Alien/Aliens is a given for most people. I have been watching Event Horizon during the spooky season for years. What are some of your favorite books and movies with a horror/psychological thriller lean?

  • Arotrios@kbin.social
    50·
    10 months ago

    Short Stories:

    I have no mouth and I must scream - Harlan Ellison - this story was the apogee of sci-fi horror in the 70s and 80s.

    We Can Remember It for You Wholesale - Philip K. Dick’s original short story and the inspiration for Total Recall.

    Weird French Shit:

    Fantastic Planet - Animated french scifi about humans being kept as pets by giant blue aliens.

    City of Lost Children - steampunk cybercultists

    Classic Movies:

    They Live - In case you’re out of bubblegum

    Tremors - broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn’t ya?

    Scanners - Pop!

    • solstice@lemmy.world
      8·
      9 months ago

      Friggin love Tremors man, it’s redneck Dune, awesome example of a low budget movie made amazing by good writing and creativity.

    • swan_pr@lemmy.ca
      5·
      9 months ago

      Fantastic Planet is one of my all time favorite movies and I think it ages dreadfully well.

      • Arotrios@kbin.social
        3·
        9 months ago

        Agreed. I did a rewatch before I posted it to the @13thFloor and I was amazed (hadn’t seen it since I was a kid). Some of the most intriguing and beautiful surrealistic animation ever, and the story is remarkably good - generating a sort of slow clinical terror in the viewer that flows and builds beneath the bright alien landscapes.

        • swan_pr@lemmy.ca
          1·
          9 months ago

          The expressions of the humans really struck me as a kid, I could feel their terror (and anger) without really understanding the whole thing. Side-related but I’ve the 13thfloor tab opened for a few days and I haven’t explored it yet. Guess I should do that now :)

    • Illuminostro@lemmy.world
      3·
      9 months ago

      I love horror. But I think Stephen King is his best in his short stories, and in my opinion, his best is “Last Rung on the Ladder.” An absolutely heartbreaking tale of grief, and regret.

    • daneBramage@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      Not scifi but still dark and very funny - the film Wild Tales from Spain is a collection of shorts with the common theme being revenge.