The opening moments of Prometheus present a visually breathtaking but puzzling prologue. Viewers witness a lone Engineer on what appears to be a primordial Earth, positioned beside a thundering ...

It was always billed as the perfect organism, a lethal predator with acid for blood, a powerful second jaw, and — thanks to its parasitic lifecycle — a penchant for body horror. Since its debut in ...

Sam Barsanti has written about pop-culture for 10 years, and his work has appeared at The A.V. Club, Primetimer, IGN, and Collider. He has also contributed to the popular daily Hustle newsletter, ...

(CNN) — In space, no one can hear you scream, but they can sure hear you scratching your head as you try to make sense of the sprawling “Alien” universe. While Ridley Scott’s 1979 haunted-house-in-the ...

In 1979, Ridley Scott changed sci-fi horror forever with Alien. It was the ultimate monster movie, a tale that was part haunted house film and part slasher, all the while creating one of the greatest ...