We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Ever since H.G. Wells released "War of the Worlds" in 1898, popular culture has been fascinated by alien invasion stories. For over a century, ...

In Under The Skin, Scarlett Johansson plays an alien who adopts an English accent and cruises Scotland enticing hitchhikers into a darkened building. Every so often a high-toned arthouse director dips ...

Certain monsters have been tentpoles of horror cinema since the early sound era. While vampires, ghosts, and aliens are all important to the genre, zombies are especially frightening because they are ...

Zombies are some of the most difficult creatures to innovate. Over nearly a century of cinematic history, these monsters have typically been frightening but simple; they eat brains and they decompose.