Editor’s Note: The following contains spoilers for Alien (1979), Prometheus (2012), and Alien: Romulus (2024). 2024 will likely come to be known as the year of pregnancy horror. With Immaculate and ...

There’s a dark joke (or tragic irony, depending on one’s cynicism) nestled within the appearance of a familiar character in “Alien: Romulus.” The move is a dubious creative decision for the sake of ...

There’s now a contradiction built into the very idea of a new “Alien” sequel. “Alien: Romulus” is the seventh entry in the franchise, and each time we line up for another one of them, even when it’s ...

When Alien premiered in 1979, it didn’t just redefine science fiction — it detonated a fusion of horror and sci-fi that filmmakers have been chasing ever since. Ridley Scott’s masterpiece combined ...

Fede Álvarez's Alien: Romulus is one of the most successful horror movies of the year, making a whopping $350 million in theaters. Now available to stream on Hulu (just in time to watch with Grandma ...

It is not the least of this world’s wonders that it’s been nearly half a century since Ellen Ripley, in the person of Sigourney Weaver, sent the Alien, in the person of a person in an Alien suit, ...

Science fiction and horror have been soulmates since Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818. While science fiction can help us understand how new technologies could change the world, horror can ...