Because, while the xenomorphs are one of the ultimate movie monsters – literally spitting acid and destroying anyone or anything that gets in their way – there is always the sense in the Alien films ...

Alien was the first big foray into sci-fi horror, inspiring an entire genre to walk in its footsteps.

Making a sequel to Ridley Scott's 1979 classic "Alien" should have been a disaster. This was a movie that defined a whole new sub-genre of outer-space horror, a perfectly structured scarefest that ...