Aliens stands as one of cinema's greatest achievements, a film that proved James Cameron wasn't a one-hit wonder and fundamentally changed action filmmaking forever. Released in 1986, it transformed ...

Some of the Duffer brothers' nods to Alien were subtle, like David O'Bannon, the cop who found Will's fake body. He was named after Dan O'Bannon, the screenwriter for Alien. The Demogorgon in Season 1 ...

In 1979, Ridley Scott directed Alien, one of the greatest sci-fi horror movies ever made. Written by Dan O'Bannon, Alien was a terrifying film that altered Hollywood forever. In one fell swoop, Ridley ...

Thanks to Aliens, the series avoided a premature game over. While not a new observation, it bears repeating: Cameron’s single biggest innovation is that he took a horror movie and made an action ...

James Cameron might be an iconic director now, but in the early '80s, he was a little-known creator just starting. His first film, 1982's Piranha II: The Spawning, wasn't great, to put it mildly.

In 1986, seven years after the groundbreaking Alien, director James Cameron released its long-awaited sequel. Rather then trying to recreate Ridley Scott’s claustrophobic 1979 horror, Cameron ...

We have talked about subverting expectations a few times before, most recently with me discussing the sharp turn from crime caper to vampire film in From Dusk Till Dawn. The best types of movies find ...