Movies Like The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962)

The Awful Dr. Orlof is a 1962 horror, thriller film from Jesús Franco with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Dr. Orloff's Monster and The Diabolical Dr. Z.

Horror Thriller

Dr. Orloff's Monster

1964

A mad scientist creates a hideous monster to carry out his murderous plans...

4.4

MagicScore

The Diabolical Dr. Z

1966

A woman seeks to avenge her father's death using a local dancer, with long poisonous fingernails, to do her bidding.

5.5

MagicScore

Faceless

1988

A detective investigating a missing model in Paris uncovers a plastic surgeon’s horrifying secret involving kidnapped women, blood, and organs.

5.7

MagicScore

Red Dragon

2002

Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.

7.0

MagicScore

The Laplace's Demon

2019

A glass in free fall. Have you ever thought if it is possible to calculate into how many pieces it can break into? After numerous experiments, a team of researchers succeeds in doing just this apparently impossible task. Attracted to their experiment, a mysterious professor invites the scientists in his isolated mansion to know more about their studies. However, when they arrive, they are not greeted by their host but they are faced with a strange model of the mansion, in which some absolutely normal but incredible actions are acted. The researchers will soon understand to be involved in a new experiment in which they'll have to play a very different role than usual: that of the glass in free fall.

6.5

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Who Saw Her Die?

1972

Between a four-year gap in the murder of a young girl, the daughter of a well-known sculptor is discovered dead, and her parents conduct an investigation, only to discover they are in over their heads as the body-count keeps rising.

6.4

MagicScore

Anguish

1987

An ophthalmologist's assistant with an unhealthy interest in human eyeballs goes on a killing spree to collect eyeballs for his overbearing mother's collection. Reality soon takes a bizarre turn, both for the characters and the audience.

6.3

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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

1971

In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of the Swiss Ambassador's limousine. The Ambassador, his family and employees all become immediate suspects. Faced with the problem of diplomatic immunity, the police officer in charge of the case brings in John Norton, an ex-Inspector known for his brutal methods, to carry out an "unoffical" investigation. While Norton develops a relationship with the Ambassdor's attractive daughter, several more gruesome murders occur...

5.2

MagicScore

Patrick

2013

Patrick lays comatose in a small private hospital, his only action being his involuntary spitting. When a pretty young nurse, just separated from her husband, begins work at the hospital, she senses that Patrick is communicating with her, and he seems to be using his psychic powers to manipulate events in her life.

5.0

MagicScore

#10

Capture Kill Release

2016

A couple plots to murder a random stranger just for the thrill of it, but things turn ugly when one of them decides not to go through with it.

4.5

MagicScore

#11

Pi

1998

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

Death Note: The Last Name

2006

In the second installment of the Death Note film franchise, Light Yagami meets a second Kira and faithful follower Misa Amane and her Shinigami named Rem. Light attempts to defeat L along with Teru Mikami (a Kira follower) and Kiyomi Takada (another Kira follower) but in the end will Light win? or will a Shinigami named Ryuk make all the difference in Light's victory or his ultimate death?

7.1

MagicScore

#13

Death Note

2006

Light Yagami finds the "Death Note," a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to create a Utopia by killing the world's criminals, and soon the world's greatest detective, "L," is hired to find the mysterious murderer. An all out battle between the two greatest minds on earth begins and the winner will control the world.

7.1

MagicScore

#14

Silent Hill

2006

Rose, a desperate mother, takes her adopted daughter, Sharon, to the town of Silent Hill in an attempt to cure her of her ailment. After a violent car crash, Sharon disappears, and Rose embarks on a horrific journey to get her back and begins to uncover the truth behind the apocalyptic disaster that burned the town 30 years earlier.

6.6

MagicScore

#15

Return to Horror Hotel

2019

Return to Horror Hotel is an anthology feature with 4 segments. One is about giant a bedbugs, one is about a magical charm that turns girls beautiful, one is about a WWII sailor who hasn't aged and one is about a terrorizing severed hand.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

The 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.

6.4

MagicScore

#17

The Nightmare

2015

After a massive party one evening, 17-year-old Tina begins experiencing nightmares in which she is haunted by an unusual creature.

6.4

MagicScore

#18

Assault! Jack the Ripper

1976

Two restaurant employees begin a sexual killing spree after they accidentally kill a hitch hiker and find that murder and mutilation is their mutual aphrodisiac.

6.2

MagicScore

#19

Full Circle

1978

After the death of her daughter, wealthy housewife Julia Lofting abruptly leaves her husband and moves into an old Victorian home in London to re-start her life. All seems well until she is haunted by the sadness of losing her own child and the ghosts of other children.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

Flesh for Frankenstein

1973

Within the decadent walls of the Frankenstein mansion, the Baron and his depraved assistant Otto have discovered the means of creating new life. As the Baron's laboratory begins to fill up with stitched body parts, the Baroness dallies with the randy new manservant and soon the decadent, permissive household is consumed by an outrageous, bizarre and hilarious combination of death and dismemberment.

5.7

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Awful Dr. Orlof?

The top films similar to The Awful Dr. Orlof by MovieMagicScore are Dr. Orloff's Monster (4.4), The Diabolical Dr. Z (5.5), Faceless (5.7). Each shares horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Awful Dr. Orlof worth watching?

The Awful Dr. Orlof holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 43 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Awful Dr. Orlof?

The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962) is a horror, thriller film directed by Jesús Franco, starring Conrado San Martín, Diana Lorys, Howard Vernon.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Awful Dr. Orlof?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like The Awful Dr. Orlof

This ranked list pairs The Awful Dr. Orlof (1962), a horror and thriller film from Jesús Franco, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Conrado San Martín take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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