Ridley Scott's landmark monster film from 40 years ago holds up, but its ship could use a new operating system. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sigourney Weaver, Yaphet Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton react to the appearance of the chestburster in a screencap from Alien.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the ...

Jeff Ewing is a critic, entertainment journalist, interviewer, and screenwriter in LA with a life-long love of horror and film history. He has an M.S. in Sociology from the University of Oregon, and a ...