This worked well in Alien: Isolation because, while pursued by xenomorphs, androids, and facehuggers, it’s arguably more thrilling to flee and hide in a horror game when players know that they’re more or less powerless and unable to defend themselves confidently.

Alien: Earth is making good on what we could have gotten from an unmade Alien sequel that some folks really wanted.

Alien: Earth explores the idea of human minds being placed into brand-new, synthetic bodies, but is that pure science-fiction? Let's investigate.

Sydney Chandler, Timothy Olyphant, and Alex Lawther star in the FX series created by Noah Hawley, which continued this week.

A fter what has felt like an eternity in development, Alien: Earth is finally streaming on Hulu and Disney Plus this week. The long-awaited TV show reinvents the universe of the Alien movies as a terrifying eight-episode series. We've seen the first six of those, and you can find out what we made of them in our Alien: Earth review.

Alien: Earth is no exception. The new FX series from showrunner Noah Hawley introduces several original variants of this perfect killing machine, including one that hatches out of an infected cat in one of the show's most disturbing moments so far.