Movies Like The Mad Ghoul (1943)

The Mad Ghoul is a 1943 horror, science fiction film from James P. Hogan with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Re-Animator and Creature with the Atom Brain.

Horror Science Fiction

Re-Animator

1985

Conducting clandestine experiments within the morgue at Miskatonic University, scientist Herbert West reveals to a fellow graduate student his groundbreaking work concerning the re-animation of fresh corpses.

7.0

MagicScore

Creature with the Atom Brain

1955

Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bullets which strike them. A police doctor's investigation of the deaths leads to the discovery of an army of dead criminal musclemen restored to life, remotely controlled by a vengeful former crime boss and a former Nazi scientist, from the latter's laboratory hidden in the suburbs.

5.0

MagicScore

Lady Frankenstein

1971

When Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant continue his experiments.

5.4

MagicScore

The Man with Nine Lives

1940

Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.

6.2

MagicScore

House of Dracula

1945

A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.

5.5

MagicScore

A Cold Night's Death

1973

Two scientists suspect that there is someone other than their research primates inhabiting their polar station.

6.0

MagicScore

The Head

1959

A scientist invents a serum that keeps a dog's head alive after its body dies. When the scientist dies of a heart attack, his crazed assistant cuts off his head and, using the serum, keeps the doctor's head alive and forces it to help him on an experiment to give his hunchbacked nurse assistant a new body.

4.9

MagicScore

Man-Made Monster

1941

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.

6.1

MagicScore

Blood of the Vampire

1958

A man and wife are terrorized by Mad Scientist Dr. Callistratus who was executed but has returned to life with a heart transplant. Along with his crippled assistant Carl, the 'anemic' Mad Scientist, believed to be a vampire, conducts blood deficiency research on the inmates of a prison hospital for the criminally insane to sustain his return to life.

5.7

MagicScore

#10

Young Frankenstein

1974

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a pretty lab assistant and the elderly housekeeper. Young Frankenstein believes that the work of his grandfather was delusional, but when he discovers the book where the mad doctor described his reanimation experiment, he suddenly changes his mind.

7.9

MagicScore

#11

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

2018

Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.

7.1

MagicScore

#12

Flatliners

2017

Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for a short period of time, they have a near-death experience…

5.6

MagicScore

#13

Overlord

2018

France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.

6.7

MagicScore

#14

Frankenstein

1931

Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.

7.5

MagicScore

#15

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

1957

Professor Frankenstein creates a teenager from an accident victim, who gets angry when he learns he is going to be taken apart.

5.5

MagicScore

#16

The Brain That Wouldn't Die

1962

Dr. Bill Cortner and his fiancée, Jan Compton, are driving to his lab when they get into a horrible car accident. Compton is decapitated. But Cortner is not fazed by this seemingly insurmountable hurdle. His expertise is in transplants, and he is excited to perform the first head transplant. Keeping Compton's head alive in his lab, Cortner plans the groundbreaking yet unorthodox surgery. First, however, he needs a body.

4.7

MagicScore

#17

Frankenstein '80

1972

A mad scientist creates a monster called "Mosaico," who breaks out of the laboratory to hunt down and kill beautiful women.

4.6

MagicScore

#18

The Manster

1959

An American journalist stationed in Japan is given a mysterious injection by a mad scientist, turning him into a murderous, two-headed monster.

4.4

MagicScore

#19

Victor Frankenstein

2015

Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

5.9

MagicScore

#20

Island 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.

6.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Mad Ghoul?

The top films similar to The Mad Ghoul by MovieMagicScore are Re-Animator (7.0), Creature with the Atom Brain (5.0), Lady Frankenstein (5.4). Each shares horror/science fiction themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Mad Ghoul worth watching?

The Mad Ghoul holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 34 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Mad Ghoul?

The Mad Ghoul (1943) is a horror, science fiction film directed by James P. Hogan, starring George Zucco, David Bruce, Evelyn Ankers.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Mad Ghoul?

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About movies like The Mad Ghoul

This ranked list pairs The Mad Ghoul (1943), a horror and science fiction film from James P. Hogan, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of George Zucco 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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