10 Best Horror Movies Set On Different Planets

Another Roger Corman production, Galaxy of Terror gives you twice the bang for your buck as it is set on not one, but two planets; the stormy Morganthus and the Earth-like Xerxes.

In a tenuous but intriguing premise for a space horror, a spaceship crew including the experienced and level-headed Calbren (Edward Albert) and the psychologically disturbed Captain Trantor (Grace Zabriskieare) are sent to Morganthus on a rescue mission. While there, they begin to confront their most primal, worst fears as projected by their own imaginations, with bloody results.

Galaxy of Terror is noteworthy for being one of the first films to feature the input of James Cameron, who would direct The Terminator three years later and serves as a Production Designer and Second Unit Director here. Ridley Scott's Alien, the sequel to which Cameron would direct in 1986, was a big influence on Galaxy of Terror, albeit this film is far more explicit and provocative than that.

While given a critical bashing upon release, the central concepts have proved a fruitful source of inspiration for sci-fi down the years, particularly for films like Event Horizon (1997) where characters are forced to confront their own fears.