There are gross and eerie stretches in Ridley Scott’s new film, Alien: Covenant, that come closer to straight horror than any movie in this widely imitated sci-fi series has gotten since Scott’s ...

The colony ship USCSS Covenant pulling into orbit around LV223 (the same planet as was in Prometheus). Let's caveat that if you intentionally don't watch trailers for movies because you don't want ...

In the latest installment of the "Alien" movie saga, another crew of space travelers inadvertently winds up face to face with some of the most horrifying extraterrestrial creatures Hollywood has to ...

I spent my weekend getting spat on by a Xenomorph. Sure, it’s not everyone’s preferred approach to spending their idle days, but, for an Alien fan, this was some kind of twisted dream come true. It’s ...

Before entering hypersleep aboard the USCSS Covenant, several members of the crew record final messages for their loved ones at home. Daniels tells her father how excited she is to be colonizing a ...

In space, no one can hear you scream. But in the less vacuous surroundings of central London, the shrill squeals of a 40-something man are all too audible. I’m at the world-famous Madame Tussauds, ...

For those who didn't catch the few (uncredited) seconds James Franco got in Alien: Covenant, his character, named Jake Branson, was the captain of the USCSS Covenant and its crew that audiences spend ...