Michelle breaks up with her boyfriend and, in a panicked drive interstate, ends up unconcious in her vehicle by the side of the road. Thankfully, Howard was driving by and took her to his nearby home where he put her on a drip and nursed her back to health - well, sort of. When Michelle comes to she finds herself in his cellar, in a locked room, handcuffed to the wall. Howard says an alien apocalypse is taking place but Michelle isn't so sure. What follows is a tense find out more...

Much imitated but never equalled, this is the definitive space nightmare. The crew of a commercial spacecraft are stalked by a stowaway, mutating monster of veracious appetite. Weaver puts in a splendidly believable performance as the resourceful Ripley. Taut script and awesome special FX. find out more...

A highly original and very clever sci-fi thriller in which six strangers awaken in a maze of darkened, box-like rooms, with no idea of how they got there or how to get out. A distant but ominous grinding noise permeates the walls of their prison, but it transpires that each of the six has some sort of skill that may help their escape. Filmed entirely within a cunningly designed single set, and starring an unknown cast, "Cube" is a gripping riddle of a movie which, happily, refrains from a cop-ou find out more...

It's 1997 and the Predator has returned to wreak deadly havoc, but this time in the concrete jungle of downtown Los Angeles, a city already gripped by violent clashes between drug crazed ganglords and a despairing police force. A superior sequel with brilliant special effects. Watch. find out more...

An isolated scientific research station in Antarctica is besieged from within (literally!) by an alien with the ability to take over any living organism. This inevitably leads to conflict and suspicion amongst the scientists. High suspense and excellent special effects make this a fine film. find out more...

From afar Hector spots a woman undressing in the woods and, out of curiosity, tracks her down only to find her comatose body. He then gets attacked and stabbed with a pair of scissors by a man with a bandage wrapped round his head... find out more...