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 ...

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 ...

The Xenomorph from the Alien franchise is having quite the comeback lately. First, in last year’s surprisingly good Alien: Romulus, then in this year’s Alien: Earth. So it’s no surprise that one-man ...

Ever since the release of the original Ridley Scott-directed 1979 film, Alien has felt like an expansive universe full of potential. Even before it was a franchise in its own right, even just that ...

Alien: Earth dared to do something no other chapter in the franchise had fully embraced: it let the Xenomorphs speak. Not just hiss, but communicate. At the center of this leap is Wendy, played by ...

For nearly 50 years, the “Alien” franchise has terrified, thrilled, and fascinated audiences. It all began in 1979 with Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” a claustrophobic horror masterpiece that introduced ...

FX’s Alien: Earth closed out its first season with a finale that was as unsettling as it was interesting. Showrunner Noah Hawley has expanded the franchise beyond simple survival horror into something ...

Carly Lane is an Atlanta-based writer and critic who has been with Collider in some form or fashion since 2021. She considers herself a television nerd, diehard romance/sci-fi/fantasy reader, and ...