Few monsters manage to terrify me. Demons and ghosts do absolutely nothing for me, and while home invasion and crazed serial killers get a reaction out of me, it never lasts. Sure, there are instances ...

Melody MacReady is a writer and transwoman (she/her), passionate about all things pop culture-related. From movies to shows to games to comic books, there is not much that she does not enjoy or ...

I’ll say it. Xenomorphs are the coolest, most terrifying monsters in all of cinema. Their biomechanical exoskeletons, spindly, intimidating stature, and rapid, cockroach-like movements make for a ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

Even though it was obviously a dude in a suit, the Xenomorph in the first Alien film is downright terrifying. Due in part to its limited screentime, creating an atmosphere full of tension, and its ...

Melody MacReady is a writer and transwoman (she/her), passionate about all things pop culture-related. From movies to shows to games to comic books, there is not much that she does not enjoy or ...

What started out as a simple monster movie in space -- Ridley Scott's 1979 Alien -- has in the decades since seen burst from its chest, if you will, an entire franchise of seemingly unstoppable, ...