After a storm, a mysterious mist covers the town. The story is set in a small Maine coastal town. The Mist (2007) Source: įrank Darabont’s sci-fi horror is an adaptation of Stephen King novella. The film, despite its shaky camera techniques, manages to scare us deeply by showing us little glimpses at the beasts.Ģ2. Cloverfield It is susceptible to the usual weaknesses of the Found footage stories. The alien invasion and the disastrous biological weapon experiment are all possible explanations. The question of the monster’s origins remains ambiguous, although a lot of theories were offered. Rob and his friends flee the terrorizing city to safety. A decapitated Statue Of Liberty head is then thrown onto the streets.
The street is shaken by a loud explosion. His friend Hud Videotaping all of the events at the celebrations. Young yuppie Rob Hawkins Before heading to Japan, he was in town.
The film opens with a party at a Manhattan apartment. Critics saw the horror/sci-fi action/horror as a resemblance to the terror and paranoia that followed the attacks of September 11. Matt Reeves’ Cloverfield is considered a Godzilla Movie for YouTube-era. This film, which uses flashes grotesque violence as well as other disturbing elements, engages with our dark fascination with the unknown.Ģ3. However, this has opened the door to something even worse. Crew discovers that the ship used space wormholes to travel through space. The lost spaceship appears out of nowhere in Neptune’s orbit. The narrative takes place in the future when a deep space vessel is sent into deep space to investigate the mystery surrounding the Event Horizon. It also contains chilling images of horror. Despite its unoriginality, it had an amazing cast - Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neil, and Laurence Fishburne are included. Moreover, it’s an unapologetically derivative sci-fi horror whose influences range from Alien, The Shining And Hellraiser. It doesn’t attempt to prove its black hole theories in any plausible way.
Anderson’s critically panned box-office flop actually efficiently amalgamated the sci-fi and horror genres. The film is entertaining and serves as an allegory about class structures, human greed and oligarchic capital.Ģ4. There’s not much sci-fi here apart from the Orwellian dystopian set-up. We don’t know the purpose behind such a gruesome experiment or who’s behind it. Similar to Cube, The Platform Keeps us in a dark place. This prison has a floating table that holds a lot of food and descends floor by flooring. The hole is large enough to cause vertigo if you look through it. Each cell holds two prisoners and there’s a hole at the center from top to bottom. The film is set inside a dystopian prison with hundreds upon floors. It also reminds us of Denis Villeneuve’s imaginative short Next Floor (2008). Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s The Platform It shares its plot points Cube (1997) and Bong Joon-ho’s post-apocalyptic action/thriller Snowpiercer (2013). Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).Ģ5. Here are some of my favorite sci-fi horror movies. This is mainly because I see zombies as a pure horror element, despite any mention of viruses in these films. I’m steering clear of zombie outbreak films for the list. The stories that are told in sci-fi horror often reveal the real fears of humans and the terrifying, unknown nature of the cosmos. Sometimes, dark narratives can seem too far-fetched and silly. This includes the human race’s search for extraterrestrial life and scientists’ no-holds-barred research on biological weapons. It also focuses its dark perceptions on other human curiosities. HAL in Stanley Kubrick’s landmark sci-fi 2001: A Space Odyssey One classic example is the movie “The Shining” Sci-fi horror is not limited to the idea of sinister technology. This could lead to havoc for the human race. Its motifs, such as AI and high tech robots, are susceptible to going rogue. Science fiction narratives have a dark side. The fusion of sci-fi with horror can shed light on the darker side of humanity and the universe, from fear of disease and death to fear of the unknown and fear of technology. Similarly, science-fiction doesn’t have to be scary as it can rather inculcate a sense of wonder. There are supernatural elements in horror that go beyond science explanation.
The perfect combination of horror and science fiction sounds amazing. These are the greatest sci-fi horror movies, from Alien (1979), through The Platform (2019),