The Most Terrifying Aliens in Sci-Fi History | Quinn's Ideas

Though the giant bodies in outer space that we would eventually call galaxies were first noticed by French astronomer Charles Messier in the 17th Century, Edwin Hubble, in 1923, was the first to realize what they actually were. It turned out that there were countless galaxies in our universe, made up of billions upon billions of stars and trillions of planets. It did not take humans long at all to do what we do best, imagine. If there were trillions of planets throughout the vastness of space. Could there be another world like ours, with sentient beings like us? From that point onward we began to see aliens everywhere.
It has been said that the oldest fear is the fear of the unknown. The fear of the unknown stands at the root of some of our greatest horror stories. Infamous but brilliant writer HP Lovecraft has influenced the entire horror genre, his work speaks because it reflects his genuine fear of the unknown and of the other. The fear of the other is at the root of our fear of aliens. Aliens are scary because we don’t know them, we cannot predict their behavior, they could be cruel, they could see us as bugs beneath them, they could enslave us, steal our world's resources, and then discard us. They could in essence do to us what we do to each other, or perhaps even worse. Infinite terrors await within the unknown. We peer into the darkness of space and yet we do not know what might be peering back or what it might be capable of.
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[@QuinnsIdeas]

Lots of info can be found about the very much visible moon flag here. sservi.nasa.gov/articles/apollo-moon-flags-still-standing/ Stop being weird. P.S. Thank you person #923 for correcting me about Buzz Aldrin, the other 922 people who corrected me were not clear enough. Also sorry for the weird way I say "faculty" and "triffids"

[@lapricity]

Just found your channel from my recommended section, subscribed, your content is lit

[@androth1502]

the soviet union put a flag on the moon before the USA did.

[@michaelgussert6158]

Dude! I love your work! It's just consistently incredible and you really hit it out of the park with this one :D

[@skateboardingjesus4006]

Quinn, I'd like to draw your attention to an error you may not have picked up on from the previous 923 people correcting you? Buzz Aldrin was actually the rogue captain of the Starship vessel " Frig Sarcasm". He was destroyed by the indomitable Michael Collins, with a well placed shot around Uranus, using a quantum decoupling suppository. The whole thing was secretly covered up by some story about a Moon landing.

[@aimmlegate]

Peter Watts (Blindsight author) big fan of The Thing, and he even wrote a short story from alien point of view. It’s called The Things, it’s available for free and it’s great. Highly recommend it.

[@samanthamorris5340]

My kids got so freaked out when you got "abducted" they were yelling at the tv, "No, come back, Quin!" It was absolutely precious. Thank you for that memory, and have a happy Halloween!

[@gdhuertas07]

It’s so cool that you watch Quinn with your kids!

[@mikexstad1121]

Hahahaha

[@RayShamBo]

This comment is so wholesome! Thank you for sharing. Gives me the hope that I can share stuff like this with my future offspring.

[@TayTayMakesBeats]

I don't have kids and like a lot of content that isn't appropriate for kids but I love that there are people like Quinn whose content is both appropriate and accessible for everyone, regardless of age.

[@vipahxxx7640]

Awesome comment

[@matchesburn]

0:48 - "I love aliens" Imperial Inquisitor: "On a scale of heresy to heresy, I deem this to be *_extra heretical."_*

[@paradactyl3729]

Speaking of Peter Watts and The Thing, he wrote a short story(appropriately called 'Things') that explored the story from the thing's perspective. It's delightfully creepy, and well worth the read.

[@lpg12338]

Thanks for the information, I will have to look it up! 👍

[@JetsetDruid]

I've read that, it puts a very different spin on the things motives

[@lpg12338]

There is a really good audiobook of it on KZbin.

[@randybaumery5090]

I liked both movies.

[@dongately2817]

You can read it for free if you search beyond the first few hits- if you liked the movie I’m not sure I recommend the story- it puts a different spin on the creatures motives

[@lukecarter4291]

The colour out of space by H.P. Lovecraft is one of the best extraterrestrial invasion stories I ever read

[@guaporeturns9472]

Great story

[@dragoninthewest1]

"Colors from beyond this world."

[@manumudgal4988]

There is also a manga on it, with great Art ( by a Japanese artist? I think)

[@JeanEDeaux]

The “merge” was especially rough. 😩

[@davidepintus6490]

​@@guaporeturns9472 The trees moving without wind was both mundane and absolutely horrifying to me as a kid.

[@johnfyten3392]

I love how you mentioned the death of consciousness possibility of the Star Trek transporter. That unsettling thought has plagued me for years lol

[@danf1779]

Dude… the abduction / experimentation scene in Fire in the Sky freaks me out to this day. It gave me nightmares too! Movies usually don’t scare me per se, but watching this scene will always stand out in my mind as a truly frightening movie experience. Also: thank you so much for doing what you do!! You’re awesome and you are appreciated.

[@MachineMan-mj4gj]

"Subject won't shut up, give him the Silence Gravy."

[@Toripusutashi]

Reason it fucks with me so much is I remembered this scene before my endoscopy with no sedation. Really made me suddenly not want the checkup haha

[@beehambonio3378]

Way creepy how it was dirty with junk everywhere in alien craft.

[@danf1779]

@@MachineMan-mj4gj 😂

[@NZBigfoot]

Its still one of the most unnerving and disturbing scenes around... unfortunately its nothing like the actual Travis Walton abduction, although the exterior UFO part was kinda similar, but the examination and Greys are nothing like his account, which while scary in of itself isnt a patch on the movies fear induction. In the RL account he wakes up to find himself surrounded by 3 greys in red jumpsuits one with a medical instrument, he cant move well but has enough strength to push them away in panic they kinda leave him, he runs out of the dark humid room and finds himself on a ship, finds a room that acts like a map or navigation system, then finds himself in a ship hanger with other ships where he runs into some odd almost human aliens one male one female (human but with odd eyes and clothing) and then passes out and is found 3 days latter similar to the movie... Definitely not the best movie material lol... although they do have allusions to it like how he pushes one of the aliens over. While not just like the account, the liberties taken where completely justified.

[@cartilagehead6326]

A big part of the history behind the xenomorph motif is also what one of my profs called ‘fear-of-atrocity’ and a processing of collective trauma from world war 2, the holocaust, and arguably the post-war Cold War era/Vietnam, etc. It’s worth noting that Giger and Scott and much of the other team behind ALIEN grew up in post-war Europe alongside survivors and all had strong critical reactions to the politics and military actions of the Cold War world. The mid-to-late 70s are right in the middle of America’s reckoning with actions taken in Vietnam. This was also during the time when Rhodesia was getting a lot of international visibility. In this context, the xenomorph can be seen as a proxy for an invading or occupying force that uses s*xual violence and violence against civilians as a weapon of fear and oppression. And you can also flip the script and read the Nostromo crew as a hapless group of working class American conscripts with superior technology shoved by their class superiors into an unwinnable fight far away from home against a foe with a disturbingly literal interpretation of Mao’s rules for military conflict.

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

Even moreso with the marines in AlienS that is clearly something Vietnam inspired more explicitly

[@macdeus2601]

Aliens definitely has a lot of Vietnam subtext, but the series as a whole (or at least the original trilogy) is blatantly all about sex. Or more specifically creating a scenario that makes the implications of rape for women in real life relatable to men in a direct, visceral way. Scott and Giger have basically said this was their main intention, and the movies are just drenched in feminism in general.

[@cartilagehead6326]

@@macdeus2601 it can be both, my guy. Metaphors can be about multiple things, and usually the best ones are. As I alluded to in my original post, Vietnam was the first major 20th century war where American civilians were forced to confront the specter of rape/atrocity (and not just that, but arguably being committed by the “good guys” on their side), something that European civilian survivors of World War 2 were already extremely familiar with. It’s not an accident that the Women’s Lib movement was happening pretty much simultaneously with the anti-war movement.

[@Tonixxy]

Woman writes a sexual fantasy book...

[@honkeykong4049]

@@macdeus2601 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@agm5424]

Surprised you didn't mentioned the Mi-go which are the closest things to Greys that Lovecraft made. Also two alien movies that really freaked me out were the Fourth Kind and Dark Skies. Both movies portrayed the concept of cosmic horror through the alien abduction themes really well since the aliens there felt more like an inevitable and evil force of nature that borders on supernatural and almost demonic evil.

[@daeviant]

Have you ever watched that old TV show Dark Skies? Not related to the film at all, but a cool concept of evil aliens.

[@SakaraCoyfox]

I've read a couple authors likening aliens to demons, and even that some aliens feed on souls or use them as fuel I don't believe it, but I really find that narrative intriguing!

[@jeffgoode9865]

I had trouble watching ET as a kid, because ET just creeped me out, even after he was shown to be friendly. It just felt like this constant walk on eggshells with an unknown, wild, potentially dangerous creature that could be set off by anything. Didn't help that the opening was set up like a horror movie. Edit: "I know ET isn't "wild", but I was a kid, and it was an unknown and thus untrustworthy creature.

[@sayaddesign]

It scared the hell out of me as a kid

[@prometheus9096]

Lol i felt that way too and when he got sick it scared the hell out of me...

[@patreekotime4578]

I mean the scene with the shed is genuinely scary. And the whole drama with the man with the keys... Its great tension!

[@jrr7031]

Dawg.....be thankful you did watch " The Guyver"

[@jrr7031]

@Sabizos lmfao!!! This is what I needed today. A good laugh

[@rafindrasetiawan1915]

There's a mistake at the 10 minute mark Quinn, you said that Aldrin was the CSM Pilot while Armstrong and Collins landed on the Moon. It was Armstrong and Aldrin who landed, and Collins was the one in the CSM.

[@ossem1]

...and to this day Armstrong, while making love to his wife, triumphantly yells out "First on the Moon!" then calls Aldrin to rub it in.

[@Lohanujuan]

A quick google search shows you are correct

[@blurtednonsense5631]

According to crazy conspiracy theorists they didn't land on the moon at all. So maybe the mistake continues? Lol

[@TaftisBack]

We all know the moon is made of cheese, so how could you even land with rocket thrusters without melting the whole thing?! Gosh, *think* , people.

[@vladimirmihnev9702]

@@TaftisBack they used cold rockets! Are you stupid?

[@Yesica1993]

I'm in my 50s and the Weeping Angels from DW actually scared me in a real life way. I would walk past statues and actually hesitate - just for a microsecond - in fear. I'm a rational adult. I have never had that experience before. I don't know what happened with that episode but it got under my skin in a way that nothing else ever has!

[@colonagray2454]

I think that a lot of the best horror twists things we see everyday into something unknown. You probably hadn't noticed the statues as often before the episode so noticing them after conected you to the show. Really interesting to me, like how you dont notice a certain car as often u til you own it

[@robertcampbell6349]

That scared me too. What really impressed me is the scene was effective and done on a low budget.

[@thatfuzzypotato1877]

Best 'enemy' from DW ever! God those were terrifying.

[@Kyharra]

Weeping angels made me scared of the dark ever since I was a kid 😅

[@Kamenriderneo]

38:00 One race that trully freaked me out at first was in Star Trek: Voyage, Species 8472. Until their introduction, the borg were always the scariest menace to me in Star Trek. But then, we are introduced to a species that even they fear. How do you react to that?

[@RiverOpossum]

An hour special to keep me occupied as I paint? Thank you Quinn. These stories help me get through my repetitive days of filling commission orders. I’m gonna take a year off to paint what I want and see how my original character portraits are received.

[@jbear3478]

Yes do that!!!!

[@BeczaBot]

Have you started yet? How is it going?

[@wireheadslabs]

I've been a Patreon subscriber for a while and love your videos! You asked for book suggestions to review. Please consider the "12 Planets of the Intergalactic Map" trilogy. It's main plot is: "What happens when 12 civilizations from different planets meet for the very first time? Will their common origin unite them into a mighty Intergalactic Empire? Or will they destroy each other?" The world-building alone is so imaginative and creative to behold, and the character-driven and grand mythos of this universe the author has created is so engaging and mesmerizing. And there are plenty of scary aliens too! A quote from the third book: "For it wasn’t an intelligent alien race that built the underground tunnels, but rather one of the millions of monstrous things that lurk in the dark void of space in between star systems, even in between galaxies. It was to destroy these terrifying creatures -- freaks of the universe, mistakes of creation -- that the Machine, and thousands of others just like him, were built in order to prevent these space monsters from harming the myriad of inhabited planets scattered throughout the universe." One planet has super-advanced nanotechnology, including “probebots” that can read a person’s mind, and "killbots" that kill by emitting a pulse in the brain with such catastrophic energy that the nerve fibers inside the brain stem are severed. “Death is instantaneous. There is no pain and no moment of realization that death is imminent.” Then there's Torajii, a sentient virus created when he was blasted with gamma-rays and other high-energy radiation in the aftermath of a supernova.

[@patricklee7241]

I saw They Live in the theater and it was fantastic. But FIRE IN THE SKY was one heck of an experience. The alien abduction sequence was one of the loudest I've ever heard in a movie theater and no one in that dark room was expecting that much intensity in the alien examination sequence.

[@similaritiesendhere]

The actual Travis Walton hates this movie because it made the aliens look evil. In his actual account the aliens were actually kinda nice.

[@LaneMaxfield]

I loved this dive into aliens as horror and all the connections between our portrayals of aliens and projections of our own worst nature. I think one of the most interesting explorations of this was District 9, where the prawn aliens were just people and the horror was gradually revealed to be our own xenophobic nature. Overall, this was a fascinating video and a great Halloween treat! Thanks for your content!

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

What's wrong not wanting an invasive ET species spawining with no boundaries?

[@forgottencoast3677]

@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 found the racist

[@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115]

@@forgottencoast3677 So? You gonna invest your 0.001 virtue signaling points on nft?

[@Sephiroth144]

@@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115 No, we're not investing in your shitty NFTs; stop asking.

[@ChristmasLore]

Loved District 9 ✨

[@igodreamer7096]

54:09 "Uzumaki" - Now THAT is an intriguing and terrifying story, a circle of madness, a tale of a spiral of chaos and nightmare beyond our comprension. Great video, Quinn!

[@RabbitShirak]

What a twist!

[@miguelpereira9859]

Uzumaki is a masterpiece

[@DorianEudesSeverin]

I love your sound design, and the employ of the Theremin It's a big part of the appeal for old timey Sci-Fi Horror for me

[@DorianEudesSeverin]

The "Xenophobia" motif has been examined in Cultural Studies: the trope of "Women Rapt" stories is actually older, either in the Orientalist wave of "Exotic" novels, or the US centric "Indian Rapts" stories. In this light, these stories are a continuation of a a theme that was ever present in popular culture in the western world, ever since there was a popular culture to speak of (so about the start of the industrial revolution in the early 1800's)

[@richardkenan2891]

I like the creepy factor of some of the classic Doctor Who episodes. Mind controlling spiders, aggressive carnivorous plants, bugs that use humans to incubate their young. The episodes aren't particularly subtle, but there are a lot of creepy and scary aliens.

[@QuinnsIdeas]

Actually, Quinn, Buzz Aldrin did land on the moon. Collins piloted the module.

[@johnfyten3392]

@@MPeaches1958Ha! What an unsettling thought lol

[@ivanfranco2363]

Glad to see I wasn’t the only one who caught that!

[@techticianlarsproductions6180]

An hour long Quinn video? I know what I'm listening to at work today!

[@jonnie7891]

Why is the intro my favorite part of this video 😭 The Xenomorph and The Thing have got to be the scariest aliens conceptualized in film. There are some close seconds but those two are still frightening to me, even as an adult.

[@assemblyrequired7342]

It's funny that you mention both Star Trek and Remembrance of Earth in the same video, because your aforementioned videos inspired me to not only start reading the series, but also to start on a series of drawings where Q snaps not just the USS Enterprise right into the middle of the Earth Solar Joint Conference Fleet just as they are heading to intercept the Droplet, but the whole damned Sixteenth Fleet along with their flagship. They are about 75% finished, and I haven't been able to do much afterwards, although I do have an idea of what would happen as the Star Fleet Sixteenth Fleet is dropped right into the event of the Droplet Attack. The whole idea was born out of the idea of "what would happen if the Trisolarans were forced to play nice, and were given an opportunity to not only have a peaceful relationship with the humans of their universe, but also given a path different from the series of events that would have led to the near-annihilation of their species?". The humans in that universe don't have the capability to evacuate Trisolaris, nor do they trust them enough to try, but Starfleet, even just a part of it most certainly does, and would try to help them, even if they were attacked. And I haven't stopped thinking about the Dark Forest scenario, or the species that is willing and able to use subspace weapons on the drop of a hat (or what they would probably do, even if the Federation were to try to transmit a message proposing a peaceful conference to discuss stopping it in a neutral system in that universe).

[@berserk____1878]

Quinn's content is just top tier.

[@georgeorwell8501]

This channel is too wholesome for it’s own good.

[@elijahherstal776]

Quinn, you had too much fun making this one. Also, I do like the old Arthur C. Clarke quote (from XCom, I'm not a literary savant)- "Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not- both are equally terrifying." Also, fun fact: HG Wells created the first tabletop wargame rulebook. Aliens Tabletop war games ...Warhammer 40k is prep for the future.

[@itisALWAYSR.A.]

Agreed: you can tell quinn had so much fun making this schlocky pulp horror style and I'm 100% down for it

[@treacherousjslither6920]

I'd much rather us be alone in the universe. No malevolent xenos that way.

[@notagoodsitrep]

HG Wells playing wargames is the tiny domino leading to the big domino known as the current leader of man in 40k having a space elf goth gf (noncanon of course).

[@Juel92]

@@treacherousjslither6920 Just malevolent people lol. To me the thought of humanity, our rapey, warlike, belligerent, dumb, self-destructive, ineffective civilization being the peak of living existence in the universe terrifies me to my core.

[@dontforgetyoursunscreen]

@@treacherousjslither6920 if we are alone it likely means we are doomed the universe does not do one offs so then the only explanation is that intelligent species are wiped out & since the universe does not do one offs we won't be the one off who survives

[@elric_l9852]

I'm a little late to the Halloween party... I enjoy your videos. Though I'm quite a bit older than you (70), we share many of the same tastes (Dune, They Live, TNG, etc.). My first exposure to sci-fi was through the public library, where I gobbled up every book I could read, especially Isaac Asimov, Fredric Pohl and others of the 60s and early 70s. I used to re-read the Dune series (original 6 books) every year - I found the tensions of politics, religion, commerce and war to be a riveting read. As far as Xenomorphs go, I was a bit disappointed that you didn't include District 9 - destined to be a classic!

[@sangun123]

glad i found your channel, i've been obssessed with the recap videos of bad sci fi as well as just lore videos of random sci fi series, but your the first to delve into purely paperback stories that i really appreciate

[@reynoldsmathey]

Quinn, I love your scholarly approach, and your enthusiasm is infectious. The production value of all your videos is of the highest quality. You can't cover ALL the aliens, of course, but I would certainly add the Prime Immotiles from 'Pandora's Star' and 'Judas Unchained' by Peter F. Hamilton.

[@ValKaye]

One of my favorite books is Pandora Star. And I've read a lot of SciFi. I never hear any comments on it when talking about science fiction.

[@PenRippyJr]

1 hour of aliens with Quinn? i cant wait to watch this tonight!!

[@darthbob88]

45:00 One point I liked from another discussion of _They Live_ is what it does with tonal dissonance. The premise is basically a Twilight Zone story, "What if capitalism were a means for aliens to control humanity?", and the Twilight Zone episode on that would have ended shortly after the horrifying revelation that Wealth of Nations is a cookbook. However, because the main character is played by Rowdy Roddy Piper, he instead says "I have come here to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum." and it becomes an action movie.

[@accuser_of_the_brethren7816]

What gives me the most chills when it comes to aliens or sentient beings from other worlds in science fiction is one thing, indifference. For example, the scene from "Fire in the Sky" where the aliens perform some kind of experiment/test on Travis Walton. They simply don't care how or what he feels specifically indicated when they slap that alien throat lube in his mouth as he's screaming and then start running that metal tube down his face 😐 even seeing that as a younger person gave me the "Willie's" due to how they react no differently than when someone's making a sandwich or drying off after a shower. The lack of empathy and (as fitting in this situation) humanity is jarring to say the least.

[@similaritiesendhere]

The actual Travis Walton hates this movie because it made the aliens look evil. In his actual account the aliens were actually kinda nice.

[@GuildedTraveller]

This and In Search of Tomorrow are now my favourite long deep dives into Sci-fi. Definitely great for that nostalgic feel for this time of year!! Great job Quinn, as always!

[@jamesw3413]

40:38 I think everyone finds this scene hilarious. Also I'm surprised you didn't mention 'night terrors', the episode where terrifying aliens from another dimension abduct the crew. The scene where they piece together what's been happening to them in the holodeck is one of the most chilling scenes in trek imo

[@aeriagloris4211]

What do you mean, what's been happening to them on the holodeck?

[@therealdirtydan2940]

Yeah what's been happening?

[@Gh0zT-777]

Its one of the MOST scary TREK episodes

[@Dampfaeus]

"Event Horizon" makes the top of my list, closely followed by "Steven King's IT."

[@shroudedone7652]

Hey Quinn, doubt you'll see this but I would love if you did a video on 'The Forever War' by Joe Haldeman! Great sci-fi novel in its exploration of time dilation, and how it affects an interstellar war, as well as interesting parallels with the Vietnam War, which Haldeman experienced during his time in the army. Love your videos!

[@louishermann7676]

The Forever War, Armor, and Starship Troopers are amazing military sci-fi stories.

[@SereneSimian]

Forever War is awesome

[@redhandtheblack]

No musical instrument says "Aliens" like a good old theremin!

[@emmanuelboakye1124]

Thats that sound.thx👍

[@oliverlarosa8046]

(3:42) There was something oddly, spontaneously heartening about hearing Quinn say that humans are best at imagining; rather than destroying, hurting, making mistakes or some other pejorative definition of our species.

[@AC-hj9tv]

I felt the same!

[@Kingbimmy]

“It’s easier to transform into a werewolf, than to kill someone with the fear of… missing their mortgage payment, or something.” I love this. Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, so having his work included in this was a nice little treat. :3 I need to read more of his son’s work. I *really* loved their collaborative book Sleeping Beauties. It’s an incredible story, and I highly recommend it. Two great minds, of the same family, coming together to build a very interesting world within a world 👀 Also I ironically unironically *love* The Tommyknockers. Like come on. *ghost* aliens?!?!!?? How fucking wild of a concept! And King was on every drug at the time, and has almost no memory of writing it 😭

[@donventura2116]

Quin you're a real one for bringing up that Doctor Who episode "Midnight". It's up there for one of the best one-off episodes. So clever, creepy, and claustrophobic.

[@Brian2986]

You should definitely read Solaris at some point, if you hadn't already. I think it's one of the best depictions of truly alien life.

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

Pretty eerie takovsky film too (i know its not like the book tho). Stalker is so eerie too, potentially its alien, i mean we don't know, we don't know what's going on in that...at all...and that's part of the point

[@LawlessChemistry]

@@jorriffhdhtrsegg I absolutely loved Stalker and even read the short story it us based on. Purportedly, both involve an alien artifact that crashed on Earth creating the mysterious Zone. But the movie is less clear about the origins of the Zone and relies more on letting our imaginations fill the blanks. It is really one of those movies that one either loves or hates because of how cerebral and devoid of dialogue and action it can be.

[@alb0zfinest]

Who’s the author because I’m getting multiple results

[@Brian2986]

@@alb0zfinest It's written by Stanisław Lem

[@macdeus2601]

@@alb0zfinest Stanislaw Lem wrote Solaris. "Roadside Picnic" (inspiration for the fillm Stalker) was written by two brothers named Strugatsky. (I always forget their first names.)

[@jared7360]

Love the videos Quinn. Found the Chanel from dune and loved the three body problem because of you. Thank you so much :) have you ever read the expanse? It’s sooo good

[@alb0zfinest]

It’s aight.

[@WunderbredSyndicate]

Dude, Signs is probably still my favorite movie. It's so cheesey, but still kinda horrifying, and yet wholesome

[@rhy8336]

Omg I’m so glad you brought up Midnight that one shook me to the core I would love a sequel on that one it was like peak tennant for me

[@enjolireyes643]

OMG YES Quinn! That Doctor Who episode was absolutely terrifying! I am happy that someone recognized that episode. It’s not what you see that can get you. But what you don’t! Still get shivers thinking about that episode.

[@jrr7031]

Dont discount the 90's version of "the outer limits" i know a few of them off bath that still give me goosebumps!

[@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547]

You should kill us all at sight !

[@Aniso442]

You've covered a lot of my favorite sci-fi/space horror movies. For anyone looking for a little more, I'd recommend checking out Pandorum, Vivarium, and Europa Report. I also really enjoyed Sacrifice, Annihilation, and The Empty Man. :)

[@breendart134]

Pandorum is my favorite sci-fi horror movie of all time. It's a real treat imo.

[@Aniso442]

@@breendart134 It's so good! And the twist at the end was so fun on my first watch!!

[@breendart134]

@@Aniso442 I like both major twists, but I'm especially partial to the character twist slightly earlier in the movie. :)

[@Aniso442]

@@breendart134 The whole movie was just a gem. xP

[@treacherousjslither6920]

Vivarium really got to me. Had a nightmare after watching it smh

[@toffeefeathers]

I’ll always preach that Star Trek deserves even more praise than it gets just for its high concept ideas. No one ever talks about how kind warping it got

[@brianback3865]

I read Cixin Lui's "Three body problem " trilogy after hearing your recommendation and I am glad I did. I haven't seen many newer sci-fi novels that I liked and your channel is my main source of new books to try.

[@blackpajamas6600]

Amazing trilogy. Death's End blew my mind in all the best possible ways.

[@razorback8300]

I’ll recommend you to check out the expanse. It is one of the best hard sci-fi novels / show that I have seen . ( it is also my favourite sci-fi series )

[@cashwalk7253]

Three Body Problem is on my list to read! How good is it?

[@gwen9939]

@@cashwalk7253 It definitely has its issues. The overall plot and ideas presented are captivating enough but the pacing in-between can be pretty slow at times while the characters are unlikeable at best and bland and unremarkable at worst. I also have massive issues with some of the authors projections of the future in terms of how much sense they make both technologically and especially culturally, and a lot of times his quite apparent sexist, and in one case ableist, biases are shining through heavily. He does existential sci-fi horror well, but he's a pretty terrible character writer, is terrible at writing women even when they're his protagonists, and is very conclusive when it comes to social, philosophical, and ethical problems he presents. It's one of those series where you'd wish there were more books that tackled that kind of existential hard sci-fi horror but were actually well-written and presented with a more humanized perspective over the cold assumptions of a traditionalist patriarch. So for better or worse, they're one-of-a-kind.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Tyranids from 40k are the scariest aliens.

[@dartmart9263]

LOL, so true! But so much fun to paint.

[@Dimetropteryx]

A fine choice. From that universe, I'm personally giving the most terrifying alien trophy to the Drukhari.

[@siddbastard]

your blend of real passion for books and quirky youtube 2010's skits is so charming, Quinn. Never change :) or do ! whatever you do, I'll keep watching.

[@ottot3221]

I was a huge X-files fan so I bought the whole 11 seasons on blu-ray and it's amazing. The remark that the plot points go nowhere is not true, the show (at least up until season 6 where I am no) is very well done and the overarching storyline gets a very satiating ending while opening a new can of worms.

[@rafaelgustavo7786]

Suggestion for a next video: the analysis of Lovecraftian homages and references in the game "Scorn". In my Headcannon, the game takes place in the "Homeworld" of the Elder Things from "At the Mountains of Madness".

[@Randleray]

Elder Things are a good take, but Mountains of Madness describe these beeings more like jellyfish or like the crab creatures from Whisperer on the Doorstep. Scorns creatures and scenery has more of a bone structure with actual flesh and integrated metalwork. I actually think the similarities to Alien is no coinsidence. Lovecraft always describes non-haptic things or things with almost undescribeable forms. This is what nakes Lovecraftian Horror so special compared to every other horror. 99% of horror genres explain in great detail what creatures do and how they look. Like in Scorn you get a very very visible depiction of the horror. Lovecraft describes things in a very much nonsensical way - or at least not in the fashion a human brain trys to depict stuff.

[@JayChampagne]

The Elder Things also make an appearance in Dreams in the Witch House

[@tonoornottono]

i feel like you’re kinda destroying the appeal of scorn if you’re trying to force it to fit into a previously existing property

[@ichmich9324]

It also took Alot of elements from other things. Also notable would be "I have no mouth and I must scream" from Harlan Ellison. The inspiration that Scorn especially had in visuals mostly comes from the combination of H. R. Giger and maybe even Beksinski and Christianity. Where the first two also got inspired Alot by Lovecraft. You can even include stories from Lovecraft into that like "the shadow out of time" and "the silver key"

[@rafaelgustavo7786]

@@tonoornottono But it is not forced to analyze a work from the perspective of the tributes it pays to an author, book, movie, etc. Scorn has a look inspired by the art of H.G Giger (from the movie Alien) + Biopunk style + Lovecraft icon references. That doesn't affect the weirdness we get when playing the game, feeling like we're in a scary alien world and enjoying the intriguing and mysterious story. Just like the game's character, the player also knows practically nothing about that world.

[@starforce1003]

New to the channel and I love your narration style and calming voice it’s perfect for the sci fi genre… and wildlife documentaries. Good work Quinn, good work.

[@Kamenriderneo]

31:40 I have to admit, every time you said "Omega key" I kept thinking about my favorite franchise featuring alien lifeforms from another planet: the Transformers. The omega key is an artefact that has been featured prominently several times in its near 40 years history...

[@shang0h]

Love you Quinn that was the most "don't wake up people in the next room" abduction scream ever lol

[@graphicsgearsandwires]

I love your channel. Your longer videos are great! This was a great explorations of Aliens in SciFi and Myth.

[@bigbad5067]

I have always felt the Combine from Half-Life are the scariest aliens, literally conquering and enslaving entire dimensions as part of a great interdimensional genocide, using horrific monsters such as headcrabs as weapons of war

[@luxorilmago9912]

You know what's really amazing? That these stories, these tales, speak to the innermost part of us and manage to overcome every border and every barrier. And do you know how I know? We come from different places, have lived different lives, and literally live in different worlds, but we've read the same books, and watched the same movies, and have pretty much the same opinion on everything. Because we are human, and nothing human is alien to us. Long life and prosperity

[@done.6191]

Azathoth would be an awesome name for the black hole at the center of the galaxy. The description of Azathoth in some ways describes the singularity as well; impossibly dark, unknowable, chaotic, and a destroyer.

[@onieyoh9478]

The X-Files is a top ten greatest series of all time for me.

[@sarahgirlisit]

That episode with Deanna being a cake creeped me out as a kid. You should’ve mentioned the episode when the aliens were kidnapping some of the crew members doing experiments on them when they thought they were just dreaming they kept hearing a clicking noise. They should’ve revisited that episode.

[@jennifervan75]

I loved all of it! Please don't ever stop making stuff. This was all amazing to watch, the 55min flew by.

[@tramasrarasoddplots]

I saw this vid in pieces, and I truly liked it. Your love for the genre feels really genuine.

[@cpfraghead]

This is crazy, but a lot of my most favorite shows and movies made it into your video! You have great taste lol Star Trek TNG, X Files, The Thing (original), Fire in the Sky, even The Faculty! Great vid man. I’d add The Fourth Kind to your list of creepy alien flicks though.

[@birbdad1842]

Xenomorphs have plagued my dreams for years... My dad allowed me to watch aliens after I begged him to death. He warned me - was a big mistake at that age lol

[@redwolfjoy]

I read the book Alien. It scared me so much, that it was a decade before I finally saw the movie.

[@jeffspicoli5399]

Game over man... Game over

[@kzinful]

@@jeffspicoli5399 + Ha! In peace Bill Paxton

[@peanutbuttercocodude1908]

I just randomly stumbled across your channel and I love your video style and your content! You're amazing and just earned a new subscriber!

[@NewMessage]

Oh no... you just reminded me of my mortgage payment! * hides under blankie *

[@lacintag5482]

You mixed up Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin. Aldrin did walk on the moon, Collins stayed behind to pilot the ship.

[@thetaleteller4692]

The most absurd aspect to stories like Roswell to me is: They are able to traverse countless light years overcoming all possible problems virtually unsolvable to us, but on arrival they notoriously fail parking their ship and crash.

[@richardhebson2461]

To be fair, it happens to us. Airliners are forced to land because they hit birds. Tires go flat because you hit a rock just the right way. Also to be honest, that would be my luck. Travel thousands of light-years, reach a strange new planet.....aaannnddd the check engine light comes on and the ship stalls.

[@chadatchison145]

Same with War of the Worlds aliens being defeated by a virus. I love the story anyway.

[@veramae4098]

The Air Force made a mistake.. To cover up testing of high performance aircraft, they cultivated the alien spaceships stories.. Surely no one would take that seriously??

[@txorimorea3869]

It happened after the US executed an operation called High Jump. I believe the others don't come from space, but are the remnants of a civilization that collapsed during the Younger Dryas event. There are far too many hints of such civilization in ancient texts, in stone blocks with absurdly hard to craft shapes, in devices like Vimanas and the Vajra, both belonging to the so called gods. Operation High Jump made clear for them that humans became an existential threat, and Roswell made clear diplomacy is not an option, so is in their best interest to destroy western civilization and depopulate the planet. Curiously both are also the main objectives of the "elites" with their "decarbonization" plans.

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

@@txorimorea3869 or they destroy western civilisation by overuse of fossil fuels, which are actually the first stages of terraforming for a photosynthetic alien race needing rich warm carbon atmosphere. I mean, i just want to do the inverse Pascals Wager here since climate change denial looks more conspiratorial to most people (so perhaps the aliens WANT you to believe your conspiracy theory)

[@PC-gs7pv]

awesome video Quinn! Props for including the Faculty, loved seeing it in theaters as a kid!!

[@Elayzee]

Sil is very underrated. Love her design. Also, the very brief dream sequence of the Skull-Train was initially a design for an unproduced Ridley Scott-H.R Giger film called “The Train.” I would love to have known what that film would’ve been.

[@barrybend7189]

Flood, Necromorphs, Beta from Muv Luv and the dreaded Reapers.

[@carlitosfmc]

What an amazing video! So much work into it, great recommendations, humor... really liked it. Thanks!

[@nalublackwater9729]

Having watched and read a lot of scifi I can say that, without a doubt, the scariest, most uncomfortable, would-never-watch-again thing I have encountered was that Midnight episode of Doctor Who. Especially because I watched it after 2020 and it hit scarily close home.

[@AEGISDEFENSE]

I love signs. Despite the reveal at the end. Such a spooky film. But Fire in the Sky scared the shit out of me.

[@MrJudeWanamaker]

This deep dive is so great ! Thank you for braking down the motifs

[@Rosabel_Believe]

Thanks Quinn! You can really tell how much you love doing this, and how much fun you have. It’s a pleasure to watch. Have a happy Halloween!

[@chriswilson3126]

Great vid, Quinn. You covered so many great concepts and highlighted why Sci fi can often be so scary.

[@MightyKingYoung]

I loved the inclusion of the skits! You have a nice sense of humor

[@howwwlx8286]

The whole video gives off a 90s quest game vibe. Awesome work.

[@ikenosis8160]

"I love aliens!" -Quinn 2022 Fact checked true. ✅ Thank you for all the amazing content! Excellent work as always!

[@perdidoenbici]

That was great, thanks for all the work you've put into it. I'll check some of the stuff you recommend!

[@Cameroo]

Love your channel! Thanks for reminding me of so many great movies and books. I almost completely forgot about The Day Mars Invaded Earth. Wow that ending was so bleak for 1963.

[@georgewilliams8448]

Quinn, I can't believe that you didn't mention the original The Outer Limits. While the monsters were not exactly expensive many of the episodes were very scary especially when the episode took its time revealing the alien/monster. And the introduction scares me even today!

[@cashwalk7253]

Oh that was such a chilling series! Especially the one with the ant-like aliens.

[@Ny-kelCameron]

I love these longer videos of yours Quinn, especially around this time. Perfect to get a hot drink, sit in a comfy chair and take in the spooky atmosphere of your video. One of my favorites, if not terrifying to me at least will have to be the Flood from the Halo franchise. Basically the xenomorph formula on steroids(well, actually the "on steroids" trophy would go to the Tyranids from War Hammer 40k franchise), but the Flood is up there. To this day, I still remember when I first encountered the Flood.😱😱

[@treacherousjslither6920]

Yes the flood are absolutely terrifying. The games don't do the books justice in that regard imo

[@Ov3rmind1]

Get this guy on PBS! You’re super underrated, need a million more subs at least!

[@david8FCB]

Love your content. I'm glad I found your channel which is something rare for me to say in current KZbin landscape

[@MichaelEilers]

So impressed by your analysis here, and shout out to They Live, you absolutely cracked the code on that film that’s more complex than people assume. So glad you pointed out the use of horror in Star Trek, especially TNG, it’s never really known for that but once you start paying attention you find their use of horror (especially body horror) is part of every season and series.

[@DFloyd84]

TNG had some good horror like "Where Silence Has Lease," some dodgy horror like "Genesis," and then some run-screaming-away-because-it's-so-bad horror like "Code of Honor."

[@jorriffhdhtrsegg]

The reveal scenes of They Live are some of the best cinema ever. And some fight scene that is like a ten minute WWF match is up there with "the room" for cringiness- its really a very mixed film!

[@MichaelEilers]

@@jorriffhdhtrsegg I feel like Carpenter always has that kind of chaos or almost sloppiness in his films, like all the weird (intentional?) continuity issues in The Thing or the strange throwaway bits in Big Trouble in Little China.

[@MichaelEilers]

Also he did hire an actual WWF wrestler for the lead role in the film, maybe he just felt obligated to do that for his fans, or maybe he let Piper design and direct the scene!

[@MichaelEilers]

@@DFloyd84 my man Geordi, the BLIND guy, got morphed into a spider TWICE. Those writers had no chill.

[@masonhancock5350]

Most of the score for They Live is just that one blues guitar riff. It suits the working class vibe. Love your vids.

[@Tyler-ei2ec]

Great video and I love the channel as someone that hasn’t even read much scifi. With that said, you probably could’ve said you were transitioning from talking about the history of alien motifs to your favorite aliens at least 2-5 more times in a row

[@RwnEsper]

I highly recommend the books of Brian Lumley. He's been writing books in the Lovecraft shared mythos since the 70's, and the Necroscope books are top-tier horror .

[@michaelmccurry1822]

Not to detract from an otherwise interesting video, but. It was Michael Collins who stayed aboard. Neil and Buzz went to the surface.

[@mosheyahav4234]

As already stated, it was Aldrin who walked on the surface. As for anyone forcing him to lie, especially his government: from what I saw of Mr. Aldrin on his many interviews, I doubt that AnyOne could have forced him to do anything. :) I am so sorry I couldn't attend the talks he gave in his visit to Israel.

[@Brandon-nr8fn]

No one went to the surface

[@Brandon-nr8fn]

​@@mosheyahav4234israel eh

[@smirch]

This channel has turned me on to so many good books and rekindled my love of reading. Your videos are fantastic, thank you!

[@arkosilaura]

>secret government device crashes back down >government sweats nervously >normal people: What! Is dat dem alienz! Gubment hiding alienz from us! >government lets out a relieved sigh

[@johns1625]

The Shrike from the Hyperion books is a pretty horrific creature. Ability to control time to some degree, able to move faster than sound, appears at exactly the right moments, technically traveling backwards through time, made of blades with red eyes. Also very wholesome at times.

[@aman4everchanged......129]

I agree. The Archangel ships were a truly unique way of travel. The software glitch that became of Humanity's greatest enemy also gets overlooked.

[@BeczaBot]

I don't think it counts as it's more a machine controlled by AI???

[@spracketskooch]

@@BeczaBot What's the difference really? If you look for the center of your consciousness, the seed that would be known as "you", you'll find that it doesn't exist. AI would be no different as far as I can tell. Also, I keep reading AI as AL. It's like, who is this AL guy, and why do I keep hearing about him.

[@petrfedor1851]

I'm gonna mentioned one of my favourite scary aliens: *The Qu* from C. M. Koseman's novel *All Tomorrows* Nomadic group beliving it's their devine right to genetickly modify anything and anyhow they desire. When they encounters Star People, descents of humans that geneticky modified themself to live on numerous worlds The Qu attacked us, defeted and changed. The book Is short, some 2 hours of reading and available freely on internet (never regulary published) and there Is several audioversion here on YT.

[@eyeswideshut6859]

Quinn sir , This format for videos is so entertaining ! The energy being at the beginning made me Subscribe ! Keep it up !

[@Imsleepeebruh]

this guy, with two videos, has propelled himself into my top 10 fav youtubers. I wish you the best Quinn

[@kylewhelan23]

Love your content, everything you put out is top tier storytelling and editing!