These wildly different films explore the wondrous, and sometimes terrifying possibilities of contacting extra-terrestrial ...

The third entry in the horror sci-fi franchise almost went in a completely different direction.

As much as Steven Spielberg likes aliens, he seems to prefer holding them at arm’s length. The creatures in Close Encounters ...

Science fiction aficionados and fans of practical effects will want to pour one out today: Brian Johnson, a man responsible ...

With 'Disclosure Day,' the director returns to a longtime preoccupation. Two Times staffers explore his ongoing fascination with extraterrestrials.

For every "Alien" or "Event Horizon," there are dozens of lesser-known space horror movies that deserve much more love and ...

Now the highest-grossing movie of the year, Project Hail Mary is the latest in a long line of lonely space movies to isolate a megastar—in this case, Ryan Gosling—on a distant spaceship. Every guy ...

In Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, the audience isn’t introduced to the Xenomorph right off the bat, but to the glorious Nostromo travelling through space. Utilizing industrial scrap and military surplus to ...

Noah Hawley has brought the sci-fi/horror series to television. Many filmmakers have taken on the "Alien" franchise: James Cameron, David Fincher, Fede Álvarez. Ridley Scott even returned to the well ...