The latest news from Disney’s upcoming Alien movie is simultaneously good and bad for the sci-fi horror franchise. There are few franchises that boast the level of inconsistency seen among the Alien movies. Director Ridley Scott’s 1979 Alien was a taut, terrifying, and claustrophobic horror masterpiece, while director James Cameron’s 1986 sequel Aliens was a bombastic follow-up that leans into action over horror. Alien and Aliens were both incredibly influential exercises in genre filmmaking. While the two movies were very different in terms of tone, they're both examples of superb cinema.
Disney's New Alien Movie Is Exciting & Worrying For Exactly The Same Reason
