Ridley Scott's 'Alien', released in 1979. Why is this work, often mistaken for a mere space monster panic movie, still talked ...

But to this day, nearly all sci-fi/horror movies still pale in comparison to the 1979 classic, Alien, which is streaming on Netflix as of October 2026. Directed by Ridley Scott, Alien takes place in ...

Set in 2120, Alien: Earth takes place just two years before Alien, in 2122. The series' opening scene might be set on the ...

The Alien franchise is one of the most iconic and enduring in all of sci-fi cinema, even if not every entry is a classic. The original Ridley Scott movie was essentially greenlit only because the ...

So far, Alien: Earth is only tangentially linked to Ridley Scott's original movie, but Wendy just might be an early prototype ...

It’s hard to overstate the profound impact of Ridley Scott on modern visual media. His style and techniques permeate genres and mediums beyond quantification. They’re backed into the identity of ...