For years, Alien films have been getting made ever since the 1979 original captivated audiences. For a little while, the Alien films were a sort of sacred and special thing, especially in the late ...

A supply spaceship is drawn to a deserted planet by a mysterious signal. Upon arrival, the crew soon encounters alien beings that appear not only menacing, but are also utterly deadly. The struggle ...

That’s because the spacecraft that ultimately crashes on earth is a virtual carbon copy of the Nostromo, the ship flown by Ridley (Sigourney Weaver) and her crew in the 1979 film from Ridley Scott.

The 1979 film Alien conjures up scenes of chest-bursting extraterrestrials, 7ft–tall Xenomorphs and the threat of what monsters could lie out in the endless expanse of space. To understand where Alien ...