12 Alternative Frankenstein Movies on Tubi in August 2024

Mary Shelley, the creator of Victor Frankenstein and his iconic monster, was born on August 30th,1797. For that reason, August 30th is officially Frankenstein Day. For us, that means it’s a perfect excuse to watch Frankenstein movies throughout the entire month!

Tubi has a good number of Frankenstein movies available to stream. From classics to modern spins on the story, there is a lot to choose from. Since Tubi has such a deep catalog, we’ve decided to highlight some of the more ridiculous, lesser-seen, or downright strange Frankenstein movies currently streaming. Read on to see Frankensteins (we’re using the name to refer to both the mad scientist and the monster in different contexts) like you’ve maybe never seen them before!

Why Watch It? Throughout the 1990s, Full Moon Features made some really good movies that have relatively high production values when considering their low budgets. Frankenstein Reborn! isn’t as good as something like Full Moon’s Subspecies, but it’s not too far away from that in terms of entertainment.

Official Description: The classic story gets a new spin when a young girl is intrigued by the secret experiments of her uncle, until she’s confronted by his creation.

Why Watch It? Though it’s far from the best of the niche category of blaxploitation horror, Blackenstein is still entertaining as a relic of 1970s exploitation cinema.

Official Description: A renowned surgeon tries to restore a Vietnam veteran’s dismembered body, but the results turn monstrous, when his patient goes on a killing spree.

Why Watch It? Dr. Hackenstein is a pretty-good low-budget comedy that is like a remake of The Brain that Wouldn’t Die (1962) combined with more overt elements of various Frankenstein movies.

Official Description: A genial but misguided scientist murders the locals for their body parts. He doesn’t do it for the thrill—he just needs to put his wife back together.

Why Watch It? Lady Frankenstein provides a serious and surprisingly good gothic-horror experience.

Official Description: After her father’s death, Tania Frankenstein returns from medical school to continue her father’s work in her own uniquely perverse style.

Why Watch It? It’s kind of a mess, but it’s a lot of messy fun for fans of cheesy 1950s monster movies.

Official Description: In this schlock movie classic, the insane grandson of Dr. Frankenstein unleashes hideous creatures on modern day Los Angeles.

Why Watch It? Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster might be the cheesiest movie in this list, and that’s saying a lot. It never really feels like a true Frankenstein movie, but it is a blast to watch.

Official Description: A Martian princess and a doctor replace the women on Mars, destroyed by atomic war, by raiding Puerto Rico while a shot down android terrorizes all.

Why Watch It? There’s a good reason why Frankenhooker is one of the more well-known Frankenstein-inspired comedies. It’s charmingly crass, stupidly funny, and especially well-made for a “bad” movie.

Official Description: A medical student sets out to recreate his decapitated fiancée by building her a new body made from parts of New York City street prostitutes.

Why Watch It? The best reasons to watch Frankenstein’s Army are for the incredible monster designs and the gore. Also, if you like found-footage movies, this is one of the more unbelievable examples of the format.

Official Description: An alternate history of World War II that finds a squad of Russian soldiers lured to a secret German laboratory to fight mechanized war monsters.

Why Watch It? Army of Frankensteins is a bad movie, but that’s the appeal. It’s made for fans of intentionally campy and dumb movies.

Official Description: A young man travels back in time, finding himself entrenched in the Civil War with an army of Frankensteins.

Why Watch It? Frankly, this movie could use more fighting between its two monsters. But, it does have a one-on-one battle between a mummy and a Frankenstein monster, so if that’s what you’re looking for, give it a watch.

Official Description: Two of the most iconic monsters of all time face off for the first time ever in this epic showdown between a cursed pharaoh and a patchwork man.

Why Watch It? Frankenstein’s Hungry Dead is for fans of no-budget cheapness, eye-rolling-comedy, and bargain-basement gore effects.

Official Description: A group on a class trip to a museum become the latest victims of an evil doctor trying to create the perfect human from the parts of previous patrons.

Why Watch It? If cheap and trashy horror with some gore and nudity is your thing, Las Vegas Frankenstein might be right for you.

Official Description: With the help of his wife and sidekick, a popular Las Vegas hypnotist inherits Mary Shelley’s journal and plans to bring the dead to life on stage.