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What are some of your favorite smaller Sci-Fi Horror/psychological thriller stories/films? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by [M] to c/sciencefiction@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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[–] 20 points 3 years ago (6 children)

Altered States comes to mind. It sort of straddles sci-fi and horror without really being firmly in either. Deals with some fringe psychology research during the 70’s going wrong in unexpected ways.

Brainstorm is more obviously sci-fi / speculative fiction… can’t say to much else without spoiling the surprises.

Neither one of these is going to seriously blow your mind, but there’s still food for thought. Bon appétit. 

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    I love Altered States. And for some reason I always associate it with Dreamscape and I like watching them together.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Don’t think I’ve ever seen that, I’ll check it out :-)

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Hope you like it! Now that I've talked about it I feel an itch for a double bill this weekend haha!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That was it! Awesome :-)

    I didn’t remember the whole plot but I definitely remember the cobra-man.

    David Patrick Kelly’s character was bugging me right up until the end… such great monologues, his voice is so creepy.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Lolll so great, glad you had fun :) Corba-Man was nightmare fuel for a while when I was a kid. DPK's face was already seared into my brain from The Warriors, I was so afraid of him!

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