You don’t need Xenomorphs to have a terrifyingly good time beyond Earth’s borders.
If one were to rank horror movies set in space, it feels like a guarantee that in almost all cases, Ridley Scott’s unparalleled 1979 classic Alien would come out on top. If not that, then James Cameron’s Aliens would undoubtedly be right up there. The point is, this franchise has a longstanding history of reigning supreme in the realm of spacebound genre storytelling.
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There are, however, plenty of other horror movies that have made use of the final frontier. Those movies range from the ill-advised, such as Amityville in Space, which is actually a real movie, to comically silly Leprechaun 4: In Space. For those wanting to enjoy some horror amongst the stars, we bring good news as there are plenty of great movies within the genre that also take place in space and are not connected to the Alien franchise.
Below, we present a sampling of five selections that don’t revolve around Xenomorphs terrorizing humans, running the gamut from deadly serious to delightfully bonkers. Let’s dive in, shall we?
