The ALIEN Franchise: A Study on Sci-Fi Gore and Women’s Bodily Trauma
by Heidi Krull, Staff Writer
Sigourney Weaver, who ended up playing Ellen Ripley, was the key to push this franchise to the next level.
Action Movie Countdown #8: ALIENS turns a horror sequel into a "roller coaster"
by Tessa Swehla, Associate Editor
While Alien is a masterwork in slow tension building, Aliens is bombastic.
Paul Schrader’s MASTER GARDENER blooms Into optimistic majesty
by Olivia Hunter Willke, Staff Writer
There’s a particular idiosyncrasy that only Paul Schrader can manage; it isn’t cool, and it sure as shit ain’t hip.
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER is James Cameron’s greatest hits album
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
Combining cutting-edge technology with classic, earnest storytelling is firmly the hallmark of this series, and it honestly gave me almost everything I wanted from it.
In Defense of Alien as Horror Film
Directed by Ridley Scott (1979)
by Sandy DeVito
A few weeks ago I was spending an evening with some friends and we were discussing what movie we should watch. We all had decided it should be some kind of horror film as autumn was just around the corner (and now it's here!), and someone asked me what my favorite horror film is. I'm known among friends as someone who has a taste for such things, and my answer was, without hesitation, "Alien." The reaction was a positive one, but one person said, in an argument I've heard before: "That's not a horror film." I proceeded to name a few other favorites (Fright Night, Rosemary's Baby, etc.) and we all moved on with the conversation, without really revisiting Alien or the obviously dissenting opinions. But it's kind of been nagging me ever since, because I really, truly believe Alien to be the purest kind of horror film, in fact, the best horror film of all time. And I feel a desire to defend that view.
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