Known for their genre-bending nature, these films often overlap into other types of movies, including horror films.
These sorts of films spantimeless sci-fi classicsto the modern day, instilling a legacy of terrifying narratives.
Johansson plays “The Female,” an alien from another world that hunts men in Scotland.
Beginning as a general survival situation, things quickly begin to spiral once night falls on the planet.
Once night falls, a legion of terrifying monsters awaken, crawling out of the planet’s dark corners.
Pitch Blackis the first movie in Vin Diesel’sThe Chronicles of Riddickseries, which was followed byThe Chronicles of RiddickandRiddick.
The 2019 dystopian thriller was released on Netflix to worldwide acclaim.
The minimalism of the story and the setting itself only add to this.
There is nowhere to escape, not for the characters in the movie and not for the viewers themselves.
Under the Skin is a sci-fi thriller directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett Johansson. Johansson plays “The Female,” an alien from another world that hunts men in Scotland. Despite receiving high praise upon release, Under the Skin was a box office bomb, only making a little over half of its budget.
However, these aliens are not the sort of intelligent lifeforms that so many science fiction movies introduce.
The imagery is uncomfortable to watch, seeming to take inspiration from leeches to scare and horrify.
Together, they have a show where Saul puts the metamorphosis of his organs on public display.
This draws the attention of a group that wants to use this metamorphosis to investigate an evolutionary disease.
It follows a pair of performance artists named Saul and Caprice who often perform surgery before an audience.
David Cronenberg made two different films titledCrimes of the Future,but the two of them are largely unrelated.
Pitch Black is the first installment in the Chronicles of Riddick franchise. Vin Diesel stars as Richard B. Riddick, a criminal with artificially enhanced eyes who helps a group of survivors fight off a race of aliens after crashing on a desert planet.
During testing, he inadvertently merges with a housefly, leading to unforeseen consequences.
In fact, the makeup is so disgusting that the film won an Academy Award for Best Makeup.
This science fiction film excels in its depiction of horror, making for an intriguing genre-bending experience.
Despite poor reviews,Pandorummakes an effort both as a horror film and as a science fiction movie.
The gore in this film is next level, holding up even decades later.
Starring Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott, the film explores themes of control and identity.
Possessoris generally well-reviewed, with the film holding a rating of 94% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The film does not beat around the bush, showing every moment of violence in brutal fashion.
The Platform is a Spanish sci-fi movie that takes place in a vertical prison where prisoners on the upper levels get the most food and those on the lower levels are left to starve. The 2019 dystopian thriller was released on Netflix to worldwide acclaim.
Written and directed by James Gunn, Slither tells the story of a small town that gets invaded by an alien mind-controlling parasite. Starring Nathan Fillion as Police Chief Bill Pardy, Elizabeth Banks as Starla Grant, and Michael Rooker as Grant Grant, the 2006 horror comedy marks James Gunn’s directorial debut.
Crimes of the Future is a horror-thriller film by director David Cronenberg that follows Saul Tenser and his partner Caprice, performers who live in a future where surgeries are performative due to the advanced evolution of the human race. Together, they have a show where Saul puts the metamorphosis of his organs on public display. This draws the attention of a group that wants to use this metamorphosis to investigate an evolutionary disease.
The Fly follows scientist Seth Brundle as he makes a groundbreaking teleportation experiment. During testing, he inadvertently merges with a housefly, leading to unforeseen consequences.
Written and directed by Christian Alvart, with help from Travis Milloy, Pandorum is a Sci-Fi and Horror film that sees a group of people feeling the Earth in an attempt to colonize an Earth-like moon, only to be attacked by a group of strange and cannibalistic entities.
Paul W. S. Anderson steps further into the world of sci-fi horror with Event Horizon, a movie set in the future following a crew of Astronauts attempting to locate a missing ship known as the Event Horizon. When the crew finds the ship floating near Neptune, the distress signal relayed is haunting, followed by the discovery what awaits the rescue team isn’t the crew of the missing ship but something far more sinister.
Possessor, directed by Brandon Cronenberg, is a 2020 science fiction horror film that follows Tasya Vos, a corporate agent who uses brain-implant technology to inhabit other people’s bodies and perform assassinations. As Vos struggles with her identity and loses control over her host, the boundaries between her own mind and her host’s begin to blur, leading to catastrophic consequences. Starring Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott, the film explores themes of control and identity.
Elisabeth Sparkle, a fading celebrity, turns to a mysterious drug that promises to restore her youth by creating a younger, more beautiful version of herself. But splitting time between her original and new body leads to horrifying consequences as her alternate self, Sue, begins to unravel her life in a disturbing body-horror descent.
