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The Thing (John Carpenter, 1982). Not gory, so much as gooey.
The Babadook.
The Mist. Based on a book by Steven King. King admits the movie ending is better than his own.
10 Cloverfield Lane. It's standalone, don't worry if you haven't seen Cloverfield
Annihilation. The bear freaks me out.
Event Horizon. Sci-Fi/Horror
Original Ghostbusters from 1984.
Gremlins
No One Will Save You. The ending is weird, but the suspense is top-notch.
The 'Burbs. Classic Tom Hanks comedy.
Tremors.
What We Do in the Shadows
Event horizon is definitely not the type of movie OP is after.
The best thing about Event Horizon is how incredibly gorey it is. Definitely not what OP is after.
Seconding Annihilation. Was going to suggest it if nobody else did.
Based on OP's likes The Thing is spot on
I love The Thing, specifically because it's smart and has great atmosphere. And as with Tremors, I like seeing people behave intelligently and adapt to try to overcome the threat, rather than just having people be idiots so we can watch them die.
That said, it goes way past the line for my SO, who makes less of a distinction between gross creature effects and violent gore effects. Plus, it's not like there isn't some fairly extreme violence as well. The defibrillator scene for example.
Ah, yes, I had in my mind it was on par with Aliens but probably a step above that gore-wise.