret headquarters submarine espionage international conspiracy world domination loyalty adventure pursuit mystery
When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.
Fantasy
USA
1991
93 Minutes
Brian Wimmer Peter Berg Marcia Gay Harden Colleen Flynn Kyle Secor Michael Beach Peter Gallagher Cassy Friel Ross Malinger Steven Schwartz-Hartley John Prosky
fugitive brother-in-law land developer mad scientist wife daughter endearing quirky new mexico los angeles family home uncontrollable experiment cryogenics culture shock friendship adventure pursuit transformation 1990s
Two young men evading the police for a crime they didn't commit are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).
Horror
France
1972
85 Minutes
Paul Naschy Perla Cristal Verónica Luján Michael Rivers Mark Stevens Diana José Marco Francisco Almoros
professor werewolf mad scientist scientist cheater dark creepy frightful offbeat suspenseful italy dungeon castle werewolves scientific experiments monsters mind control quest fall metamorphosis
Horror
UK|USA
1972
89 Minutes
Vincent Price Robert Quarry Valli Kemp Hugh Griffith John Thaw Keith Buckley Lewis Fiander Gerald Sim Milton Reid Peter Jeffrey John Cater
mad scientist assistant explorer lover inspector campy gory amusing egypt desert schemes murder resurrection exploration investigation science revenge rivalry quest 1920s
The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
Horror
USA
1932
75 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Sidney Fox Leon Waycoff Bert Roach Brandon Hurst Noble Johnson D'Arcy Corrigan Arlene Francis Herman Bing
mad scientist medical student girlfriend friend mother ape dark disturbing creepy paris carnival street river laboratory medical experiments blood transfusion abduction murder science gone awry animal attack
A mad scientist seeks to mingle human blood with that of an ape, and resorts to kidnapping women for his experiments.
Comedy
USA
1949
64 Minutes
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell Glenn Strange Alan Napier Jane Adams William Yetter
hoodlum mad scientist henchman monster storekeeper friend lighthearted madcap new york city laboratory candy store sideshow bowery psychic phenomena kidnapping experiments monsters rescue quest 1940s
When Sach eats too much sugar, he goes into a trance whereby he's able to predict the future. Slip tries to make some money off of Sach by using him as a fortune teller in a carnival, until... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
1940
71 Minutes
mad scientist doctor prisoner daughter police captain fiancé creepy dark eerie suspenseful prison laboratory house death row aging scientific experiments murder prison life euthanasia father/daughter relationship
A physician on death row for a mercy killing is allowed to experiment on a serum using a criminals' blood, but secretly tests it on himself. He gets a pardon, but finds out he's become a Jekyll-&-Hyde.
Comedy
USA
1946
68 Minutes
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Douglas Dumbrille Bobby Jordan Gabriel Dell William Benedict David Gorcey Tanis Chandler Maurice Cass
exterminator friend young man wife mad scientist doctor madcap campy school mansion graveyard secret passageway living room new york city haunted houses science gone awry friendship gangs grave robbing extermination
The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. ... See full summary »
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
UK|Canada|USA
2015
90 Minutes
Carrie-Anne Moss Xavier Samuel Danny Huston Tony Todd Mckenna Grace Adam Nagaitis Maya Erskine Carol Anne Watts
monster husband wife mad scientist scientist frankenstein frankenstein's monster engaging shocking suspenseful sad powerful los angeles science creatures humanity life monsters discovery underdog
Told from Igor's perspective, we see the troubled young assistant's dark origins, his redemptive friendship with the young medical student Viktor Von Frankenstein, and become eyewitnesses to the emergence of how Frankenstein became the man - and the legend - we know today.
Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
USA|France
2008
86 Minutes
igor mad scientist assistant friend creature shapeshifter emotional madcap hysterical laboratory palace arena kingdom science aspirations inventions monsters experiments contest quest
Animated fable about a cliché hunchbacked evil scientist's assistant who aspires to become a scientist himself, much to the displeasure of the rest of the evil science community.
Horror
Canada|USA
1989
89 Minutes
Jenny Wright Clayton Rohner Randall William Cook Steven Memel Stephanie Hodge Bruce Wagner
bookseller boyfriend mad scientist novelist character suspenseful campy frightful emotional bookstore apartment police station hotel life imitating art serial murders investigation fiction writing scientific experiments mental illness discovery
A bookshop clerk and wannabe actress starts seeing the disfigured killer from her 1950s pulp novels come to life and start killing people around her. She tries to convince her cop boyfriend, but to no avail.
Comedy
USA
1947
82 Minutes
Lucille Ball Franchot Tone Edward Everett Horton Mikhail Rasumny Gene Lockhart Nana Bryant
advertising executive wife mad scientist boss mayor hilarious melodramatic frenetic office travel agency family home baseball field work-life balance marriage battle of sexes technology honeymoon advertising transformation love
A scientist invents a formula that removes old, thinning hair and replaces it with thick, new hair. Complications ensue.
Kids & Family, Sci-Fi
USA
1978
95 Minutes
Bette Davis Christopher Lee Kim Richards Iake Eissinmann Jack Soo Anthony James Richard Bakalyan Ward Costello Christian Juttner Brad Savage Jeffrey Jacquet
mad scientist gifted child investor uncle alien campy thrilling creative witch mountain los angeles laboratory power plant superhuman abilities kidnapping telekinesis siblings rescue growing up 1970s
Tia and Tony visit Los Angeles, but he's quickly kidnapped by an evil scientist, leaving her to desperately search for him.
Sci-Fi
USA
2000
124 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Tony Goldwyn Michael Rapaport Michael Rooker Sarah Wynter Wendy Crewson Rodney Rowland Terry Crews Ken Pogue Colin Cunningham Robert Duvall
pilot clone agent mad scientist wife daughter engaging tense headquarters house death kidnapping cloning bible pursuit mystery discovery rescue 2010s
Futuristic action film about a man who meets a clone of himself and stumbles into a grand conspiracy about clones taking over the world.
Romance
USA
1992
89 Minutes
Penelope Ann Miller Tim Daly Louis Jourdan Art Malik Ian Richardson Ian McNeice Tim Bentinck Julia McCarthy Jacques Mathou
wine expert father assistant mad scientist bodyguard daughter cheeky madcap lighthearted thrilling london scotland south of france lake bedroom wine opposites attract hidden treasure theft protection
What seemed to be a simple little trip becomes an international chase, when an extremely rare bottle of wine's discovered (bottled during the appearance of the Great Comet of 1811). ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1945
71 Minutes
Boris Karloff Lon Chaney J. Carrol Naish John Carradine Anne Gwynne Peter Coe Lionel Atwill George Zucco Elena Verdugo Glenn Strange Sig Ruman
mad scientist hunchback frankenstein's monster werewolf count dracula dark creepy suspenseful europe castle laboratory vengeance scientific experiments evil monsters revenge quest 19th century
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.
Horror
USA
1945
67 Minutes
dracula wolf man mad scientist hunchback frankenstein's monster brooding eerie castle laboratory cure curse monsters vampires lycanthropy scientific experiments discovery metamorphosis quest unknown era
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.
Mystery & Thriller
Spain|UK
2006
110 Minutes
Timothy Hutton Lucía Jiménez David Kelly Gary Piquer Annette Badland
writer girlfriend beautiful woman mad scientist friend creepy tense frightening emotional thrilling mediterranean island hotel hospital life imitating art human guinea pigs suicide mind control writing traveling mystery
A sci-fi writer (Hutton) is invited to an island for a conference, only to discover that he's been lured into a trap.
Horror
USA
1939
62 Minutes
Wayne Morris Humphrey Bogart Rosemary Lane Dennis Morgan John Litel Lya Lys Huntz Hall Charles Wilson Vera Lewis Howard C. Hickman Olin Howland
news reporter actress mad scientist undertaker doctor campy creepy suspenseful united states city hotel newsroom laboratory murder science gone awry investigation reporting mystery discovery 1930s
A hotshot reporter and a young doctor team up to investigate a series of grisly murders and a mysterious sample of synthetic blood.
Horror, Comedy
Spain|USA
2003
93 Minutes
Jeffrey Combs Jason Barry Elsa Pataky Enrique Arce Simón Andreu Santiago Segura Tommy Dean Musset Bárbara Elorrieta Ángel Plana Javier Sandoval Lolo Herrero
mad scientist prison official reporter doctor cellmate warden offbeat dark thrilling amusing prison cell laboratory death reanimating the dead experiments survival science gone awry obsession discovery
After 13 years in prison, the mad scientist from Re-Animator (1985) gets a new chance to experiment with the arrival of a young prison doctor, who secretly hopes to learn to reanimate dead people. Good intentions turn to horror.
Fantasy
USA
1974
95 Minutes
Marcel Marceau Tsilla Chelton Phillippe Clay
puppeteer mad scientist young girl alcoholic sister-in-law biker eerie outlandish offbeat frightening mansion cemetery party laboratory reviving the dead medical experiments puppetry loneliness friendship control
A mute puppeteer uses a deceased scientist's invention to control dead bodies like puppets.
Western
USA
1935
59 Minutes
son mad scientist murderer sheriff beautiful woman lawyer confident outlandish rousing border town jail ranch laboratory cave bank murder investigation false accusations robbery on the run
Intent on avenging his father's murder, Roy Neal and his sidekick Rusty find themselves in the border town of Gladstone where Neal is mistakenly arrested for the robbery of a mail truck. ... See full summary »