There seem to be two types of "Alien" fans in the world. In one camp, there are people who like the slow, ineffable dread of Ridley Scott's 1979 film "Alien," and who appreciate the series as a ...

With Alien: Earth here, a lot of fans are rewatching the Alien films and reacquainting themselves with Ellen Ripley, xenomorphs, and the corporations who run things. And as someone who grew up with ...

The Alien franchise has lived and died many times over the years. Currently, it’s in a particularly prolific era, with last year’s theatrical hit Alien: Romulus becoming the biggest entry in years and ...

Movies about disasters—natural or human-made—have been produced since the earliest days of film. As early as 1916, a disaster with an extraterrestrial cause was touted in The End of the World, a ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." The first movie, directed by Ridley Scott, follows a crew of scientists who work for a company called ...

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...