10 Best Horror Movies Set On Different Planets

10. Europa Report (2013)

Okay, Europa isn't actually a planet (it's one of Jupiter's moons), although if there is any extra-terrestrial life in our solar system then Europa is one of the most likely places to find it. It is the possibility of finding alien life there that draws a six-strong team, led by commander William Xu (Daniel Wu), to the isolated world in Sebastián Cordero's Europa Report.

Embarking on a privately funded mission, the crew of the Europa One mission lose all contact with Earth in a solar storm and have to power through a number of other crises on their way to the moon and after arriving. Despite this, they are determined to find evidence of life beneath the moon's surface. They predictably get more than they bargained for, and what started as a scientific mission becomes a battle of willpower and strength just to make it home.

Europa Report is a slow burner, but thrives off its suffocating atmosphere and genuine chills. Receiving praise for its concept as well as its grounded depiction of space exploration (minus the aliens), Cordero's film also thrives thanks to a notable cast incuding Wu, District 9's Sharlto Copley, and the Millenium series' Michael Nyqvist.