12 Most Terrifying Sci-Fi Movie Robots Backstories

12 Most Terrifying Sci-Fi Movie Robots Backstories - Explored

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Robots have a long history in science fiction films, with new and horrifying types arriving every year to frighten and intrigue spectators. Over the years, various types of robots have featured on the big screen, some of which are more dangerous than others. These deadly robots have appeared in a variety of film genres, ranging from science fiction to action-packed blockbusters and horrifying horrors, leaving audiences concerned about the future world that would be dominated by robots. Robots have a long and terrifying history in science-fiction films, dating back to films like 1951's The Day The Earth Stood Still, which introduced planet-destroying alien robots. However, humanity has managed to create a number of lethal robotic monsters on its own, which have terrified and intrigued sci-fi movie fans for years.
Hopefully, none of the following frightening movie robots will follow the trend of science fiction becoming reality, or humanity will be in grave danger. While there have been a few helpful and even endearing robots on the giant screen, killer robots, malfunctioning droids, and misguided sentient artificial intelligence have ruled the sci-fi genre, which we'll be delving into further today as we look at some of the most terrifying sci-fi movie robots.
0:00 Intro
1:50 Sentinels - The Matrix (1999) - amzn.to/34ctNQG
3:50 M.A.R.K. 13 - Hardware (1990) - amzn.to/3HaxGo0
5:08 Screamer - Screamers (1995) - amzn.to/32GkDMc
6.55:-Terminators - Terminators Movie Franchise - amzn.to/3H9KAm4
8:53 Proteus IV - Demon Seed (1977) - amzn.to/3u4x7s5
10:30 Sentinels - X-Men: Days Of Future Past (2014) - amzn.to/3H7z6Qc
12:16 ED-209 - RoboCop (2014) - amzn.to/33NMJFX
14:12 Ultron - Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2014) - amzn.to/3u54kUn
16:11 Megatron - Transformers - amzn.to/34bEjIe
18:03 War Beast - Death Machine (1994) - amzn.to/3Hbl3Jl
19:50 Killbots - Chopping Mall (1986) - amzn.to/3AAZyPC
21:15 G.O.R.T. - The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951/2008) - amzn.to/3AAZGP6
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@JAllencorp 2 жыл бұрын

I've never felt more despair for characters as I did watching the updated Sentinel for X-Men.

@That80sGuy1972 2 жыл бұрын

They did the Nimbus upgrade and took it to the next level, something that was never supposed to be encountered without the advanced Sentinals (like Nimbus) going back in time with its newest technology to "fix the mutant problem". They goofed with who they used for the adaptive template if they wanted to say whose DNA was to be converted into Sentinal adaptation, they should have used Darwin's DNA or any other number of adaptive-based power Marvel Mutants... or even any with a healing factor because that's down-low super-adaptation. If only those people who wrote the movie scripts were life-long X-Men fans or even had such friends in their lives advise them, the MCEU would be far better.

@JAllencorp 2 жыл бұрын

@@That80sGuy1972 oh no I get what they tried to do with how Nimrod was created and what he done. But looking at it from a cinematic POV it made me feel like these fictional characters are doomed.

@That80sGuy1972 2 жыл бұрын

@@JAllencorp Ah. Fair enough.

@robson668 2 жыл бұрын

The most terrifying robot from the Robocop franchise was Cain not ED209.

@That80sGuy1972 2 жыл бұрын

Technically, he's a cyborg controlled by a human brain with the original human persona, like Robocop, so not quite a robot. And, because of that, he was the most terrifying tech monster... a brain running a war machine that has a severe addiction to a narcotic. Robojunkie... and Cain was also brilliant and cruel... evil genius Robojunkie. Robocop not killing that thing when he did would be like a crackhead, Kingpin (Marvel), and any science fiction story runaway warbot combined into one being. Terrifying, yes... robot... almost but not quite. A cyborg is only a robot if the driving force is not an organic brain but a cybernetic (inorganic) one... using the meat side (organism) of a cyborg (cybernetic organism). I won't even get into the distinction between droids and robots, that's for another long-winded distinction. All droids are robots but not all robots are droids, I'll drop it with that.

@ellnats 2 жыл бұрын

@@That80sGuy1972 ehhh still kinda counts

@joeszymanski3540 4 ай бұрын

You got that right. Absolutely terrified me when I was a kid.

@neiljones4013 Ай бұрын

Cain is by far one of the coolest robots too

@Nebanss 2 жыл бұрын

20:30 The Killbots’ heads were not inspired by Alpha-5 because Power Rangers was not a thing until 1993.

@blackc1479 2 жыл бұрын

And short circuit came out the same year, so that's a naw on the johnny5 part. They actually look more like some of the 80s robot "toys" and some of the prototypes that made it into rocky and whatever the hell that detective show was with the pink skorsky chopper. Screaming mimi?

@trevthomscultclassiccorner2037 2 жыл бұрын

Glad I wasn't the only one who noticed.

@LloydDafoe27 2 жыл бұрын

Kane from RoboCop two was pretty solid

@damianstarks3338 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly robocop 2 is one of my favorite sci fi sequels and is criminally underrated.

@dreampopwavestudiob7282 2 жыл бұрын

Kane was the best

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@paulforester6996 2 жыл бұрын

The movie Runaway with Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons had these spider robots that injected the victim with acid. I thought those robots were both scary and cool, at the same time. I used that idea for a 4 legged robot I made, that ran on a TV remote. It used a basic stamp for the brains, and was incredibly slow. I always wanted to make a better prototype with a raspberry pi, but work takes a lot out of me. I had some scary ideas like a robotic snake that captures victims alive, where claustrophobia takes hold. Scary for the witness of the victim also. That snake idea would only be good for a movie, because of the complex mechanisms, to make it work. I had some more practical ideas for robots also. I should really write these down.

@That80sGuy1972 2 жыл бұрын

Special effects available on top of the budget allocated were the only things limiting the Runaway robots. The robot spiders were supposed to be horror-story creepy and agile, robots that were as agile as spiders, but the 80s tech and the budget allocated would not allow that. They might have made it better if a big chunk budget wasn't used in hiring the actor tier it did and a rock star as the bad guy. I mean, that super-smart bullet that changed direction extremely fast, as well as the scanners, were far higher tech than the robotic technology presented. If they did the movie right, it would be far less of an 80s action movie and more of a cyberpunk style movie. Given what they had available, it was perfect, as good as they could make it. The Terminator movies took that cinematic future tech and ran with it better. They just jumped the shark with the storytelling as of late.

@paulforester6996 2 жыл бұрын

@@That80sGuy1972 as a kid, I feel I knew what they were going for, so I forgave the crappy 80's special effects. That bullet effect impressed me, and I thought those were great ideas, even if the special effects weren't there. Another movie that looked into the future, but handled special effects better, with the limitations of the time, is the movie Looker. They predicted photorealistic computer models of people in the early 80's. That movie scared me because of how many things in that movie that became real. The whole plot was about a plastic surgeon framed for murder, by a advertising company, that scanned their model's into the computer to be rendered, then they kill the model, to get all the model's royalties, having the plastic surgeon take the rap. It also had Susan Dey nude, from The Partridge Family in it. That alone should have made it a hit, but she hooks up with the old plastic surgeon at the end, and I remember thinking, Yuck! I feel that movie got no love though, cause I heard no one ever review that movie. Even Runaway got more love than Looker, even though I feel it had a better plot that Runaway.

@henrikharbin5521 2 жыл бұрын

Auto - Automation Eve - Eve of Destruction Maria - Metropolis MechaGodzilla Ghost in the Shell Giant robots - Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Everything - Maximum Overdrive EVE-99 - Return of the Jedi Colossus: the Forbin Project

@That80sGuy1972 2 жыл бұрын

Oh, wow... Eve totally belonged on this list! Oh, and you have a spelling error (your Colossus entry). Can you imagine a robot copy of yourself being like a superhuman *YOU* without *YOUR* inhibitions? That would be downright terrifying, no matter who you are. That's Eve. Evil Robot *YOU*

@henrikharbin5521 2 жыл бұрын

The spelling errors happen because I'm legally blind and autocorrect is unforgiving. But I forgive it because I know what I mean :) There is a novel called With Folded Hands by Jack Williamson... Not horror but very creepy scifi. Innocent Looking little black androids start as helpers but they gradually take over. Kind of like The Step ford Wives but with an Alexa twist. Should have been a movie eons ago.

@That80sGuy1972 2 жыл бұрын

@@henrikharbin5521 I'm legally blind too... that's why I don't even own a glass toy (smart "phone") and do all my stuff online via my home computer. There was a Dr. Who episode that was kind of like that too. Adorable killer little bots that were totally helpful again when Dr. Who figured out all they needed was a reboot.

@adrammelechthewroth6511 2 жыл бұрын

Transformers aren't robots. They're living bio-mechanical organisms from the planet Cybertron. Cybertronians like the Transformers have blood, biological organs, and a soul they refer to as a spark. But you pretty much nailed it when it came to Megatron.

@katondragonrider 2 жыл бұрын

Well now that you mention it seems like their old theme song does them a little dirty... but I guess "biomechanicals in disguise" wouldn't be as catchy

@awandererfromys1680 2 жыл бұрын

"Peace through tyranny." In the G1 cartoon he and the rest of the Decepticons were military hardware, created by the Quintessons, whose philosophy didn't quite match up with that of the domestic appliances called Autobots. His new backstory gives him more depth of character but G1 Megatron was a really simple dude. Kill the Autobots. Rule the Galaxy. Keep an eye on Starscream. Transformers lore really got weird after that lol

@awandererfromys1680 2 жыл бұрын

@@katondragonrider It kinda doesn't, in the G1 cartoon they really were robots, there was no biological component to their mechanics. With new -toys- factions such as the Pretenders and the Headmasters, the inclusion of biological material was presented as a very late and novel innovation in their evolution. It's unclear whether the Quintessons were the creators of Cybertron or just conquered it and enslaved the Cybertronians. Either way, there was no Primus, Cybertronians were manufactured and given life by Vector Sigma, a supercomputer at the heart of Cybertron. The Decepticons were originally military hardware, the Autobots domestic servants and workers. The G1 cartoons are very different from later continuities. The Autobots invented transformation millions of years into the war with the Decepticons. Unicron wasn't a god but a creation by a mad alien scientist called Primacron. The Dinobots were created by Wheeljack after he was inspired by studying dinosaur fossils on Earth. Megatron created the Stunticons to offset the Autobots' strategic ground advantage. As an answer the Aerialbots were created. Etc. I kinda miss G1 lore, the Quintessons were pretty awesome imho.

@freeman2399 2 жыл бұрын

Kane was an order of magnitude more terrifying that ED-209 :P.

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@there4you19 2 жыл бұрын

I like Megatron. He's a tough guy.

@ultra80sretrokid70 2 жыл бұрын

One thing that Killed Robocop 2014 is that one human hand 🤦🏾‍♂️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Cyril29a 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't mind that as it was an antithesis to the 87 "Give the man a hand" sequence. What I did mind was that he wasn't brutally murdered and had no motivation really as there was basically no antagonist in that movie.

@chada75 2 жыл бұрын

The black Megadeus from the Big O.

@charlesman8722 2 жыл бұрын

Chopping mall: 1986 Power Rangers: 1993

@NimOCE 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but with time travel, anything is possible... even being inspired by 1993's Alpha 5 head...

@cameronhermann9400 Ай бұрын

The Rev9 is definitely my favorite killer robot, hope we see more of it or something like it in the future

@carmelosgro6413 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@catgaeming2025 2 жыл бұрын

what about movie virus 1999?

@freeman2399 2 жыл бұрын

IKR!

@jamesmarshall8842 2 жыл бұрын

The Terminator.

@damianstarks3338 2 жыл бұрын

A classic.

@jamesmarshall8842 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is.

@sws5833 2 жыл бұрын

Yup, the original Terminator, the most frightening out of all these actually and a damned good movie to boot

@rodimus7926 2 жыл бұрын

17:20 Originally the Transformers were beings of pure energy that merge together with a metallic shell know as Laser Core, with that they were able to live in the physical universe

@azarazar007 Жыл бұрын

THE scariest robot of all times "Cain" from Robocop 2 isn't even on the list. If anyone wants to see what this is all about then search "Robocop 2 warehouse scene". Edit: "The Harvester" from Terminator Salvation is also pretty damn scary.

@MCBart78 2 жыл бұрын

The Goliath robot from Virus. If you’re killing humans and then using them for spare parts to build more killer robots, you’re a bad robot.

@invaderhaywire 2 жыл бұрын

You should see Moontrap with Walter Koenig. Same Idea.

@ellnats 4 ай бұрын

some of these actually give me nightmares as a cyborg, seeing what machinery mostly being evil, cold, and twisted in logic, but while i am physically man andmachine, i am all human at heart, its all about perfect balance

@Hugo_Tate 2 жыл бұрын

Nice topic.

@ricksmith7490 Жыл бұрын

Please do a full video on gort

@deandies8250 2 жыл бұрын

prime was not the one that became croupt, it was megatron that did.

@theunitedcommonwealth715 2 жыл бұрын

Emmmm Optimis Prime was not the corrupt one and he did not use Megatrons words against him. It was Megatron who became corrupted because of his own need and benefit caring only for himself he started The War on Cybertron nearly destroying the whole Planet.

@sparkplug405 2 жыл бұрын

Hardware is a definite hidden gem

@alexanderleslie3899 2 жыл бұрын

G.o.r.t The day The earth Stood Still 1951 2008

@edrozenrozen9600 2 жыл бұрын

Gort was more of an artificial being than just a robot... Too advanced.

@mr.moseley1988 2 жыл бұрын

Checkout Frankensteins army

@MikefromTexas1 2 жыл бұрын

Can't believe y'all left out the titular monster in "How to Make a Monster" or A.M.E.E. from "Red Planet".

@polskieyt9191 2 жыл бұрын

#cool

@TheAdorkableRJ 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta give a shout-out to the robot from Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Also Age of Ultron is from 2015, not 2014.

@rodimus7926 2 жыл бұрын

7:08 The Terminator saga should have continue the story of Terminator Salvation and ended with the ending of the comic of Terminator Salvation The Final Battle, that ending show that Skynet was intelligent enough to understand that war was an abomination and life had to be protected, regardless if it was mechanical or organic

@nendoroiddancing7361 2 жыл бұрын

dark fate makes that what ever happens notting matters

@_-_sinexus_-_ Жыл бұрын

The Attack Drones from Oblivion should definetly be here

@trevthomscultclassiccorner2037 2 жыл бұрын

Love the content from you ladies & gents at Marvelous Videos (especially your spotlights deep cut cult classics), but I'm sorry, saying the Killbots visors from 1986 were inspired by a character who wouldn't appear until 6 years later in 1993 (Alpha 5) is a MAJOR WHOOPSIE.

@blackc1479 2 жыл бұрын

"Blowing through their hair and toes?" We talking cyborg Hobbits here or something?

@leonhunter1839 2 жыл бұрын

Chopping mall came out in 1986 and is inspiration came out in the 90s…. Hmmmmm

@michaelwood4900 2 жыл бұрын

Hector from the movie Saturn 3.

@dreampopwavestudiob7282 2 жыл бұрын

Deadly Friend 1986 should’ve been top 3

@ericokonkwo7771 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine the Transformers (live action films) vs. the Sentinels (X-Men Days of the Future Past), interesting Fight/Battle, keep in mind those Sentinels are designed to adapt to any attack! Also Imagine DCEU Cyborg (Snyder Cut Version) vs. MCU Ultron (2nd Avenger's film), interesting Fight/Battle, keep in mind Cyborg can Manipulate Tech amongst other things!

@McMahonHater 2 жыл бұрын

I hated those stupid Sentinels. They screwed up the X-Men franchise so bad somebody should have been arrested.

@JAllencorp 2 жыл бұрын

That's what made the Sentinels so deadly to me. Copy any move. I would love to see it vs Amaz-O from DC

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@dustybragg4011 2 жыл бұрын

“Kyle Reese from terminator, not A robot, but a cybernetic organism.

@bri55118 2 жыл бұрын

No maximillion from the black hole or hector from saturn 3?

@thomasplaatsman8335 Жыл бұрын

Monsterverse mechagodzilla 🤖

@erwinesto3408 2 жыл бұрын

I thought Mechagodzilla was listed.

@JJmike23 Жыл бұрын

My favorite and scariest robots are the sentinels from x-men days of future past sentinels mark x

@thrrax 2 жыл бұрын

The Sentinels in X-Men DoFP are actually a weaker, multiple version of Nimrod.

@adaman.shr.3538 2 жыл бұрын

And who is nimrod.

@erikhawkke4861 2 жыл бұрын

How could you forget Maximilian from The Black Hole?

@ORVONTON64 2 жыл бұрын

Mall security… still not humans you can reason with

@Crashgate7 2 жыл бұрын

Saturn 5 was scary

@JasonVictorEverett 2 жыл бұрын

ABC Warrior from Judge Dredd

@JAllencorp 2 жыл бұрын

ABC Warrior was great. Loved it could be programmed for missions. But definitely scary depending on who the commander was...

@blackc1479 2 жыл бұрын

That was a cool one, very heavy metal magazine. I would love to have a kit of it. Overall, kind of a guilty pleasure movie, though.

@cristfloq2441 2 жыл бұрын

Man Avengers Age of Ultron is of 2015

@zac0918 2 жыл бұрын

pssh, REV9 wishes it was as badass as the T800's

@blarkblark5794 2 жыл бұрын

The t3000 is the best terminator

@SnakeRoadComicsOfficial3677 2 жыл бұрын

I mean design wise it was fine, it's just the film he was in was garbage.

@NaturallyMe2011 2 жыл бұрын

The REV9 was a good concept. T800s are way better though.

@werehyenataur 2 жыл бұрын

forgot metalwolf

@blackc1479 2 жыл бұрын

Holy crap, I thought I was the only person who knew that movie existed.

@werehyenataur 2 жыл бұрын

@@blackc1479 what a fucking scary as shit movie. robot werewolves. oh. also that five nights at freddy's remake

@blackc1479 2 жыл бұрын

@@werehyenataur no idea about the Freddy remake. But yeah cyborg werewolves....pure 80s batshit lol.

@danebakiss 2 жыл бұрын

Most Terrifying? You guys brought ed209 from the new robocop movie? WTF! The original 209 was one of the most frightful robo ever! And what about Blade Runner e Ex machina?

@blackc1479 2 жыл бұрын

The original 209 was a glass jaw that would only be impressive in limited circumstances. (That said, I still love it, and the fact that it got a much more successful life in starcraft lol)

@danebakiss 2 жыл бұрын

@@blackc1479 Definitely you were not a kid when the first movie was released.

@blackc1479 2 жыл бұрын

@@danebakiss first robocop? No, I was 12ish. Basically a kid who watched WAY too many age inappropriate movies. I pretty much grew up in movie theaters, and for the era, there were a lot of nightmare fuel options. ED wouldn't even make it to the top 10. Though like I said, looks really cool, and might actually work as a battlefield drone

@danebakiss 2 жыл бұрын

@@blackc1479 what? porn? friday the 13th? chainsaw massacre? uuuuhhhhh What a spooky guy you must be kkkkkkk bla bla bla you watched what every kid also whatched back then. I didn't said that ed209 was the most terrify robo ever, but was much more that the stupied version of the new movie.