Query: American science-fiction horror films based on science-fiction novels, excluding mad scientist films.
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Village of the Damned (1995 film)
Altered States
The Invasion (film)
The Thing (2011 film)
Body Snatchers (1993 film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Bird Box (film)
Demon Seed
The Last Man on Earth (1964 film)
Cell (film)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film)
Annihilation (film)
I Am Legend (film)
The Incredible Shrinking Man
Night of the Lepus
Evidence from documents: Village of the Damned (1995 film): American science-fiction horror films based on science-fiction novels,: '''''Village of the Damned''''' is a 1995 American science fiction-horror film directed by John Carpenter and starring Christopher Reeve, Kirstie Alley, Linda Kozlowski, Michael Paré, Mark Hamill, and Meredith Salenger. It is based on the 1957 novel ''The Midwich Cuckoos'' by John Wyndham, which was previously adapted into the 1960 film of the same name.
excluding mad scientist films.: The people and animals of the sleepy coastal town of Midwich in California's Marin County fall asleep at a 10AM "blackout" and regain consciousness at 4PM. Following the blackout, ten women are mysteriously pregnant, including a virgin girl, as well as a married woman who has not been sexually active for a year.
Altered States: ''''Altered States''''' is a 1980 American science fiction body horror film directed by Ken Russell and based on the novel of the same name by playwright and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky.
The Invasion (film): American science-fiction horror films: '''The Invasion''''' is a 2007 American science fiction horror film directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, with additional scenes written by The Wachowskis and directed by James McTeigue, and starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig.
excluding mad scientist films.: The plot follows a psychiatrist (Kidman) in Washington, D.C. who finds those around her turning into emotionless beings shortly after a major space shuttle crash.
The Thing (2011 film): '''''The Thing''''' is a 2011 science fiction horror film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr., written by Eric Heisserer, and starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eric Christian Olsen. It is a direct prequel to the 1982 film of the same name by John Carpenter, which was an adaptation of the 1938 novella ''Who Goes There?'' by John W. Campbell. It tells the story of a team of scientists on a Norwegian Antarctic research station who discover a parasitic alien buried deep in the ice, realizing too late that it is still alive.
Body Snatchers (1993 film): '''''Body Snatchers''''' is a 1993 American science fiction horror film directed by Abel Ferrara and starring Gabrielle Anwar, Billy Wirth, Terry Kinney, Meg Tilly, Christine Elise, R. Lee Ermey, and Forest Whitaker. It is loosely based on the 1955 novel ''The Body Snatchers'' by Jack Finney, with a screenplay by Nicholas St. John, Stuart Gordon, and Dennis Paoli.


''Body Snatchers'' is the third film adaptation of Finney's novel, the first being ''Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' in 1956, followed by a second adaptation of the same name in 1978. The plot is centered around the discovery that people working at a military base in Alabama are being replaced by perfect physical imitations grown from plantlike pods. The duplicates are indistinguishable from normal people except for their utter lack of emotion.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers: '''''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''''' is a 1956 American science fiction horror film produced by Walter Wanger, directed by Don Siegel, and starring Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter. The black-and-white film, shot in Superscope and in the film noir style. Daniel Mainwaring adapted the screenplay from Jack Finney's 1954 science fiction novel ''The Body Snatchers''. The film was released by Allied Artists Pictures as a double feature with the British science fiction film ''The Atomic Man'' (and in some markets with ''Indestructible Man'').
Bird Box (film): '''''Bird Box''''' is a 2018 American post-apocalyptic horror thriller film directed by Susanne Bier and written by Eric Heisserer, based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Josh Malerman. The film follows the character Malorie Hayes, played by Sandra Bullock, as she tries to protect herself and two children from entities which cause people who look at them to die by suicide.
Demon Seed: '''''Demon Seed''''' is a 1977 American science fiction–horror film directed by Donald Cammell. It stars Julie Christie and Fritz Weaver. The film was based on the 1973 novel of the same name by Dean Koontz, and concerns the imprisonment and forced impregnation of a woman by an artificially intelligent computer.
The Last Man on Earth (1964 film): '''''The Last Man on Earth''''' is a 1964 post-apocalyptic science fiction horror film based on the 1954 novel ''I Am Legend'' by Richard Matheson.
Cell (film): '''''Cell''''' is a 2016 American science fiction horror film based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Stephen King.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 film): American science-fiction horror films based on science-fiction novels,: '''''Invasion of the Body Snatchers''''' is a 1978 American science-fiction horror film directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Veronica Cartwright, Jeff Goldblum, and Leonard Nimoy. Released on December 22, 1978, it is based on the 1955 novel ''The Body Snatchers'' by Jack Finney.
excluding mad scientist films.: The plot involves a San Francisco health inspector and his colleague who over the course of a few days discover that humans are being replaced by alien duplicates; each is a perfect copy of the person replaced, but devoid of human emotion.
Annihilation (film): '' is a 2018 science fiction psychological horror film
I Am Legend (film): based on science-fiction novels: '''''I Am Legend''''' is a 2007 American post-apocalyptic action thriller film loosely based on the 1954 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson.
American science-fiction horror films: The science-fiction horror genre reemerged in the late 1990s. In 1995, Warner Bros. began developing the film project, having owned the rights to Richard Matheson's 1954 novel ''I Am Legend'' since 1970 and having already made the 1971 adaptation ''The Omega Man''.
The Incredible Shrinking Man: American science-fiction: '''''The Incredible Shrinking Man''''' is a 1957 American science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold
based on science-fiction novels: based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel ''The Shrinking Man''.
Night of the Lepus: a 1972 American science fiction horror film directed by William F. Claxton and produced by A. C. Lyles. Based upon Russell Braddon's 1964 science fiction novel ''The Year of the Angry Rabbit'', the plot concerns an infestation of mutated rabbits.