With Alien: Romulus hitting our screens soon, it is as good a time as any to cast a discerning eye over the history of this at times breath-taking and always fascinating franchise and remind ourselves ...

But back in the 1970s, this was anything but a sure thing. Nobody knew whether HR Giger's horrific alien creature would hit big with audiences and it's fair to say that very few would have pegged this ...

The iconic chestburster moment in Alien, where we got our first look at a baby Xenomorph as it violently emerged from John Hurt’s thrashing torso, has managed to stand the test of time. It’s a scene ...

In the majority of sci-fi films, death is expected. Usually, you can see these deaths coming a mile off. Sometimes it's clear as soon as you see the character; they're annoying, or uninteresting, or ...

14:22, Thu, May 1, 2025 Updated: 14:31, Thu, May 1, 2025 Fans of the iconic sci-fi horror film Alien have unearthed an unnerving truth about one of its most famous scenes. Director Ridley Scott’s epic ...

Alien-heads, I’ll spare you the rant I was working on following Alien: Earth’s premiere episode about how the series is only technically true to its namesake so far. Because we’re still ...

Case in point: James Cameron’s Aliens took a sharp turn from Ridley Scott’s original film, changing the tone from a sci-fi/horror nightmare to an action-horror thrill ride. Cameron was clearly ...

Terrifying sci-fi Alien is widely regarded as being one of the very best of its kind in Hollywood history. Ridley Scott's extraordinary futuristic world is home to one of cinema's most iconic monsters ...