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
Annihilation
›R2018 · Science Fiction, Horror · 115m · Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez
A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.
Cloverfield
›PG-132008 · Action, Thriller, Science Fiction · 85m · Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller
Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.
Nope
›R2022 · Horror, Science Fiction · 130m · Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
Soylent Green
›PG1973 · Science Fiction, Crime, Mystery · 97m · Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors
In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.
Creature from the Black Lagoon
›G1954 · Adventure, Horror, Science Fiction · 79m · Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning
When scientists exploring the Amazon River stumble on a “missing link” connecting humans and fish, they plan to capture it for later study. But the Creature has plans of his own, and has set his sights on the lead scientist's beautiful fiancée, Kay.
The Hidden
›R1987 · Action, Science Fiction, Horror · 97m · Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Nouri, Ed O'Ross
When average, law-abiding citizens suddenly turn to a life of hedonistic behavior and violent crime, Detective Tom Beck is tasked with helping young FBI agent Lloyd Gallagher determine the cause.
The Curse of Frankenstein
›NR1957 · Horror, Science Fiction · 83m · Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart
Baron Victor Frankenstein has discovered life's secret and unleashed a blood-curdling chain of events resulting from his creation: a cursed creature with a horrid face — and a tendency to kill.
The Quatermass Xperiment
›1955 · Science Fiction, Horror · 82m · Brian Donlevy, Richard Wordsworth, David King-Wood
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is lost from radar before roaring back to Earth and crashing in a farmer's field. The rocket is found to contain only one of the three men who took off in it; and he is unable to talk but appears to be undergoing a torturous physical and mental metamorphosis.
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
›1953 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 80m · Paul Hubschmid, Paula Raymond, Cecil Kellaway
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City.
Quatermass 2
›1957 · Science Fiction, Horror · 85m · Brian Donlevy, John Longden, William Franklyn
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Frankenstein: The True Story
›1974 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 186m · James Mason, Leonard Whiting, David McCallum
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
World War Z
›PG-132013 · Action, Horror, Science Fiction · 116m · Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.
28 Weeks Later
›R2007 · Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction · 99m · Robert Carlyle, Rose Byrne, Jeremy Renner
Twenty-eight weeks after the spread of a deadly rage virus, the inhabitants of the British Isles have lost their battle against the onslaught, as the virus has killed everyone there. Six months later, a group of Americans dare to set foot on the Isles, convinced the danger has passed. But it soon becomes all too clear that the scourge continues to live, waiting to pounce on its next victims.
Cube
›R1998 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery · 90m · Nicole De Boer, Nicky Guadagni, Maurice Dean Wint
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.
The Long Walk
›R2025 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 108m · Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Ben Wang
In a dystopian 1970s America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.
The Brood
›R1979 · Horror, Science Fiction · 92m · Oliver Reed, Samantha Eggar, Art Hindle
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
Altered States
›R1980 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 103m · William Hurt, Blair Brown, Bob Balaban
A research scientist explores the boundaries and frontiers of human consciousness. Using sensory deprivation and hallucinogenic mixtures from Native American shamans, he explores these altered states of cognizance and finds that memory, time, and reality itself are states of mind.
The Last Man on Earth
›1964 · Science Fiction, Drama, Horror · 87m · Vincent Price, Franca Bettoia, Emma Danieli
When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, the last man on earth becomes a reluctant vampire hunter.
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes
›NR1963 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 79m · Ray Milland, Diana Van der Vlis, Harold J. Stone
A doctor uses special eye drops to give himself x-ray vision, but the new power has disastrous consequences.
Black Friday
›1940 · Science Fiction, Crime, Horror · 70m · Stanley Ridges, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.
In Vitro
›R2025 · Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller · 88m · Talia Zucker, Ashley Zukerman, Daniel Ciurte
On an isolated cattle farm, a couple experimenting with biotechnology have their lives upended when they discover a disturbing presence on their property.
Jurassic World
›PG-132015 · Adventure, Science Fiction, Thriller · 124m · Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Irrfan Khan
Twenty-two years after the events of Jurassic Park, Isla Nublar now features a fully functioning dinosaur theme park, Jurassic World, as originally envisioned by John Hammond.
Signs
›PG-132002 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror · 106m · Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Pitch Black
›R2000 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Action · 108m · Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser
When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.