2016 is going to be remembered for a lot of good and right nerd things, but if there's one thing 2016 got 2016% the rightest, it's restorations and re-releases of classic (and some maybe not-so-classic) genre movies. The flicks we loved, the flicks we would've loved but didn't know about, and the flicks that are actually not good but we love anyway... a TON of them got [insert the current slang for "super good" here] restorations.

Oh. But maybe you didn't know. Maybe your finger was on another pulse in 2016 and you missed out on some the best sci-fi and horror re-releases of 2016. Or maybe you just like reading lists that affirm how smart you are. Either way, welcome to the party. We'll be serving up deliciously clear transfers, with deep blacks, hearty film grains, and absolutely no digital noise reduction because @#$% that digital noise reduction.

Here are my twelve personal favorite re-releases and restorations from the world of sci-fi and supernatural horror in 2016. There were a LOT more, but I wanted to focus down to the ones I thought were the absolute best and most exciting. Take a look: notice the abundance of horror movies because, dang, yo, 2016 was bananas about horror movie re-releases. Let me know what you bought this year and what you're excited about already in 2017. But first -- this year's list. Take it away, me!