Alien: Romulus
August 16, 2024 in theaters
November 12, 2024 on Hulu
A group of young space colonizers scavenging a derelict station come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe. Fede Álvarez's lean, terrifying return stripped the franchise back to pure horror and became one of 2024's biggest theatrical hits.
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"Take what you need and get out."
-- Rain Carradine
DID YOU KNOW?
Director Fede Alvarez built full-scale sets of the Weyland-Yutani space station rather than using CGI environments.
THE VERDICT
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Fede Alvarez's entry is the most purely effective Alien film in decades — a deliberately contained, character-first horror film that understands what the franchise does well and commits to it without apology. The young ensemble grounds the threat in genuine stakes, and the design work honors the original without becoming nostalgic wallpaper. It does not reinvent the mythology, but it executes the formula with a precision that most entries in this series have lost sight of.
PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE
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Alien: Romulus sits between Alien and Aliens, returning the timeline to the corporate frontier where young colonists scavenge for a way out. The derelict station setting reconnects the franchise with tight survival horror while showing that the Xenomorph threat remains active beyond the Nostromo. Its placement gives fans a bridge between the original film's terror and the larger consequences that follow.
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