One of the very first narrative films, Georges Méliès's "A Trip to the Moon," is about aliens. Sure, everyone remembers that shot of a rocket ship crashing into the eye of the man in the moon, but as ...

For nearly 50 years, the “Alien” franchise has terrified, thrilled, and fascinated audiences. It all began in 1979 with Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” a claustrophobic horror masterpiece that introduced ...

Aliens are a tried and true staple of sci-fi, an element that invites fear and horror, but which can open itself to wonder, discovery, and statements on the human condition just as readily. Alien ...

When Alien premiered in 1979, it didn’t just redefine science fiction — it detonated a fusion of horror and sci-fi that filmmakers have been chasing ever since. Ridley Scott’s masterpiece combined ...

Like any year in modern cinema, 1986 saw the release of lots of horror movies. Most of these were pretty bad. Horrible, even.