Alien Themes

The tagline for Alien is "In Space No One Can Hear You Scream," which is funny because there's a whole lot of screaming. Even before the alien boards the Nostromo for his intergalactic-sized game o...

Have you ever had that feeling of dread when your smartphone or computer breaks down and you can't Instagram a picture of your fro-yo or listen to the latest Katy Perry song? It's a tough life. Now...

We are all still part of the natural world, but let's face it: technology certainly has created a nice little buffer between us and nature. Today, humans go into space and dive deep into the oceans...

The community of the Nostromo isn't made up of family, friends, or neighbors, but the far more perilous, far more volatile community of co-workers on the job. Brace yourself, Shmoopers, for some se...

Death and horror go hand-in-hand in movieland, since a big part of what makes horror movies scary is watching characters flee for their lives. That fear reminds us of our own mortality, and here's...