14 Sci-Fi Movies That Went
Too Far
By DAVID COURT
Movies - TV
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
The central premise of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is a terrifying one, as it sees aliens trying to replace humans with duplicates, but the 1978 remake is especially scary. We are treated to a duplicate that has gone horribly wrong, as a man and dog were placed in the same pod, resulting in a pod-dog with a human face.
Color Out of Space
When a meteor falls into Nathan Gardner's farmland, it brings madness and horror, as a reality and sanity-wrenching organism has arrived with it. Struck by energy from the titular Color out of Space, Gardner's wife and son are horrifically fused together and continue to mutate.
Slither
This often-overlooked entry is a science fiction black comedy starring Nathan Fillion that seeks to homage 1950s B-movies. In one scene, a poor woman becomes host to alien offspring, and her body is inflated to monstrous size — looking like a pink balloon with a tiny, attached face — until she bursts open.
Altered States
In this film, a scientist experiments with a combination of narcotics and sensory deprivation to tap into different states of consciousness. Rather than a particular moment standing out, the whole movie is unnerving from start to finish — feeling much like a bad trip getting progressively worse.
The Blob
In this remake of a ‘50s cult classic, the plot goes out of its way to establish its square-jawed all-American hero, who is reminiscent of Steve McQueen in the original. However, he is quickly dissolved within the acidic insides of the Blob, leaving nothing but a severed, twitching hand — and a very shocked audience.