Nominated for three Academy Awards and director of almost 30 movies in as many years, Ridley Scott—sorry, Sir Ridley Scott; he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II, you know—needs no introduction...

It all started with a beach ball alien.When Dan O'Bannon was attending the University of Southern California, he collaborated with fellow student John Carpenter on Dark Star. Carpenter intended Dar...

Alien was produced by Gordon Carroll, David Giler, and Walter Hill through their company Brandywine Productions. Before Alien, Brandywine only had two films to its name, Women in Love (1969) and Th...

Today, movies from the pre-CGI era can seem cheesy or fake, especially when sci-fi films tried to depict realities no one had ever seen before. Sharp-eyed audiences have spied many a monster's stri...

Alien's score was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, and boy this guy can compose. He's written the soundtracks for movies as varied as Chinatown, Gladiator, Total Recall, Logan's Run, The Secrets of Nim...

Although it may not have reached the critical mass of Star Trek or Star Wars, the Alien franchise has maintained a considerable fandom in pop culture. To be fair, it is a bit easier to cosplay as a...