Ridley Scott's Alien is widely considered the ultimate sci-fi horror movie, but a few genre films, like The Fly and The Thing, are even better.

Over four decades, the Alien franchise has brought many different versions of the xenomorph creature to theaters.

John Carpenter isn't exactly known for being gentle in his movies — quite the opposite. Whether we talk about his numerous horror classics, like the original "Halloween," whose villain was inspired by ...