Though a lot of horror films occur here on Earth, there have been plenty set in outer space, successfully merging with sci-fi to explore the unknown. One of the genre's most praised writers, H.P.

From Lovecraftian nightmares to deep space psychological thrillers, these films will leave you questioning the nature of ...

John Carpenter delivered a masterclass in mixing sci-fi concepts with growing paranoia in The Thing.

This small-screen prequel to "Alien" "should not be as good as it is", said Rebecca Nicholson in the FT. Ridley Scott's 1979 classic spawned "a sprawling franchise" of sequels and spin-offs, mostly ...

Dead Space, along with so much sci-fi horror, probably wouldn't exist without Alien. Ridley Scott set the bar high, and for close to 50 years the xenomorph's first outing has informed what people want ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Dead Space creator Glen Schofield says he'd love to make an Alien game, and yes, that's capital-A ...

Matthew Mendisana is a journalist and writer with a passion for storytelling and a love for games and movies. That love carried him through college, while not letting his Autistic Spectrum hold him ...

Film Studies graduate, aspiring screenwriter and all-around nerd who, despite being a pretentious cinephile who loves ...

Jennie Richardson is a TV Features and Lists Writer for Collider, and a graduate student pursuing an MFA in Fiction Writing. In other words, she really loves stories. The latest in the Alien franchise ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As the Alien franchise heads into new territory -- both thematically and format..ily -- with the TV series Alien: Earth, we're ...