Sentences with phrase «horror of the alien»

Unlike Prometheus, on which Scott tried and failed to combine the idealism of space exploration with the pessimistic horror of the Alien films, The Martian keeps the plot simple and the emphasis on the feel - good — and is all the better for it.

Anthony faces the horrors of Aliens: Colonial Marines but also, for the first time, ventures into the world of the Wii U. Ari leads armies to victory in Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Plunging into familiar and new environments from the iconic film franchise, players will have to fight the fear and face the true horrors of the ALIENS universe.

Not exact matches

An alleged prequel to the sci - fi / horror / thriller classic Alien (1979), the director Scott was always hesitant to speak of it in such prequel terms, and instead spoke of it in larger and vaguer terms — and....

One of the things that makes The Exorcist different than some of the other recently popular shows in the horror genre (like The X-Files, The Walking Dead, True Blood, etc.) is that it isn't based on supernatural lore, sci - fi, ghosts or aliens.

While the religious or the ecclesiastical Christian has increasingly become incapable of speaking about damnation, the radical Christian, who has been willing to confront the totally alien form of God which has been manifest in our time, has known the horror of Satan and Hell, and can all too readily speak the language of guilt and damnation.

We have all heard of the concept used in horror films of aliens invading our bodies and minds, such as in movies like Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Welcome to the world of Exoplanetary Horror, a rundown of the scariest alien worlds likely to frighten even Captain Jean - Luc Picard back into his shuttlecraft.

In the cult sci - fi horror flick Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black, anti-hero convict Riddick (Vin Diesel) crashes onto a rather unsettling alien planet infested with horrific flying bat - like creatures hell - bent on eating Riddick and the rest of the surviving crew.

John Krasinski directs a spooky stunt of a horror film about alien beasties who will only attack you if you make a sound.

John Krasinski directs a spooky stunt of a horror film about alien beasties who will only attack you if you make a sound.

The first of these movies remains one of the great sci - fi horror achievements of the modern cinema, but its sequel, «Aliens,» is that rare instance where a follow - up deviates from the formula and finds an effective rhythm in propelling the story

A tale of horror and suspense cut from the same jump - scare cloth as «Alien,» with a dash of «Arrival» thrown in — with its subtext of a woman mourning an unspoken loss — «Annihilation» initially exudes a form of magnetism every bit as somber and determined as Portman's tersely self - possessed protagonist.

Annihilation follows the familiar form of science fiction horror found in films from Alien to The Cloverfield Paradox, with a cast of characters in isolation, slowly being picked off by a force they don't understand.

To anyone new to Stranger Things Imagine ET, Aliens, The Goonies, The Thing, IT and many other 80's -90's Science Fiction / Horror films books mixed together that was infused of so many pop culture references from the same time that they become hard to keep track of at times well THAT is pretty much Stranger Things in a Nutshell!

Dumbest movie ever.EPIC FAIL would be just perfect to describe the nature of the movie.Pathetic mixture of horror and sci - fi genre.Location was excellent for a horror movie but all they could do is take out zombies and weird faced aliens and

Aliens Versus Predator offers a good mix of tension, horror and stealth, which fans of the series will definitely appreciate.

It's not as action - packed as «Predator» (it's actually more comparable to «Prometheus» and «Alien: Covenant»), nor as incomprehensible as «Under the Skin» (with which it shares a number of similarities), nor as aloof as «Arrival,» but it's one of those rare drama / horror hybrids that hopes to encourage audiences to think — at the same time that they're cowering.

Despite a narrative structure that counteracts many of the horror elements, and an alien world that won't play by its own rules, «Annihilation» still presents noteworthy production design, eerily escalating tension, and intriguing science - fiction notions that all but demand post-viewing discussion.

Next to James Cameron's ALIENS, John McTiernan «s 1987 classic action - horror combo PREDATOR is one of my all - time favorite films.

By Scott Mendelson HollywoodNews.com: Yes, this looks pretty entertaining, it's well - cast, and yes there are moments that suggest a pretty large scale, but at the end of the day, it still looks like an Alien - type horror film.

October seems like the better month for a horror / sci - fi movie to come out and puting Alien: Covenent in the summer could add competition and take away the best month for any form of scary movie.

Ripley holds her own against the Marines, and I think what it lacks in horror it makes up for with the amount of aliens present in this movie.

This is meant to be a sci - fi horror but the nasty aliens are of the least scary variety.

Next year sees the release of Prometheus, an outer space adventure loosely connected to his 1979 sci - fi horror hit Alien.

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There are many reasons why The Thing is considered a top - tier horror movie, but the fact that any one of the stellar character actors featured in the film could actually be the titular shape - shifting alien creature is definitely one of them.

It ranks with The Thing and Alien as one of the best sci - fi / body horror mashups of all time.

There's some business about alternate dimensions (or, more precisely, alternate universes), some Alien - style body horror, bits of metal and flesh that take on lives of their own, even the occasional hint of time travel.

The next important note is that this movie is not at all «scary» in the way we think of Aliens or other sci - fi horror movies.

We are only two days away from the official release of Netflix's Bright, a cop action - thriller horror film starring Will Smith (I Am Legend), Joel Edgerton (The Gift), and Noomi Rapace (Alien: Covenant, Prometheus).

It may take place in the suburbs, but with a genre like horror and a title like Dark Skies, it's a safe bet that the aliens of Stewart's movie aren't exactly E.T.'s buddies.

I had lost hope for original studio horror masterpieces on the level of The Exorcist, Alien and a few others, but in following its own unique path, A Quiet Place is one for the ages.

Ridley Scott married haunted house tropes with SciFi creature feature scares to create maybe the greatest alien horror of all time.

Gears has flirted with the horror genre since the beginning, with its penchant for horrific visuals and a cast of bad guys that are more monsters than aliens.

The team of scientists becomes stranded on an Alien world, and as they struggle to survive it becomes clear that the horrors they experience are not just a threat to themselves, but to all of mankind.

The latest Battle: Los Angeles trailer focuses on the action and horror as we get up close and personal during the intense and action - heavy beginning of the alien onslaught.

Alien: Covenant reaches for an uncertain mix of grandiosity / philosophy and horror, and, like the self - aggrandizing Prometheus before it, the film attempts to over-intellectualize itself.

Strange Invaders (Twilight Time, Blu - ray)-- Part offbeat horror film, part UFO conspiracy, and part tribute to 1950s alien invasion pictures, this good - natured comic sci - fi film stars Paul Le Mat as a college professor who goes in search of his ex-wife and finds a time - warped town that shouldn't exist populated by bug - eyed monsters that shoot lasers.

Pretty quickly, the film turns into a horror show, with the airborne, microscopic spores from a plant on the planet serving as the way those killer aliens end up in their human hosts (Scott offers a microscope - level shot of the infection entering a crewmember's body through his ear canal, which is simultaneously frightening and deviously amusing).

Though it retains the horror elements of the first film, Cameron's quasi-war flick builds on that with some excellent action sequences and the introduction of an even cooler villain with the Alien Queen.

A riotous hybrid of alien mayhem and cabin - in - the - woods horror, this movie has a playful tone that makes it thoroughly entertaining.

Scott seems to be taking the franchise back to the horror of the original Alien film and looks to bridge the gap between Prometheus and 1979's Alien.

Building upon the success of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci - fi horror classic, «Aliens» is everything that a great sequel should be: it's bigger, different and expands the mythology in exciting new ways.

Alien is revered as one of the greatest horror films of all time, as well as one of the greatest films set in space, so what happens when the director of the film that originated the franchise returns to it to provide us back - story about one of the biggest monster movie icons more than three decades after the fact?

Both Prometheus and Alien: Covenant act as prequels to the originator of space horror, but they also operate on a clear axis of analyzing the notion of creation, both from a religious and artistic perspective.

The Darkest Hour (PG - 13 for profanity and violence) Sci - fi horror flick about the struggle to survive of a quintet (Olivia Thirlby, Emile Hirsch, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman and Max Minghella) stranded in Moscow during an invasion of Earth by aliens in need of a power supply.

One of the most memorable films of 2014, Jonathan Glazer's bold and extraordinary horror film is set in the rougher suburbs of Glasgow and stars Scarlett Johansson as a beautiful woman who's really a flesh - eating alien.

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