Sub-genre
Sci-Fi Horror
🛸 Every sci-fi horror title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
1342 titles
Scanner Cop II
›R1995 · Science Fiction, Horror, Action · 95m · Daniel Quinn, Patrick Kilpatrick, Khrystyne Haje
When other Scanners in the Los Angeles area are left drained of life, Sam is forced back into action in a desperate attempt to stop Volkin, who is determined to become the most powerful - and ruthless - of his kind.
It Conquered the World
›1956 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 71m · Lee Van Cleef, Beverly Garland, Peter Graves
An alien from Venus tries to take over the world with the help of a disillusioned human scientist, as his wife, his best friend and the friend's wife try to intervene.
Full Eclipse
›1993 · Horror, Action, TV Movie · 97m · Mario Van Peebles, Patsy Kensit, Bruce Payne
The LA police department have a special team of officers with a talent for reducing big-time crime. The team leader has an excellent track record for crime reduction in other big cities, but his methods are unconventional, and so is he - he's a werewolf.
Invasion of the Saucer Men
›1957 · Science Fiction, Comedy, Horror · 69m · Steven Terrell, Gloria Castillo, Frank Gorshin
Aliens equipped with venomous claws invade a small town, but the town's teenage population is mobilized to fight the menace.
Primal Rage
›R1988 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 92m · Patrick Lowe, Cheryl Arutt, Sarah Buxton
A scientist at a Florida university inadvertently creates a "rage virus" while performing experiments intended to restore dead brain tissue in baboons. When a journalist for the college paper breaks into the campus lab, he's bitten by one of the infected baboons; the virus soon spreads to a trio of rapists and a valley girl, all of whom go on killing sprees.
Divinity
›NR2023 · Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror · 94m · Stephen Dorff, Moisés Arias, Jason Genao
Two brothers crash into the decaying Earth to stop a capitalist from manufacturing an immortality serum, which is synthesized utilizing heinous methods and leaving an increasingly dire infertility rate in its wake.
Subject Two
›2006 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 93m · Christian Oliver, Dean Stapleton, Courtney Mace
A doctor invents a resurrection formula and tests it by killing his assistant over and over and over again.
Prey
›1977 · Horror, Science Fiction · 85m · Barry Stokes, Sally Faulkner, Glory Annen
A deadly shape-shifting alien infiltrates a country house occupied by two lesbians, and proceeds to study their behaviour for a sinister purpose.
The Manster
›1959 · Horror, Science Fiction · 73m · Peter Dyneley, Jane Hylton, Tetsu Nakamura
An American journalist stationed in Japan is given a mysterious injection by a mad scientist, turning him into a murderous, two-headed monster.
The Arbors
›2020 · Thriller, Horror, Science Fiction · 116m · Drew Matthews, Ryan Davenport, Sarah Cochrane
Set against a dreary small town, reclusive locksmith Ethan Daunes struggles to keep ties with his younger brother Shane. Ethan's life takes an unsettling turn after finding a strange small creature and forming a mysterious connection. After a string of unexplained killings, the creature's true nature is soon revealed, and Ethan finds himself at the center of panic and paranoia.
Steel and Lace
›R1991 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 94m · Clare Wren, Bruce Davison, Stacy Haiduk
After her attackers go free, Gaily Morton, the victim of a vicious assault, commits suicide. Her vengeful brother, brilliant robotics engineer and scientist, Dr. Albert Morton, decides to use his skills to enact vengeance, transplanting his sister's brain into a humanoid cyborg with bone-crushing strength and an array of built-in torture devices...
Beast of Blood
›PG1970 · Adventure, Horror · 92m · John Ashley, Celeste Yarnall, Eddie Garcia
A mad scientist creates a monster, but after its head is cut off, he keeps it alive in a serum he has invented.
Unknown Island
›1948 · Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure · 75m · Virginia Grey, Phillip Reed, Richard Denning
Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with dinosaurs...
The Monster of Piedras Blancas
›NR1959 · Science Fiction, Horror · 71m · Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, John Harmon
An old lighthouse keeper who lives with his daughter secretly keeps a prehistoric fish-man by feeding it scraps and fish. One day he misses the feeding and all hell breaks loose.
The Invasion
›PG-132007 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 99m · Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Jackson Bond
Washington, D.C. psychologist Carol Bennell and her colleague Dr. Ben Driscoll are the only two people on Earth who are aware of an epidemic running rampant through the city. They discover an alien virus aboard a crashed space shuttle that transforms anyone who comes into contact with it into unfeeling drones while they sleep. Carol realizes her son holds the key to stopping the spread of the plague and she races to find him before it is too late.
Tau
›R2018 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 97m · Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein, Gary Oldman
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.
Eight Legged Freaks
›PG-132002 · Action, Comedy, Horror · 99m · David Arquette, Kari Wührer, Doug E. Doug
The residents of a rural mining town discover that an unfortunate chemical spill has caused hundreds of little spiders to mutate overnight to the size of SUVs. It's then up to mining engineer Chris McCormack and Sheriff Sam Parker to mobilize an eclectic group of townspeople, including the Sheriff's young son, Mike, her daughter, Ashley, and paranoid radio announcer Harlan, into battle against the bloodthirsty eight-legged beasts.
Quarantine 2: Terminal
›R2011 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 86m · Mercedes Mason, Josh Cooke, Bre Blair
A plane is taken over by a mysterious virus. When the plane lands it is placed under quarantine. Now a group of survivors must band together to survive the quarantine.
Leviathan
›R1989 · Adventure, Horror, Thriller · 98m · Peter Weller, Richard Crenna, Amanda Pays
Underwater deep-sea miners encounter a Soviet wreck and bring back a dangerous cargo to their base on the ocean floor with horrifying results. The crew of the mining base must fight to survive against a genetic mutation that hunts them down one by one.
In the Earth
›R2021 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 107m · Joel Fry, Ellora Torchia, Hayley Squires
As a deadly virus ravages the world, Dr. Martin Lowery embarks on a mission to reach test site ATU327A, a research hub deep in the Arboreal Forest. The arduous journey, guided by park scout Alma, is set back by a nighttime attack that leaves the two bruised and shoeless. When they run into Zach, a man living off the grid, they gratefully accept his help. Zach’s intentions aren’t exactly what they seem, however, and a path out of the forest and into safety quickly fades as the line between myth and science blurs.
Split Second
›R1992 · Science Fiction, Action, Crime · 90m · Rutger Hauer, Kim Cattrall, Michael J. Pollard
In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since — but he soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
C.H.U.D.
›R1984 · Horror, Science Fiction · 96m · John Heard, Daniel Stern, Christopher Curry
A rash of bizarre murders in New York City seems to point to a group of grotesquely deformed vagrants living in the sewers. A courageous policeman, a photojournalist and his girlfriend, and a nutty bum, who seems to know a lot about the creatures, band together to try and determine what the creatures are and how to stop them.
Await Further Instructions
›R2018 · Horror · 91m · David Bradley, Abigail Cruttenden, Holly Weston
A dysfunctional family awake on Christmas morning to discover they’re sealed inside their house by a mysterious black substance. On television, a single line of text reads: “Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions.”
Assimilate
›PG-132019 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 93m · Andi Matichak, Cam Gigandet, Calum Worthy
Three friends making a web series about their town discover that their neighbors are being killed and replaced by creatures who are perfect copies of their victims.