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With Guillermo del Toro's newest take on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein comes the question, just how many monster romance movies exist as of current?
Well, we listed a couple of worthy mentions — from the most monstrous creations to animated versions, here are 12 monster romance films you might not have known existed:
Swamp Thing (1982)
The 1982 Swamp Thing romance is not just a subplot; it becomes central to the story, especially considering the emotional connection Alice Cable developed with the monster, Alec Holland, a human scientist who was permanently transformed into the monstrous plant-like creature.
Streaming Platforms: Amazon Prime Video
Dracula (1992)
Based on the 1897 novel by Bram Stoker, the 1992 Dracula film adaptation sticks close to the dark fantasy horror about the centuries-old vampire, Count Dracula, who travels to Victorian London to seduce Mina Murray, the reincarnation of his long-lost love.
Streaming Platforms: Netflix
Phantom of the Opera (2004)
While the Phantom of the Opera is not a monster, the disfigured musical genius still crosses the boundary between being stuck outside the human world and being obsessed with the young soprano, Christine Daaé.
Purchase or Rent: Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
An artificially-made man with scissor blades for hands is taken from his secluded mansion by a family who lives in a colorful suburban neighborhood.
There, as he explores human society and strange things he had never seen before, he falls in love with the daughter of the woman who saved him, Kim Boggs.
Streaming Platforms: Disney+, HBO Max, Hulu
Strange Magic (2015)
The Bog King, leader of the Dark Forest, despises the notion of love and seeks to destroy everything that has to do with it, especially ingredients to make love potions. However, his world began to change when he met Marianne, the feisty fairy princess he held captive on his mission.
Streaming Platforms: Disney+
Casper (1995)
While the Casper franchise is more centric to having the titular ghost regain his childhood through meeting new owners of his haunted mansion, the first movie starring Christina Ricci does end up having these two teenagers falling in love with one another.
Streaming Platforms: Netflix
The Shape of Water (2017)
Another Guillermo del Toro classic that had everyone following suit for Frankenstein, the 2017 Shape of Water is set in a 1960s government laboratory, which follows the unlikely romance that sparks between a mute janitress who rescues the captive humanoid amphibious creature hidden underground.
Streaming Platforms: Disney+
Lisa Frankenstein (2024)
This coming-of-RAGE love story about a teenager (Kathryn Newton) and her crush, who happens to be a corpse who rose from the grave (Cole Sprouse), embarks on a killing spree together to find a few missing body parts that could transform The Creature into a fully functioning human man.
Streaming Platforms: Peacock
WandaVision (2021)
WandaVision may not be a film, but at this point, MCU fans have found that the love story between Wanda Maximoff, aka Scarlet Witch, and Vision was no simple fling, after all.
If anything, the series focuses on how Wanda chose to grieve his death, the man she first met in Avengers: Age of Ultron, and ends up being the only piece of love she could ever keep with her, post-Endgame.
Streaming Platforms: Disney+
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Who could forget one of the most original roots of monster romance films? The animated Beauty and the Beast kickstarted it all, at least in our childhood.
As Belle described it, this "new" and "a bit alarming" romance may be strange, but it turned out to be a fight worth dying for (literally).
Streaming Platforms: Disney+
Nosferatu (2024)
The mysterious Count Orlok, a vampire who becomes obsessed with a young real estate agent's wife, Ellen, brings a plague to their town when he moves to Germany.
The 2024 iteration is described as an 'unauthorized' adaptation of Bram Stoker's Dracula that may include romance but delves deeper into the horrifying and supernatural elements.
Streaming Platforms: Peacock
Dracula: A Love Tale (2025)
Similar to Guillermo del Toro's latest iteration, Dracula: A Love Tale is the latest creation in the legendary vampire myth.
Unfortunately, this Love Tale has yet to come out on streaming platforms, but it will first premiere on the big screens on February 6, 2026, in the US. Stay tuned!
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