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Each title says who it's good for, and who it isn't. Tap what you want tonight, or say no to one and why.

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  1. Aliens 1986

    Film

    Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.

    The sides of Aliens

    • Ripley goes back with the marines
    • A colony gone silent
    • A queen and a mother

    Good for you if

    • you like the scary original turned into a war film.
    • you like marines counting their ammo in a corridor.
    • you like creatures coming from the walls.

    Bad for you if

    • films from 1986 feel dated to you.
    • you can't take gore. Marines are torn apart and acid blood eats through armour.

    About: motherhood · survival · courage

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  2. The Thing 1982

    Film

    A research team in Antarctica is hunted by a shape-shifting alien that assumes the appearance of its victims.

    The sides of The Thing

    • A research station in Antarctica
    • Something that copies anyone
    • A blood test

    Good for you if

    • you like paranoia where anyone could be the monster.
    • you like practical creature effects that still shock.
    • you like an ending that leaves you unsure.

    Bad for you if

    • grotesque body horror ruins it for you.
    • films from 1982 feel dated to you.

    About: paranoia · trust · isolation

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  3. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.

    The sides of Alien: Covenant

    • A colony ship that changes course
    • A paradise planet that isn't
    • An android who has plans

    Good for you if

    • you want creatures attacking a crew.
    • you like dark, beautiful science fiction images.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the science to hold up. Here a spore from a strange plant becomes a creature inside a man in no time.
    • gory creature attacks ruin it for you.

    About: creation · survival · hubris

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  4. Prometheus 2012

    Film

    A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

    The sides of Prometheus

    • Scientists looking for our creators
    • An android with his own plans
    • A surgery you won't forget

    Good for you if

    • you like huge alien ruins and cold, beautiful images.
    • you want grand questions on a grand scale.
    • you like body horror and unsettling ideas.

    Bad for you if

    • characters making bad choices drive you mad.
    • you scare easily. Dark alien tunnels and a desperate surgery scene will stay with you.

    About: creation · faith · hubris

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  5. Life 2017

    Film

    The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life, which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

    The sides of Life

    • A cell from Mars on a space station
    • It grows
    • A crew that can't let it reach Earth

    Good for you if

    • you like a creature loose in a tight space.
    • you like a smart, fast alien.

    Bad for you if

    • crushing, gruesome deaths ruin it for you.
    • you need some hope. Life on the station turns darker by the hour.

    About: survival · curiosity · sacrifice

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  6. Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

    The sides of A Quiet Place Part II

    • The family leaves home
    • A deaf girl with a plan
    • A survivor in an old factory

    Good for you if

    • you like silence that makes every sound terrifying.
    • you like creatures that hunt by noise.

    Bad for you if

    • you like a slow build. Part II throws the family into danger from the first scene.
    • you want a story that wraps up. This one ends with more to come.

    About: family · courage · survival

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  7. Annihilation 2018

    Film

    A biologist signs up for a dangerous, secret expedition into a mysterious zone where the laws of nature don't apply.

    The sides of Annihilation

    • Five scientists entering the Shimmer
    • Nature mutating into something else
    • A bear that screams

    Good for you if

    • you like science fiction that feels like a nightmare.
    • you like rainbow-coloured, mutated landscapes.
    • you like an ending that refuses to explain itself.

    Bad for you if

    • body horror and one terrifying creature are too much for you.
    • you need momentum. The expedition moves slowly and quietly through the Shimmer.

    About: self-destruction · change · grief

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  8. A Quiet Place 2018

    Film

    A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.

    The sides of A Quiet Place

    • A family that must never make a sound
    • Creatures that hunt by noise
    • A baby on the way

    Good for you if

    • you like silence that makes every creak terrifying.
    • you want jump scares that really work.
    • you like a horror film that's really about a family.

    Bad for you if

    • children in constant danger and a family carrying grief are too much for you.
    • you need talk. Almost the whole film is silence and sign language.

    About: parenthood · silence · sacrifice

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  9. Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop off his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.

    The sides of War of the Worlds

    • A father fleeing with his kids
    • Tripods rising from the ground
    • A cellar and a probe

    Good for you if

    • you like an invasion seen from the ground, from a family's view.
    • you like terrifying destruction scenes.
    • you like a long, quiet scene hiding in a basement.

    Bad for you if

    • you want something for the kids. Here two children run from an alien invasion, terrified.
    • you need the science to hold up. The tripods were buried under our cities long before us.

    About: survival · fatherhood · fear

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  10. FROM 2022

    Series

    Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.

    The sides of FROM

    • A town you can't drive out of
    • Creatures that come out at night
    • Talismans that keep the houses safe

    Good for you if

    • you like creatures smiling at the window after dark.
    • you like piecing together why every road leads back to town.
    • you like a town where nobody is safe after sunset.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand the gore of the night attacks.
    • you need answers, and each season of FROM adds new questions.

    About: being trapped · fear · community

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  11. Predator 1987

    Film

    A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

    The sides of Predator

    • A rescue team in the jungle
    • Something invisible hunting them
    • Mud as camouflage

    Good for you if

    • you like 80s action with muscles and machine guns.
    • you like soldiers picked off one by one.
    • you like a hunter you can barely see.

    Bad for you if

    • films from 1987 feel dated to you.
    • skinned bodies and gore ruin it for you.

    About: survival · hunting · strength

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  12. Cloverfield 2008

    Film

    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.

    The sides of Cloverfield

    • A goodbye party in Manhattan
    • A monster attacks the city
    • Everything filmed on a camcorder

    Good for you if

    • you like an attack seen only from the ground.
    • you like a monster you barely see.
    • you like the Statue of Liberty's head in the street.

    Bad for you if

    • you want steady, framed images. Everything is shot on a shaking camcorder.
    • you need answers. Nobody learns what the monster is or where it came from.

    About: survival · love · chaos

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  13. Prey 2022

    Film

    When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.

    The sides of Prey

    • A young Comanche woman who wants to hunt
    • 1719 on the Great Plains
    • Something that hunts better

    Good for you if

    • you like a hunter outsmarting a stronger enemy.
    • you like a lean, tight survival film.
    • you like a hero using the land to win.

    Bad for you if

    • gory kills ruin it for you.
    • you want sharp talk. Naru's hunt on the plains plays out with very few words.

    About: courage · proving yourself · nature

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  14. Gravity 2013

    Film

    Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.

    The sides of Gravity

    • An astronaut adrift above Earth
    • Debris coming around every orbit
    • Getting home alone

    Good for you if

    • you want ninety minutes of holding your breath.
    • you want space at its most beautiful and frightening.
    • you like one person fighting to stay alive.

    Bad for you if

    • you need a story with conversations. She's mostly alone.
    • you want a plot to work out. It's one straight line from orbit to the ground.

    About: survival · grief · rebirth

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  15. The Shining 1980

    Film

    Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

    The sides of The Shining

    • An empty hotel in winter
    • A father going mad
    • A boy riding his tricycle down the halls

    Good for you if

    • you like dread that builds slowly in empty corridors.
    • you like long gliding shots behind a boy on his tricycle.
    • you like a performance that becomes truly frightening.

    Bad for you if

    • you scare easily. Some images stay for years.
    • you can't watch a family threatened by the father. Jack's drinking and rage turn on his wife and son.

    About: isolation · madness · family

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  16. Bird Box 2018

    Film

    Five years after an ominous unseen presence drives most of society to suicide, a survivor and her two children make a desperate bid to reach safety.

    The sides of Bird Box

    • A mother and two children blindfolded
    • Something that makes you want to die if you see it
    • A river trip

    Good for you if

    • you like survival with a strict rule.
    • you like a threat you never see.

    Bad for you if

    • you want answers. What the creatures are and why they kill is never explained.
    • mass suicide shown on screen is too much for you.

    About: motherhood · survival · fear

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  17. In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

    The sides of The Terminator

    • A killing machine sent from the future
    • A waitress who doesn't know she matters
    • A soldier sent to protect her

    Good for you if

    • you like being hunted by something that never stops.
    • you like a lean, fast 80s thriller.
    • you like a waitress who learns to fight back to stay alive.

    Bad for you if

    • effects from 1984 look dated to you.
    • shootouts in a police station ruin it for you.

    About: fate · survival · machines

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  18. Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.

    The sides of Love, Death & Robots

    • Short animated stories, each in its own style
    • Robots touring a world after humans
    • Monsters, soldiers and spaceships

    Good for you if

    • you like every episode drawn or rendered in a different style.
    • you like strange short stories that end before you expect.
    • you like a story that turns on its last minute.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated series.
    • you can't stand gore, and many episodes have it.
    • you'd rather not see sex and nudity, or you watch with others.

    About: technology · death · humanity

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  19. Arrival 2016

    Film

    Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

    The sides of Arrival

    • The grief underneath the sci-fi
    • Aliens that are truly alien
    • Understanding as the plot
    • Time that doesn't run straight

    Good for you if

    • you like a film that quietly breaks you at the end.
    • you like patient scenes where people try to understand each other.
    • you like aliens treated as a real problem of language and science.

    Bad for you if

    • you want an alien invasion with battles. There are none.
    • you'd rather not work to follow a story. Louise's memories only fall into place in the last act.

    About: language · grief · time · choice

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  20. After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.

    The sides of 10 Cloverfield Lane

    • A woman waking up in a bunker
    • A man who says the world has ended
    • Is he lying

    Good for you if

    • you like being stuck in a small space with someone dangerous.
    • you like wondering whether the world outside really ended.
    • you like John Goodman being terrifying.

    Bad for you if

    • you scare easily. Some scenes in and around the bunker play like a horror film.
    • you want a big cast. It's three people in a bunker.

    About: trust · survival · control

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