VIDEO: What if ‘E.T. the Extraterrestrial’ were a horror movie?

For most of Hollywood's history, movie aliens and other creatures who arrived on Earth in flying saucers were always something to be feared. Films like "The Thing From Another World," "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," and "Alien" centred on dangerous extraterrestrials with little love for humanity.

Steven Spielberg was one of the first filmmakers to try to change that perception -- first, with 1977's "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and its benevolent, music-loving beings from outer space, and then again in 1982 with the sci-fi family adventure "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial," starring the most lovable squashy guy from another solar system ever to grace the silver screen.

But what if Spielberg had followed the Hollywood rule that all aliens are bad? What if "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" were actually a horror movie? Well, it might look something like the fake trailer above.

Filmmaker and composer Scott Samson convincingly re-edits footage from the 198s family-friendly flick to make it appear as though it's a far more sinister and violent film. E.T. is on Earth... and he's coming for your family! It's amazing how much a little editing and some well-placed sound cues can change a movie. You've never seen E.T. like this!

Spielberg himself would finally tackle the evil aliens trope himself in 2005 with the invasion film "War of the Worlds," but we have to say, we prefer it when he goes the friendly route, like in "E.T."