Not Just ‘Alien’: Top 5 Horror and Sci-Fi Movies
Are there any movies that can compare to Alien? Below you can find a short video with an editorial ranking of the best horror and sci-fi movies:
What is “something” about?
Winter, 1982. A Norwegian research team discovers in Antarctica a creature frozen for a hundred thousand years that could resemble any living creature. It ends up on an American base, where it begins to wreak havoc and terror. A group of scientists led by McCready come to the conclusion that “something” cannot escape this place, because humanity’s days will be numbered. But how do you fight when you don’t know exactly where the enemy is?
What is the topic of “Video Drum”?
Cable operator Max Ren discovers a pirate channel that shows horrific films. Their protagonists are people who are actually being brutally tortured. Wanting to use this type of recordings on his station, he begins to search for the sender of the illegal program. At the same time, he discovers that people who watched the pirate station suffer from hallucinations and an incurable brain disease.
What is the theme of “Re-Animator”?
“Re-Animator” is an adaptation of a short story by H.P. Lovecraft. Its protagonist is Herbert West (Jeffrey Combs), a medical student who moves from Switzerland to the United States on a scholarship. He unexpectedly befriends Dan Cain (Bruce Abbott), an ambitious doctor who can’t cope with the deaths of his patients. West convinces him that a serum he has developed can bring the dead back to the world of the living, it just takes a little fine-tuning. Unfortunately, their experiment quickly spirals out of control.
What is the “cube” about?
Six ordinary people who don’t know each other wake up one day, not in their homes, but in a surreal prison – a maze of interconnected cubic rooms rigged with deadly traps that seemingly have no exit. A policeman. A professional thief. A brilliant math student. A psychologist. An autistic man. A somewhat random, even perverted group of people. None of them knows how or why they were imprisoned, but it soon becomes clear that each of the six prisoners has skills that could help them escape.
What is the topic of “Under the Skin”?
A mysterious brunette (Scarlett Johansson) roams the roads of Scotland, stalking lone male hikers. After luring an attractive woman, the passengers are drugged and taken to a secluded farmhouse, where a shocking and cruel fate awaits them…
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