5 Underrated Space Horror Movies
The setting is important in any kind of story, but it's often so key to scary stories that the location becomes a subgenre. One of the most iconic subgenres of horror ropes science fiction into the mix to create space horror, and it's got a long rich history in film.
The seminal space horror film is unquestionably still Ridley Scott's Alien. The simple tale of a group of space-faring company workers dealing with a hostile extraterrestrial monster has been hugely influential on the genre. There are tons of fascinating space horror films that examine the nightmares, real and theoretical, that may float just beyond Earth's atmosphere.
15 Best Sci-Fi Horror Movies
This 2007 sci-fi film written by Alex Garland follows a group of engineers on a do-or-die mission to reignite the burned-out sun. It's got a solid ensemble cast and a soundtrack that has been borrowed by a ton of other big-name features. It's a simple film with a weighty atmosphere of doom about it. It starts from the position of the Earth slowly freezing to death and the mission to save the world feels like guaranteed suicide, even if they are successful. Director Danny Boyle, better known for human drama pieces like Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire, and Steve Jobs, takes a looser hand with the science to convey a more emotional story. Sunshine is grim yet beautiful, sad yet glorious, and haunting yet awe-inspiring. Though it becomes more frantic as it goes on, becoming something akin to an 80s slasher by its third act, it's a wonderful ride.
Vin Diesel is best known for his portrayal of two characters; Dominic Toretto from the Fast & Furious saga and Richard B. Riddick. This film, released in 2000, is the first and best appearance of the latter. Diesel loves the
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