What is it about a scary space movie that appeals to so many audiences? What is it about the thought of an alien on the hunt for human lives that makes our adrenaline spike and leaves us begging for more? This list discusses the absolute scariest space movies ever made. Who doesn’t cringe at the thought of the most horrifically disgusting aliens sliming at the mouth and spewing their venom over an unwitting space farer or astronaut? And who doesn’t love the mystery and suspense of life on another planet threatening to destroy the entire human race?
This list of the scariest space horror movies of all time is ranked by fans of the genre. What are the scariest movies set in outer space? Vote up the best scary space horror films, including Aliens, Event Horizon, Forbidden World, Galaxy of Terror, The Green Slime, and Solaris.
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1,127463Alien
Sigourney Weaver, John HurtReleased: 1979
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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916362Aliens
Sigourney Weaver, Bill PaxtonReleased: 1986
Directed by: James Cameron
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964416Event Horizon
Laurence Fishburne, Jason IsaacsReleased: 1997
Directed by: Paul W. S. Anderson
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463206Pitch Black
Vin Diesel, Radha MitchellReleased: 2000
Directed by: David Twohy
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845374Pandorum
Dennis Quaid, Norman ReedusReleased: 2009
Directed by: Christian Alvart
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425299Alien 3
Sigourney Weaver, Charles DanceReleased: 1992
Directed by: David Fincher
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277110Contamination
Ian McCulloch, Louise MarleauReleased: 1980
Directed by: Luigi Cozzi
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260102Star Crystal
Emily Longstreth, Randall EnglandReleased: 1986
Directed by: Lance Lindsay
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227136Lifeforce
Patrick Stewart, Mathilda MayReleased: 1985
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
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264103The Green Slime
Luciana Paluzzi, Richard JaeckelReleased: 1968
Directed by: Kinji Fukasaku
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329260Alien: Resurrection
Winona Ryder, Sigourney WeaverReleased: 1997
Directed by: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
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503255Prometheus
Charlize Theron, Michael FassbenderReleased: 2012
Directed by: Ridley Scott
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254182Ghosts of Mars
Ice Cube, Jason StathamReleased: 2001
Directed by: John Carpenter
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24898Icarus XB 1
Radovan Lukavský, Otto LackovičReleased: 1963
Directed by: Jindřich Polák
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220154Screamers
Peter Weller, Jennifer RubinReleased: 1995
Directed by: Christian Duguay
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468406Doom
Dwayne Johnson, Rosamund PikeReleased: 2005
Directed by: Andrzej Bartkowiak
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460416Jason X
David Cronenberg, Lexa DoigReleased: 2001
Directed by: James Isaac
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265218Apollo 18
Warren Christie, Michael KopsaReleased: 2011
Directed by: Gonzalo López-Gallego
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386222The Last Days on Mars
Liev Schreiber, Olivia WilliamsReleased: 2013
Directed by: Ruairí Robinson
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140133Supernova
Angela Bassett, James SpaderReleased: 2000
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola, Jack Sholder, Walter Hill, James Thomas Lee Knight
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265157Riddick
Vin Diesel, Dave BautistaReleased: 2013
Directed by: David Twohy
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325Life
Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca FergusonReleased: 2017
Directed by: Daniel Espinosa
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153133Forbidden World
Michael Bowen, Scott PaulinReleased: 1982
Directed by: Allan Holzman
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181160The Martian Chronicles
Bernadette Peters, Rock HudsonReleased: 1980
Directed by: Michael Anderson
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142133Silent Running
Bruce Dern, Ron RifkinReleased: 1972
Directed by: Douglas Trumbull
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