Starting life as a "B" genre of the 1950s, sci-fi horror films eventually graduated to "A" stars and budgets as the Spielberg-Lucas wave of blockbuster escapism transformed the country's moviegoing habits in the late 1970s. Early examples of the type were cheaply made drive-in fare, such as 1954's It Came From Outer Space. But in the public's taste for gorier, more explicit horror films -- fed by such flicks as Night of the Living Dead (1968), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), and Haloween (1978) -- combined with the fantastic visual effects pioneered by Lucas in the Star Wars series, gave birth to a type of horror film most prominently typified by Ridley Scott's blockbuster Alien (1979). In these films, malicious aliens and paranormal entities took the place of serial killers and slashers, and audiences turned out in droves. Countless examples followed in the '80s and '90s, each more pulse-pounding and elaborate than the last, including John Carpenter's remake of The Thing (1982), Poltergeist (1982), and the numerous installments in the Alien series.

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Rating	MPAA	Year	Title
	PG13	2008	Cloverfield
	R	2008	Quarantine
	PG13	2007	I Am Legend
	R	2007	Resident Evil: Extinction
	R	2007	28 Weeks Later
		2007	[REC]
	PG13	2007	The Invasion
	R	2007	Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
	R	2007	The Signal
	R	2006	The Host
	R	2006	Slither
	R	2006	Caved In: Prehistoric Terror
	R	2006	Vampire Wars: Battle for the Universe
	R	2005	Alone in the Dark
		2005	Guyver the Biobooster Armor [Anime OVA Series]
	R	2005	Devour
	R	2005	Raging Sharks
		2005	Camp Slaughter
	R	2004	Starship Troopers 2: Hero of the Federation
	R	2004	Species III
		2004	Blue Gender: The Warrior
		2004	Rottweiler
	R	2004	Resident Evil: Apocalypse
	PG13	2004	Godsend
	R	2004	666: The Demon Child
	R	2003	Deep Shock
		2003	Blood of the Beast
		2003	Lethal Dose
	R	2003	Dreamcatcher
	R	2003	Undead
		2002	Archetypes Forces [Anime OVA]
	R	2002	Jason X
	R	2002	28 Days Later
		2002	Eternal Blood
	R	2002	Resident Evil
		2002	Project Viper
		2002	Sabretooth
	R	2001	John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars
		2001	Mangler 2
	R	2001	How to Make a Monster
		2001	Alien Factor 2: The Alien Rampage
		2001	Raptor
	PG13	2001	Venomous
	PG13	2000	Supernova
	R	2000	Hollow Man
	PG13	2000	Reptilian
	R	2000	Pitch Black
		2000	Uzumaki
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