All of the Alien movies (not counting the Predator faceoffs) are now streaming on Hulu. Perfect timing, considering Alien: Romulus screams onto the big screen on August 16th. That gives you a few days to binge six Alien movies before Fede Álvarez's latest invades your local theater.
If you don't have time to binge six movies before Friday, fret not! Alien: Romulus is said to take place between Alien and Aliens, which means you could technically revisit 1979's Alien this week, head to the theater to catch Alien: Romulus on the big screen (and pick up your Xenomorph popcorn bucket), then finish out the rest of August with Aliens, Alien 3, Alien Resurrection, Prometheus, and Alien: Covenant on Hulu.
And if you're a big fan of Alien, have we got a cover for you! FANGORIA and Alien were both born in the summer of 1979, to mark the occasion, we made this special limited edition variant cover of FANGORIA # 24 featuring Alien: Romulus on the cover. (Only available online).
Check out the Alien Collection teaser trailer below, and keep scrolling for additional info on each title.
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Alien
In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.
Aliens
After floating in space for 57 years, Lt. Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) shuttle is found by a deep space salvage team. Upon arriving at LV-426, the marines find only one survivor, a nine year old girl named Newt (Carrie Henn). But even these battle-hardened marines with all the latest weaponry are no match for the hundreds of aliens that have invaded the colony.
Alien 3
ALIEN 3(1992) Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) is the only survivor when she crash lands on Fiorina 161, a bleak wasteland inhabited by former inmates of the planet's maximum security prison. Once again, Ripley must face skepticism and the alien as it hunts down the prisoners and guards. Without weapons or modern technology of any kind, Ripley leads the men into battle against the terrifying creature.
Interestingly, Alan Dean Foster's novelization was closer to David Fincher's assembly cut. More on that here.
Alien Resurrection
The saga continues 200 years after Ripley sacrificed herself for the sake of humanity. Her erstwhile employers long gone, this time it is the military that resurrects the one-woman killing machine through genetic cloning to extract the alien from within her, but during the process her DNA is fused with the queen and then the aliens escape. Now Ripley must decide where her allegiance lies.
Prometheus
PROMETHEUS This one was not quite as, shall we say, universally beloved upon its release. In the years since, it seems many folks have come around on Prometheus. Our very own Scott Wampler, wasn't a fan upon first viewing, but later revisited it and made a compelling case in defense of Sir Ridley's return to the world of Alien.
Here's the synopsis:
The discovery of a clue to mankind's origins on Earth leads a team of explorers to the darkest parts of the universe. Two brilliant young scientists lead the expedition. Shaw (Noomi Rapace) hopes that they will meet a race of benevolent, godlike beings who will in some way verify her religious beliefs, while Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) is out to debunk any spiritual notions. However, neither the scientists nor their shipmates are prepared for the unimaginable terrors that await them.
Alien: Covenant
Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, members (Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup) of the colony ship Covenant discover what they think to be an uncharted paradise. While there, they meet David (Michael Fassbender), the synthetic survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition. The mysterious world soon turns dark and dangerous when a hostile alien life-form forces the crew into a deadly fight for survival.
