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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Alien's chestburster sequence remains one of cinema's most shocking, and the legend of how it was filmed has become almost as infamous as the scene itself. Here, in an excerpt from his book, Cinema ...

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 ...

Alien: Earth is the latest chapter in the Alien series, but it is far from the first. Not only does the franchise live in its many movies, but the Alien universe also exists in comic books, the vast ...