When you hear the word "alien" in reference to the film series begun by Ridley Scott in 1978, you probably think of one specific kind of alien: the Xenomorph. The ultra-violent extraterrestrial ...

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 ...

Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for Alien: Earth Episode 4. When Ridley Scott's Prometheus came out in 2012, many fans were disappointed by the lack of xenomorphs. Scott aimed to fix that ...

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One of the questions fans have asked about the Xenomorphs since 1979’s original Alien is “just how smart is the alien?” The creature definitely had problem-solving skills of a sort. But as far as we ...

Like everything else in the modern landscape, Alien exists not only on the big screen but in comics, video games, toys, and even television. Despite the movies largely keeping xenomorphs defined by ...

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 ...