A bleak, gritty search for paradise turns into a chilling fight for survival on a dark, dangerous world.
Suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Max.
Real scares and several jump scares, about what an R should carry.
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The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
It leaves the ending open to interpretation.
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Night of the Living Dead (1968)Properly scary · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyStrangers barricade themselves in a farmhouse, facing relentless flesh-eating ghouls and bleak, chilling suspense.
A Quiet Place (2018)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA family's silent struggle against sound-hunting creatures creates relentless, gritty tension.
Frankenstein (1931)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA scientist's dream of creation becomes a chilling nightmare when his creature awakens to a hateful world.
Splice (2010)Properly scary · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingScientists defy ethics to create a chilling human-animal hybrid, leading to bleak and suspenseful consequences.
Alien: Romulus (2024)Terrifying · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavyYoung space colonizers face the universe's most terrifying life form in a relentless, gritty, and chilling ordeal.Alien: Covenant is on our AI and robots, Horror on Max and Sci-fi on Max lists.
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