A unifying quality of the previous films in the Alien franchise is that they all focus on a “final girl,” a common hallmark of horror cinema. While Wendy might technically qualify for this description ...

But the real truth is that alien life on other planets could be even stranger than floating balloons or amorphous organisms ...

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 ...

Nobody knows what’s next for our species, but these films are full of intellectual wormholes for audiences to dive into. Here ...

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 ...

Alien probes could be hiding among us in plain sight as we search for them in the wrong places. This is the theory of professor Alex Ellery of Carleton University who argues that if self-replicating ...

Even though it was obviously a dude in a suit, the Xenomorph in the first Alien film is downright terrifying. Due in part to its limited screentime, creating an atmosphere full of tension, and its ...

Within the dark hallways and blinking fluorescent lights of “Alien: Earth,” you’ll catch a small (but frightening) glimpse of a 6’2 Xenomorph lurking in the background. It’s the kind of thing that ...

We don't yet know why Sydney Chandler's Wendy can communicate with aliens, but we have some new insight into how the show pulled off the effect. Reading time 2 minutes While Alien: Earth fans ...

When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...

SPOILER ALERT! This story contains details from the season 1 finale of Alien: Earth on FX. Noah Hawley’s ambitious contribution to the Alien franchise wrapped its first season on FX by delivering ...

Alien: Earth is the latest installment in the iconic sci-fi horror franchise and promises to bring terror to a more familiar setting. With Fede Álvarez in the ...