Setting the film in a space colony prison also did a lot for the film. The claustrophobic atmosphere amplified the threat of the Xenomorph, especially since the prisoners didn’t have weapons that ...

The franchise then branched off to include Alien Vs. Predator and Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem, before eventually returning to its core prequels with Prometheus and Covenant. These prequels explored ...

Ellen Ripley is the warrant officer assigned to the USCSS Nostromo who encounters a hostile alien, the Xenomorph, when its embryo is brought back onto the ship. She's the protagonist of four Alien ...