Of all the various subgenres attached to the sci-fi domain, alien invasion flicks come off as timeless favorites. Here are ...

When the universe as we know it collapses, the only creatures with a chance of surviving to see the next age would be akin to Ridley Scott’s xenomorphs. Like the “Alien” franchise itself, they’re ...

Quite a bit of movie magic made "Alien" the sci-fi horror classic it is -- but one of its biggest challenges was solved with a simple low-tech tactic.

The Alien movies are responsible for some of the most famous, or perhaps infamous, frightening moments ever put on film. From the iconic "chest burster" scene to the viewer's first glimpse at a fully ...

Science fiction at its best isn't always just about spaceships and aliens. While blockbusters give us explosions and invasions, the truly great ones use their f ...

Movies about disasters—natural or human-made—have been produced since the earliest days of film. As early as 1916, a disaster with an extraterrestrial cause was touted in The End of the World, a ...

Star Wars and Star Trek dominate the sci-fi genre, but this underrated franchise secretly puts both of them to shame.

Don’t expect a straightforward timeline, because continuity is a mess with the Alien and Predator timelines (even if, as in this list, you choose to ignore tie-in comics, novels, and games). Predator: ...