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"In space, no one can hear you scream," went the tagline for the original "Alien" in 1979, a terrifying thought on multiple levels. There may indeed be a scientific rationale for a space scream to be ...

This latest addition to the enduring horror/sci-fi franchise uses the 1979 classic as a back-to-basics touchstone — and ends up coming off more like an overly reverent tribute There may be hope of ...

In 1979, an unparalleled horror film set in the distant stars informed audiences, “In space, no one can hear scream.” And now, almost 50 years since the release of Ridley Scott’s Alien, audiences have ...

As a spacecraft hurtles toward its doom in “Alien: Romulus,” a dispassionate female voice begins a familiar refrain: “T minus 40 seconds and counting.” Ah, what a comforting sound! It means that the ...

“Alien” premiered with that memorable advertising line in June 1979. Nonetheless, science fiction fans being what they are (see “Star Wars” and “May the Fourth”), the film’s de facto anniversary comes ...