8 Shocking Horror Movie Monsters With Surprising Powers

8. Sputnik - The Parasitic Alien

The real beauty of the alien in Sputnik is its careful operation, it's cleverly-executed chaos that leaves its host completely unaware of its presence in their body.

Returning to Earth after a space expedition, cosmonaut Konstantin is carrying within him an alien being. As he sleeps, the beast emerges and feeds on humans - which admittedly isn’t great - but Konstantin is none the wiser.

Not only does the alien have the power to hide seamlessly within a human host, making itself a very unintrusive guest (if you don’t count all the people-eating), it is smart enough to make itself useful. It is able to rapidly heal its host, and eventually make their body dependent on it.

Konstantin was injured in his crash-landing back to home terrain but with the assistance of his outer-space body-buddy, he’s back on fighting form quicker than ever humanly possible. So not only is the alien shocking in its cool hide-and-seek approach to earth invasion, you have to be a little impressed by its forethought too.