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This article was originally published on April 26, 2024.
Weve updated it to include this weeksAlien: Romulus.
There are whole eras ofAlienat this point.
Rest assured, its as disgustinglywetas the rest.
9.Alien vs.
Predator: Requiem(2007)
9.
8.Alien vs.
Predator(2004)
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7.Alien: Romulus(2024)
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6.Prometheus(2012)
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5.Alien: Covenant(2018)
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All the same, Scott still seems only half-invested in revisiting his 1979 classic.
4.Alien Resurrection(1997)
4.
The answer: quippy and baroquely, strikingly weird!
3.Alien 3(1992)
3.
A blockbusterfilm mauditso underrated, even its own director hates it.
(Aliensfans seemed especially, understandably hurt by how it walks back the hopeful ending of that movie.)
2.Aliens(1986)
2.
How do you top or even match the reptilian dread ofAlien?
James Cameron had the good sense not to try.
1.Alien(1979)
1.
Decades of imitators, all built in the sleek, leather-black image of H.R.
Gigers iconic creature design, would seem to support the robots opinion.
Decades later, the awe hasnt faded.
