The Greatest Sci-Fi Horror Movie Monsters

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Science fiction and horror have made for perfectly matched bedfellows in the sci-fi horror hybrid genre. From Alien to The Thing, sci-fi horror movies exhibit both the thought-provoking themes and speculative conceptual storytelling of science fiction and the abject terror and taut suspense of a horror film. This genre is full of unforgettable movie monsters, like the eponymous Predators in the Predator franchise, the aliens that see with their ears in A Quiet Place, and all the Lovecraftian beasts that emerge from the titular haze in The Mist. The most memorable ones, like Brundlefly, Jean Jacket, and the xenomorph, are both as scary as anything in a straightforward horror film and as imaginative and provocative as anything in a straightforward sci-fi film.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is considered to be the first true science fiction story ever written, and its poignant parable of a deranged scientific genius learning the dangers of playing God the hard way has been adapted in many different ways. From Jurassic Park to Avengers: Age of Ultron, various incarnations of the Frankenstein story can be seen all over pop culture. Body horror pioneer David Cronenberg’s take on the Frankenstein story, The Fly, sees Dr. Seth Brundle’s DNA merged with that of a housefly that gets into the machine during his experiments with teleportation.

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“Brundlefly” (a portmanteau of “Dr. Brundle” and “fly”) is a quintessential sympathetic monster. He’s a hideous supernatural beast of his own creation who just wants to be loved. Jeff Goldblum was the perfect casting choice for this role, because he has the eccentricity to convincingly play a man who’s half-fly, but he also has the dramatic chops