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What are some of your favorite smaller Sci-Fi Horror/psychological thriller stories/films? (lemmy.world)
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Alien/Aliens is a given for most people. I have been watching Event Horizon during the spooky season for years. What are some of your favorite books and movies with a horror/psychological thriller lean?

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

Short Stories:

I have no mouth and I must scream - Harlan Ellison - this story was the apogee of sci-fi horror in the 70s and 80s.

We Can Remember It for You Wholesale - Philip K. Dick's original short story and the inspiration for Total Recall.

Weird French Shit:

Fantastic Planet - Animated french scifi about humans being kept as pets by giant blue aliens.

City of Lost Children - steampunk cybercultists

Classic Movies:

They Live - In case you're out of bubblegum

Tremors - broke into the wrong goddamn rec room, didn't ya?

Scanners - Pop!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Not scifi but still dark and very funny - the film Wild Tales from Spain is a collection of shorts with the common theme being revenge.

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