The alien invasion subgenre of science fiction took root in Hollywood in the mid-20th century, with some of the earliest examples still among the best ever.

Movies about disasters—natural or human-made—have been produced since the earliest days of film. As early as 1916, a disaster with an extraterrestrial cause was touted in The End of the World, a ...

Trent Berchtold is a screenwriter with a degree in Creative Writing from Pepperdine University. Highly passionate about film, he has spent years honing his writing skills so that he may contribute to ...