In 2012, Ridley Scott returned to the franchise that he created in 1979 when he directed Prometheus, a prequel to Alien. With this movie, he made some major changes, retconning what some of the ...

It was always billed as the perfect organism, a lethal predator with acid for blood, a powerful second jaw, and — thanks to its parasitic lifecycle — a penchant for body horror. Since its debut in ...