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Sci-fi horror in the 90s and 00s.


I don't think anyone would disagree that sci-fi horror was at its finest in the 80s, when we had films like Predator, Aliens, The Thing, and The Fly.

That said, I'm curious what people consider to be the best sci-fi horror of the 90s and 00s. Of the last two decades, my general ratings and rankings of the genre would be:

Pitch Black- 9/10
I Am Legend- 8/10
The X-Files: Fight the Future- 7.5/10
Alien 3- 7.5/10
Screamers- 7/10
Alien Resurrection- 7/10
Mimic- 7/10
Ghosts of Mars- 6/10
The Invasion- 6/10
Body Snatchers- 6/10
Doom- 6/10
Sphere- 6/10
Event Horizon- 6/10
The Objective- 5.5/10
Alien vs. Predator- 5/10
Supernova- 5/10
Pandorum- 5/10
Altered- 4/10
AvP: Requiem- 4/10
Virus- 3/10
Screamers: The Hunting- 2/10

Pitch Black and Screamers were among my two genre faves, and they both have quite a bit in common. They're both essentially survival tales set on an alien planet with a small group of survivors battling a seemingly innumerable enemy. They offer a good mix of sci-fi, action, and horror.

Of the two, PB is the stronger film. It's overall more confidently directed (Direct David Twohy mastered his craft by this point), has stronger performances, and has a much better ending.

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I'll agree with that. Pitch Black has been my favorite scifi/horror from the last 10 years. Overall, the last 10-15 years have not been good for the genre.

Come with me if you want to live.

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I like Ghost of Mars. Pitch Black was interesting. Pitch Black had a uniqueness to it. Great build up story!

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I'm very very bad at remembering years of when movies come out; I've seen everything but The Objective on your list, and will probably check that out.

I like your list in general

I think Virus could be rated higher

Here are a few more "goodies" I *think* are from that timespan but am not bothering to verify

Phantoms
Mouth of Madness (arguably scifi)
The Mist
Proteus
Endless Descent
deep rising
Tremors Series
Evolution
The Faculty
Arachnophobia
Dreamcatcher
Species series
Lifeforce
Cube series

No individual ratings, but I basically had a relatively positive impression of each of these without going into too much detail

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How about adding Sunshine

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Fortress?

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