Sci-Fi Horror Movie Reviews
Looking for a new Sci-Fi horror movie to watch, but don't want to waste your time sitting through a movie you'll hate? You're in luck! We built AllHorror specifically to help you find the horror movies you're most likely to love. Check out our spoiler-free "Worth Watching" reviews below. All reviews are short and written to give you an idea of what kind of Sci-Fi movie it is and what other Sci-Fi movies it's similar to, just so you know what to expect. And nearly all Sci-Fi movie reviews include videos from other reviewers, so you get multiple opinions from the horror community.
Firestarter (2022) Review
It's about a mother, father, and daughter with supernatural abilities on the run from a shadowy government organization that wants to capture and perform experiments on them. Firestarter was directed by Keith Thomas (The Vigil) and stars R...
Next Exit (2022) Review
It's about two people who discover themselves and each other on a road trip that ends with their passage to the after-life. Next Exit was directed by Mali Elfman and stars Katie Parker (Conventional, Absentia), Rahul Kohli, Rose McIver,...
The Witch: Part 2. The Other One (2022) Review
It's about a girl who escapes a secret lab and must use her special abilities to survive waves of assassins bent on killing her. The Witch: Part 2. The Other One was directed by Park Hoon-jung and stars Shin Si-a, Park Eun-bin, Seo Eun-su...
After Blue (2022) Review
It's about a daughter and mother who must catch and bring a runaway criminal to justice on an alien planet that can only be inhabited by women. After Blue was directed by Bertrand Mandico and stars Paula Luna, Elina Löwensohn (Let The Co...
Crimes of the Future (2022) Review
It's about a future in which a man turns his routine surgeries to remove unnecessary organs his body continuously produces into an artform with the help of his partner. Crimes of the Future was directed by David Cronenberg and stars Léa Seydo...
Crabs! (2022) Review
It's about monstrous, mutated crabs that attack a coastal town on prom night. Crabs! was directed by Pierce Berolzheimer and stars Dylan Riley Snyder, Jessica Morris (American Exorcism, The 6th Friend, and Dead Man's Hand), Allie Jen...
Firestarter Ending Explained (Spoilers)
A young girl tries to understand how she mysteriously gained the power to set things on fire with her mind. Firestarter: Spoilers Below Andy and Vicky are struggling to provide their daughter, Charlie, with a regular childhood, but it is ha...
Friend of the World (2022) Review
It's about after a catastrophic war, an eccentric general guides a filmmaker through a ravaged bunker. Friend of the World is written and directed by Brian Patrick Butler, produced by Kerry Rossall, and stars Nick Young, Alexandra Slade, Micha...
The Faculty (1998) Review
When Casey Connor, Herrington High School's newspaper photographer, witnesses the murder of a nurse and sees her alive again, he decides to investigate the bizarre happenings. The Faculty is a 90’s teen horror film directed by Robert Rodrigu...
The Blob (1988) Review
A deadly entity from space crashes near a small town and begins consuming everyone in its path. Panic ensues as shady government scientists try to contain the horrific creature. The Blob was directed by Chuck Russell (known for A Nightmare On Elm ...
Deep Rising (1998) Review
It’s about a group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who have taken over the ship first. Deep Rising w...
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958) Review
It’s about that nagging feeling that you married an imposter from outer space. I Married a Monster from Outer Space was directed by Gene Fowler, Jr. (I Was a Teenage Werewolf and Gang War) and written by Louis Vittes (Bengazi and Monster from ...
Deus (2022) FIRST LOOK
First Look: Deus Deus is directed by Steve Stone (In Extremis) and stars Claudia Black (Queen Of The Damned and Pitch Black), Lisa Eichhorn, David O’Hara, Phil Davis (Howling V: The Rebirth) and Crystal Yu. A mysterious black sphere is d...
Doctor X (1932) Review
It’s about an unsolved series of “full moon murders,” the reporter (and the police officers) investigating them, and a research facility boss intent on proving all of his subordinates guiltless. Doctor X was directed by Michael Curtiz (The...
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Ending Explained (Spoilers)
Set in 1998, this origin story explores the secrets of the mysterious Spencer Mansion and the ill-fated Raccoon City. Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City: Spoilers Below Claire Redfield and her older brother Chris live at the Raccoon Cit...
Forbidden Planet (1956) Review
It’s about a distant planet-colony gone silent and the starship which goes to investigate. Forbidden Planet was directed by Fred M. Wilcox (Shadow in the Sky and Lassie Come Home) and stars Walter Pidgeon (The Gorilla and How Green Was My Valley...
Santo vs. the Killers from Other Worlds (1973) Review
It’s about the masked wrestler versus a criminal mind manipulating an extraterrestrial globule. Santo vs. the Killers from Other Worlds was directed by Rubén Galindo (El Pistolero Del Diablo and Pilotos de Combate). It stars Juan Gallardo (The ...
Gappa, the Triphibian Monsters (1967) Review
It’s about a native monster disturbed by the organizers of a cultural appropriation scheme. Gappa the Triphibian Monsters was directed by Haruyasu Hoguchi (Cat Girl Gamblers, Cat Girl Gamblers: Abandoned Fangs of Triumph, and Cat Girl Gamblers: ...
Gamera vs. Gyaos (1967) Review
It’s about everyone’s favorite gigantic turtle biped – in his third cinematic appearance. Gamera vs. Gyaos (its alternative title was Giant Monster Dogfight: Gamera vs. Gyaos) was directed by Noriaki Yuasa (Gamera vs. Barugon and Gamera vs. ...
The Incredible Melting Man (1977) Review
It’s about an astronaut who develops a nosebleed, becomes gelatinous, and goes nuts. The Incredible Melting Man was written and directed by William Sachs (There Is No 13 and Galaxina) and stars Alex Rebar (Number One with a Bullet and Amityville...
The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957) Review
It’s about the existential challenges of endless human diminishing – smaller…smaller … and smaller. The Incredible Shrinking Man was directed by Jack Arnold (Creature from the Black Lagoon) based on a story by Richard Matheson (I Am Legend...
It Came from Outer Space (1953) Review
It’s about the nerdy guy whom no one trusts – even when he’s right. It Came from Outer Space was directed by Jack Arnold (Tarantula, Creature from the Black Lagoon, and The Incredible Shrinking Man) and stars Richard Carlson (Tormented, The ...
X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963) Review
It’s about a medical doctor who invents some very special eye drops. X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes was produced and directed by Roger Corman (The Terror, The Raven, and The Undead) and stars Ray Milland (The Thing with Two Heads, The Attic, and The...
The Thing with Two Heads (1972) Review
It’s about grafting a racist’s head onto “a soul brother’s body!” The Thing with Two Heads was directed by Lee Frost (House on Bare Mountain). It stars Ray Milland (X: The Man with X-Ray Eyes) and Roosevelt “Rosey” Grier (famed defen...
The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) Review
It’s about a defecting Soviet rocket scientist who gets caught up in a counter-espionage shoot-out and accidentally irradiated at an atomic test site. The Beast of Yucca Flats was written, narrated, and directed by Coleman Francis (Red Zone Cuba...
Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) Review
It’s about an enormous turtle biped on the rampage – for the second time! Gamera vs. Barugon (occasionally translated as Great Monster Duel and released on U.S. television as War of the Monsters) was directed by Shigeo Tanaka (who also directe...
Gamera the Invincible (1966) Review
It’s about an enormous turtle biped on the rampage. Gamera the Invincible (originally titled Daikaijû Gamera (1965) (translation: Giant-Monster Gamera) and alternatively titled Gamera: The Giant Monster (1966) (sometimes with double-m’s –...
The Fly (1986) Review
It’s about a scientist who is turned into a human size fly while conducting an experiment with teleportation. The Fly was directed by David Cronenberg (who also directed EXistenZ, Dead Ringers, The Dead Zone and Videodrome) and stars Jeff Gold...
A Quiet Place Part II (2021) Review
It’s about the Abbott family’s continued struggle to survive amidst a post-apocalyptic world overrun by monsters with incredible hearing. It’s a sequel to ‘A Quiet Place’. Directed by John Krasinski and featuring the same cast as the fir...
A Quiet Place (2018) Review
It’s about a family struggling to stay alive in a post-apocalyptic world, overrun with blind monsters with incredible hearing. Directed by and starring John Krasinski alongside his wife Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds and Noah Jupe, ‘A Quiet P...
The Thing (2011) Review
It’s about a team of Nowergian and American researchers who have to try and survive after discovering a shape-shifting alien alive in the ice. The film is a prequel to the 1982 John Carpenter film of the same name. The Thing is a 2011 horror fil...
The Thing (1982) Review
It’s about a group of researchers being hunted and assimilated by a shapeshifting alien at a research facility in Antarctica. Few films have made as big a comeback or amassed as big a cult following as John Carpenter’s 1982 ‘The Thing’. B...
Life (2017) Review
It’s about a six-member crew in space that uncover the first evidence of life on Mars. Life is a 2017 American science fiction horror film directed by Daniel Espinosa, written by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca...
Without Warning (1980) Review
It’s about a quartet of teens, a pair of weird hermits, and some bagel-sized flying creatures that attack – wait for it – without warning! Without Warning was directed by Greydon Clark (Dracula vs. Frankenstein and Satan’s Cheerleaders) an...
F*CK, SCARE, KILL: An Autopsy of Teen Horror CHOPPING MALL
A monthly column dissecting teen horror movies. In 1986, writer/director Jim Wynorski teamed up with Julie Corman, the wife of his mentor, B-horror legend Roger Corman, for a mall killer movie that would be his second feature. Wynorski’s idea le...
In the Earth (2021) Review
As the world searches for a cure to a disastrous virus, a scientist and park scout venture deep in the forest for a routine equipment run. In the Earth was directed by Ben Wheatley (known for Kill List and A Field in England) and stars Joel Fry, ...
Troll 2 (1990) Review
A young child is terrified to discover that a planned family trip is to be haunted by vile plant-eating monsters out of his worst nightmare. Troll 2 was directed by Claudio Fragasso (Beyond Darkness and Rats) and stars Michael Stephenson, George H...
Troll (1986) Review
It's about a kid who has to save his apartment building from a bunch of vegetarian trolls. Troll was directed by John Carl Buechler (Friday the 13th part 7, Cellar Dweller, Ghoulies 3, The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde) and stars Mi...
Leprechaun 4: In Space (1996) Review
It's about the leprechaun in space trying to woo an alien princess and kill off a crazy cyborg and some space soldiers. Leprechaun 4: In Space was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (who also directed Leprechaun 3, Night Of The Demons 2 and Ou...
Possessor (2020) Review
It’s about Tasya Vos, an elite, corporate assassin, who uses brain implant technology to execute high profile targets. Possessor was directed by Brandon Cronenberg (Antiviral) and stars Andrea Riseborough (2020’s The Grudge, Mandy), Christophe...
Psycho Goreman (2021) Review
It’s about a recently revived extra-terrestrial demon and a sassy 12-year-old who keeps him on a very short leash. Psycho Goreman was directed (and written) by Steve Kostanski (who also directed The Void) and stars Nita-Josee Hanna as “Mimi”...
Pulse 3 (2008) Review
It's about a girl living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland who leaves the safety of her village to seek out a guy she met on the internet. Pulse 3 was directed by Joel Soisson (who also directed Children Of The Corn: Genesis and The Prophecy:...
Pulse 2 (2008) Review
It's about a guy and his daughter trying to trek through a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Pulse 2 was directed by Joel Soisson (who also directed Children Of The Corn: Genesis andThe Prophecy: Forsaken) and stars Jamie Bamber (from The Car: Roa...
Donnie Darko (2001) Review
It's about a mentally ill teen encouraged to go on a crime spree by Frank, his imaginary giant bunny friend. Donnie Darko was directed by Richard Kelly (who also directed The Box) and stars Jake Gyllenhaal (from Morbius and Velvet Buzzsaw), J...
The Invisible Man (2020) Review
It's about a woman whose abusive ex seemingly comes back from the dead as an invisible man. The Invisible Man was directed by Leigh Whannell (who also directed Upgrade and Insidious: Chapter 3) and stars Elisabeth Moss (from Us and The Attic...
Tremors: Shrieker Island (2020) Review
It's Tremors meets Jurassic Park. Tremors: Shrieker Island was directed by Don Michael Paul (who also directed Tremors 5: Bloodlines and Lake Placid: The Final Chapter) and stars Michael Gross (from all the Tremors including Tremors: A Cold ...
The Honeymoon Phase (2020) Review
A sci-fi thriller following a couple who pretend to be married for a research study on married couples living in isolation. The Honeymoon Phase was directed by Phillip G. Carroll Jr. and stars Chloe Carroll, Jim Schubin, Francois Chau, Tara Westwo...
Tremors 6: A Cold Day in Hell (2018) Review
It's about Graboids in Canada. Tremors 6: A Cold Day in Hell was directed by Don Michael Paul (who also directed Lake Placid: The Final Chapter) and stars Tanya Van Graan (from The Empty Man), Michael Gross (from Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell a...
Tremors 5: Bloodlines (2015) Review
It's about Graboids in Africa. Tremors 5: Bloodlines was directed by Don Michael Paul (who also directed Lake Placid: The Final Chapter) and stars : Michael Gross (from Tremors: A Cold Day In Hell and Sometimes They Come Back... Again), Jami...
Underwater (2020) Review
It's like Alien, but underwater. Underwater was directed by William Eubank and stars Kristen Stewart (from Lizzie and The Messengers), John Gallagher Jr. (from Hush and 10 Cloverfield Lane), and Mamoudou Athie (from The Circle). 7 Miles Bel...
