With the release of Romulus, the perfect killing machine has now starred in nine films – some more chest-burstingly thrilling than others Tim Robey has been one of the Telegraph's film critics since ...

The early films created a legacy as difficult to kill off as the acid-blooded extraterrestrials. Hopefully, Alien: Romulus can break free of the restrictions that damaged so much of what followed It ...

When Alien burst onto the cinema screens in 1979, audiences got the shock of their lives, as the titular creature chased Sigourney Weaver and her fellow crew members around their spaceship. Ridley ...

Since the first two films in the 1980s, the sci-fi horror series has been a very mixed bag. But this latest gets back to basics, and makes for a superbly scary monster movie. There have already been ...

Cailee Spaeny stars in a shocker that goes back to the franchise’s first principles – with extravagantly scary, and revolting, results Robbie Collin has been a film critic for 20 years, during which ...

The first-time film-maker memorably disowned his grim and grimy Alien movie but a devoted fanbase insists it’s better than its bad reputation A film’s reputation is a moving target. Initial reactions ...