History StarfishAliens / Film

* ''Film/DarkCity'': The Strangers at first appear to be [[LooksLikeOrlok pale, bald, black-clad]] humans. But when one gets his head split open we get a glimpse of a sort of glowing sea anemone-like creature within a human shell.

* ''Film/{{Nope}}'' features [[spoiler:a UFO that is actually a singular [[LivingShip predatory lifeform]] which unfolds into a strange creature that resembles a cross between a deep-sea animal and an imax lens.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AstroBoy'' has one pop up for Astro to challenge just before the cut to credits, likely as a nod to his alien-fighting ways in the original. The alien in question is the Artificial Sun (which was a man-made creation in the original anime,) and is basically a small (at least compared to the ''actual'' Sun) one-eyed sun with CombatTentacles.

%%* ''Film/{{Evolution}}'' has a variety of different alien species, most of which fit here.

* In ''Film/TheThing2011'', the original concept for the movie, the "pilot version"[[note]]conceived when the filmmakers were going for a more practical effects-led vision, but abandoned [[ExecutiveMeddling after being ordered to use CGI instead]][[/note]], reveals the alien pilot of The Thing's ship. Words can't convey how weird it is, and the pilot isn't even corrupted by the monstrosity, since the pilot [[HeroicSacrifice died after crashing the ship to trap the titular monster]], which initially appears as a [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant bug]].

* Starro The Conqueror appears as the main antagonist of ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', and it isn't dubbed as ''Project Starfish'' for nothing.

* Starro The Conqueror appears as the main antagonists of ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'', and it isn't dubbed as ''Project Starfish'' for nothing.