The latest episode of the sci-fi series featured a terrifying alien encounter, and asked what it means to be a machine Warning: Spoilers ahead for Alien: Earth! Alien: Earth continues to burst with ...

In the decades since the Alien franchise began, we’ve never seen the Xenomorphs as anything but pure killing machines. It was the shark in JawsOpens in a new tab, only more terrifying-looking. And ...

The idea of isolation is prevalent through the Alien series. In space, no one can hear you scream, often because there’s nobody left to hear you scream. That theme also extends to the idea of what ...

An early teaser trailer for the movie Alien 3 famously showed a hatching Xenomorph egg above the planet Earth. The narrator says, “In 1992, we’ll learn, on Earth, everyone can hear you scream,” a riff ...

Nothing is as it seems in the Alien universe — including its fictional timeline. For over 40 years, the Xenomorph has terrorized audiences with seven films, two Alien vs. Predator crossover movies and ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

With any fandom, there are always specific ideas about how and why things can and should work. That can be true on an individual basis, or a global basis as the fanbase argues about “canon” – what is, ...