From cute and cuddly to scary and mean, Spielberg knows how to make alien movies.

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 classic Alien franchise might have been complete altered if this alternate Ripley ending was released.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Travis Bean writes about the best movies available to stream. That’s why I set out to rank the best alien and space movies ever.

Discover why Independence Day remains the gold standard for alien invasion movies, 30 years later. No other film captures the scale, excitement, and global crisis like this classic!

A sequel to a good movie is always a mixed bag. Some sequels are phenomenal, and some fall flat because there was probably not enough content to make something as solid as the original. In fields like ...

John Carpenter delivered a masterclass in mixing sci-fi concepts with growing paranoia in The Thing.

Robert Patrick is best known for playing the T-1000 in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," but he was also in a sci-fi flick with a ...

I first watched Alien 32 years ago. I'm 43 now, which means that, yes, I was indeed just 11 years old when I got my first horrific taste of H. R. Giger's glorious xenomorph. I blame my school friend ...