Although the plot of Prometheus might seem confusing, it is relatively easy to understand where Ridley Scott’s 2012 prequel takes place in the Alien franchise timeline. The Alien movies have ...

Ridley Scott’s Alien forever changed both science fiction and horror movies when it came out in 1979, and, nearly half a century later, we’re still chilled to the bone by those terrifying xenomorphs.

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Ridley Scott bills Prometheus as a "loose" prequel to Alien. It's the first of three movies that eventually connect directly to the first Alien movie, explore the origins of the Alien creature, and ...

Ridley Scott came close to doing what the best sequels and prequels have accomplished: daring to explore something different. By Chris Hartwell As the marketing for Alien: Covenant ramped up, the ...

Over a decade after its debut, the divisive Alien prequel Prometheus is quietly becoming one of the franchise's most important outings. Despite being so closely linked to the genre, Ridley Scott spent ...

The opening moments of Prometheus present a visually breathtaking but puzzling prologue. Viewers witness a lone Engineer on what appears to be a primordial Earth, positioned beside a thundering ...