A brilliant scientist's breakthrough in teleportation fuses man and insect, transforming his body with grotesque, tragic results.
Bleak and suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is devastating.
Heads up on extreme gore. That is past what the R on the box suggests. Beyond that, real scares and a jolt or two.
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When brilliant, eccentric scientist Seth Brundle makes a huge technological breakthrough in teleportation, he decides to test it on himself. Unbeknownst to him, a common housefly manages to get inside the device and the two become one.
No. Brace yourself.
Alien (1979)Terrifying · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA commercial spaceship crew answers a distress signal, unleashing a chilling, gritty, and atmospheric nightmare.
The Thing (1982)Terrifying · extreme gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyAn Antarctic research team faces a shape-shifting alien, creating a chilling atmosphere of paranoia and suspense.
Dawn of the Dead (1978)Properly scary · extreme gore · brutal violence · emotionally heavySurvivors navigate a zombie apocalypse in a shopping mall, blending gritty horror with darkly comic social commentary.
A Quiet Place (2018)Properly scary · light gore · strong violence · emotionally devastatingA family's silent struggle against sound-hunting creatures creates relentless, gritty tension.
Alien: Covenant (2017)Properly scary · graphic gore · strong violence · emotionally heavyA bleak, gritty search for paradise turns into a chilling fight for survival on a dark, dangerous world.
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.
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.
A Clockwork Orange (1971)Properly scary · graphic gore · brutal violence · emotionally devastatingA bleak, satirical crime story unfolds as a young man's violent free will clashes with state control.The Fly is on our Goriest, 1980s, Horror on Hulu, Sci-fi on Hulu and Peacock lists.
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