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Movie recs? Alien/Supernatural. not straight up horror
8 years ago
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So, I'm a huge fan of movies such like District 9, Prometheus, Alien: Covenant (saw it in the cinema recently and loved it), The Day The Earth Stood Still, Avatar (not the airbender one of course) etc...
I. Absolutely. LOVE depictions of possible extraterrestrials and their worlds, it's probably my favorite genre regarding movies. Even if they're very human-like, meaning even Man of Steel did it for me haha.
In the same vein I also do enjoy movies dealing with some sort of supernatural beings as long as it's not just straight up jump-scare horror and nothing else or something like that. I very much enjoyed Cloverfield and Shin-Godzilla, for instance. (The latter way more than the former though. Loved how unsettling that thing was at times)
I also seem to enjoy such movies in which a being/person... I don't know has been dead and is resurrected? Something about a special type of death is very fascinating to me. E.g. I like mummies, but only if the resurrected version is an actual person, and not just some fucking murder banshee (Looking at you, new mummy movie). Comedy-wise, I really enjoyed Warm Bodies for that very aspect, as an example. Also the mummy was my favorite character in Night At The Museum, granted I also found the actor to be very aesthetically pleasing.
This wasn't as precise as I hoped it would be LMAO. But essentially I enjoy movies which show non-human beings, person or not (but preferably on a person-level) that aren't just outright spooky murder machines, but have some sort of cool origin, may it be another planet, dimension, death, idk.
If you know any that sound like they might fit into this, please let me know! I'd love to watch more but I have a hard time finding stuff to add to my list lately.
I. Absolutely. LOVE depictions of possible extraterrestrials and their worlds, it's probably my favorite genre regarding movies. Even if they're very human-like, meaning even Man of Steel did it for me haha.
In the same vein I also do enjoy movies dealing with some sort of supernatural beings as long as it's not just straight up jump-scare horror and nothing else or something like that. I very much enjoyed Cloverfield and Shin-Godzilla, for instance. (The latter way more than the former though. Loved how unsettling that thing was at times)
I also seem to enjoy such movies in which a being/person... I don't know has been dead and is resurrected? Something about a special type of death is very fascinating to me. E.g. I like mummies, but only if the resurrected version is an actual person, and not just some fucking murder banshee (Looking at you, new mummy movie). Comedy-wise, I really enjoyed Warm Bodies for that very aspect, as an example. Also the mummy was my favorite character in Night At The Museum, granted I also found the actor to be very aesthetically pleasing.
This wasn't as precise as I hoped it would be LMAO. But essentially I enjoy movies which show non-human beings, person or not (but preferably on a person-level) that aren't just outright spooky murder machines, but have some sort of cool origin, may it be another planet, dimension, death, idk.
If you know any that sound like they might fit into this, please let me know! I'd love to watch more but I have a hard time finding stuff to add to my list lately.
Starman
Let the Right One In
Arrival
Contact
The Abyss
Pan's Labyrinth
The Crow
The 5th Element
Batteries not Included
Cocoon
Interstellar
Donnie Darko
10 Cloverfield Lane
Dune
Edge of Tomorrow
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Europa Report
A.I.
If I may recommend something back, while searching earlier imdb suggested Pandorum to me which I swiftly watched, and it was a pretty damn cool concept I hadn't seen done before. The movie isn't breathtaking but definitely worth watching!
donnie darko
s. darko
and
the dreamcatcher
Dreamcatcher sounds good! The rating isn't too grand but the premise sounds interesting enough to me, so I added it. Thanks! :D
they introduce a older Sam -- the little sister
it has VERY good plot twists too.
dont pay mind to the ratings its actually a reALLY GOOD ALIEN MOVIE
I personally also like a ton about the rather new; Arrival, which in some sense brings that sense of curiosity and wonder that is also in Contact.
A.I is also one of my childhood favorites and more than likely THE movie that made me fall in love with sci-fi.
Other than these, I have some amazing series for you to watch;
Battlestar Galactica (newer one)
Farscape (This on is hard to get into, since it has a slow start, but gets AMAZING! and you learn to respect the slow start)
Stargate: Atlatis (I'm not that big of a fan of the SG-1 Stargate, so if you aren't either I think Atlantis might be a better choice)