When Fede Álvarez decided to make “Alien: Romulus,” he knew from the outset that he wanted to honor not just “Alien” and Aliens,” the most acclaimed and popular films in the series, but its entire ...

Before we talk about the energetic-but-empty Alien: Romulus, we need to talk about the Alien movie franchise. When Ridley Scott's Alien debuted in 1979, it helped set the template for both horror and ...

Cailee Spaeny and David Jonsson in "Alien: Romulus" (20th Century Studios) Few cinematic characters have left as big of an impression as Ellen Ripley, Sigourney Weaver’s iconic “Alien” survivor, who ...

A louder, jump scare-riddled take on the Alien formula doesn't prove to be a better one as Alien: Romulus desperately tries to recall what made the franchise's first two movies great. "Get away from ...

The nightmarish xenomorph, with its piston-like inner jaw and blood that could melt your face off, might be the “perfect organism” as succinctly described in the original Alien movie, but that hasn’t ...

A singular eyeball attached to slimy tentacles, the organism aggressively implants itself in a human or animal’s eye socket. It acts as a parasite by controlling its host’s actions, turning them into ...