If
you're a big sci-fi fan, but not a big fan of horror – or maybe you
just want something different this Halloween.... we have some scary
sci-fi movies for your Halloween night.
The
Top 20 scary Sci-fi or Sci-fi/horror movies of all time:
1
- Invaders from Mars (1986) The the ultimate Halloween scare in
alien form. Spooky aliens come down from space, and eerie things
start to happen. Directed by Tobe Hooper (TX Chainsaw Massacre)
2
– The Thing (1982) John Carpenter's scary sci-fi masterpiece is
the best sci-fi horror hybrid.
3
– The Omega Man (1971) based on the earlier “Last Man on
Earth.” Interesting sci-fi horror film about a disease turning everyone on
Earth into vampire creatures. Only our main character is left alive.
4
– Pitch Black (2000) On a planet where it's about to be night
for several days, a nocturnal swarm of creatures prey upon the crew
of a stranded spaceship.
5
– War of the Worlds (1953) The original movie is a great sci-fi
invasion movie. It's both poignant and scary, as the characters run
from the alien invaders. The remake from 2005 with Spielberg and
Tommy Cruise... eh, not so much.
6
– Alien (1979) Ridley Scott's masterpiece. A crew investigate
a derelict ship and find an alien spceies on board.
7
– The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) for a different kind of
Halloween treat, experience the musical homage to all science fiction
double features.
8
– Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956 and 1978
9
- The Mist (2007) Based on the Stephen King novel, a window to
another world lets creatures loose on a small town in Maine.
10
– Predator (1987) An alien hunter comes to Earth to hunt human
soldiers.
11
– Mimic (1997) Creepy film about a creatures which can disguise
itself and live among humans.
12
– The Fly (1986) A scientist's invention accidentally turns
him into part-fly.
13
– The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) It's alive!
14
– Cloverfield (2008) A giant alien creature terrorizes a city,
and our protagonists try to escape. Shot in a “real” camera point
of view. A selfie movie, as such.
15
– Scanners (1981) A group of renegade telepaths use their
powers for evil.
16
– They Live (1988) A man discovers that aliens are already
walking among us.
17
– Event Horizon (1997) Evil resides on an abandoned spaceship
that a crew is sent to investigate/
18
– Cube (1997) Strangers awake inside a cube room and try to get
out. Compelling and under-appreciated movie.
19
– The Faculty (1998) Alien
teachers … scary hormone-driven teenagers. What could go wrong?
20
– Pandorum (2009) A crew
awakes in a spaceship without any memory of how they got there. And
then they find out they might not be alone.
See Also:
- Top50 Sci-fi Movies of All Time
- Top 20 Horror Movies of All Time
- 40 Best Big Bug Movies: Killer Insects
Honorable
Mention:
“Apollo
18” (2011) not great, but not bad.
“Videodrone”
(1983) Bad things happen on one TV channel.
“The
X-Files” (1998) based on the long-running TV series.
“Halloween
III”(1982) might qualify here, as it has sci-fi roots within it. A
scientist wants to kill all the kids on Halloween night, using a device
stored in every Halloween mask.
So
there you have it, the scariest sci-fi flicks we could find. Go have
a Happy alien inter-stellar Halloween!
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