IfM3GAN 2.0is anything like the original film, that means it’s going to be a unique combination of science fiction, horror, and even comedy. That movie turned the original into a phenomenon, and if you likedMegan 2.0just as much, we’ve got the perfect list for you.
We’ve pulled together seven excellent films that combine science fiction and horror. These movies range from classics to more recent ones you might not have heard of. Regardless of what you’re looking for, you’re likely to find it here.
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Alien (1979)
One of the definitive sci-fi horror movies,Alienleans into all the elements of a conventional slasher movie and happens to be a great version of that. What makes the movie really sing, though, is its distinctly sci-fi production design, as well as the secrets the movie has up its sleeve.
Whether you’ve seenAlien30 times or this would be your first watch, it’s the kind of movie you can watch over and over again without ever getting tired of it. Tense, filled with great actors, and featuring some of the best creature design in the history of film,Alienspawned a franchise for a reason.
You can watchAlienon Hulu.
The Thing (1982)
Although it wasn’t universally beloved upon its release,The Thinghas become a classic in the decades since, and with good reason. The movie tells the story of a group of arctic scientists who find themselves face-to-face with an alien lifeform that can assume the likeness of any creature it kills.
As they slowly come to realize that they can no longer believe their eyes, the scientists have to figure out a way to root out the alien life form before it turns them all against one another. Featuring some of the best direction ofJohn Carpenter’s career,The Thingis every bit as tense as any horror movie ever made.
You can watchThe Thingon Amazon Prime Video.
The Host (2006)
More than a decade before Bong Joon-ho madeParasiteand rocketed to international acclaim,The Hostwas proving that Bong knows exactly how to make great, genre-busting movies. The film follows a street vendor who works to rescue his daughter after she is kidnapped by a monster that emerges from the Han River after military waste was dropped into the river.
Both an ecological thriller and something even stranger,The Hostis a movie that is both focused on the one family’s journey and on the broader system that might allow a creature like this to exist in the first place.
You can watchThe Hoston Max.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
Although this isn’t the firstInvasion of the Body Snatchers, it’s almost undoubtedly the best. The film tells the story of a group of people in San Francisco who slowly begin to suspect that everyone around them is being replaced by mindless automatons.
Although the movie’s story began as a metaphor for communism, it still works even decades later. The movie’s ending, one of the more unsettling in the history of movies, is just as tense as the rest of the affair, in which the group is slowly winnowed away as they fight to save their very souls from mindless autonomy.
You can watchInvasion of the Body Snatcherson Max.
Annihilation (2018)
Perhaps the strangest film on this list,Annihilationtells the story of a group of scientists who are recruited to investigate a mysterious biozone known as the Shimmer. As they venture into its depths, they discover the way it has transformed the biology of everything living there.
The group learns more about why each of them decided to make such a perilous journey in the first place. The third act ofAnnihilationis hard to interpret on a purely plot level, but the movie works nonetheless because it has so carefully calibrated the emotional journeys of each of its central characters.
You can watchAnnihilationon Paramount Plus.
No One Will Save You (2023)
A more recent addition to this list,No One Will Save Youfollows a young woman living in isolation in a small town. When an alien invasion descends, she finds herself fighting for her own survival. The central gimmick ofNo One Will Save Youis that the film is almost entirely wordless, which means that it relies heavily on the performance ofKaitlyn Dever, who is more than up to the task.
As we learn more about the reasons she’s living in isolation, we come to appreciate both the guilt she carries with her and why she ultimately forms something of a unique relationship with the alien invaders.
You can watchNo One Will Save Youon Hulu.
Ready Or Not (2019)
One of the great thrillers of the past 10 years,Ready or Nottells the story of a young woman who marries into a wealthy family, only to discover that they have a ritual in which they play a board game every time someone joins the family.
If that game is ready or not, then they play it to the death. As she finds herself fighting for her own life against a family determined to hunt her down, she begins to realize that marrying rich might not be all it’s cracked up to be.Ready or Notis funny, scary, and every bit as gory as you might hope it’d be.
you may watchReady or Noton Hulu.
