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Watch the $300 Sci-Fi Short That Launched Alien: Romulus Director Fede Alvarez Into Hollywood
The elevator description for Fede Alvarez’s 2009 sci-fi short, Panic Attack!, is as follows: “Giant robots invade Montevideo!” Frankly, the future director of Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe, and Alien: Romulus would have had us at “giant robots,” but it’s even cooler now that the short has been jazzed up and re-shared to YouTube. The short…
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It’s a Great Time to Be an Alien Fan
While Alien Day was on April 26, it doesn’t mean that we still can’t celebrate all things Alien. For those wondering why April 26 is Alien Day it is because the planet in the sequel Aliens is LV-426—so, April 26 (the American way of dating a day). But while in the past Alien Day has…
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Alien: Romulus Was Inspired by an Aliens Deleted Scene
Fede Álvarez started making an Alien movie without realizing he was making an Alien movie. He was in a meeting with Ridley Scott’s company right before Scott made Alien: Covenant, and he mentioned some things he would like to see. “I was like, ‘I think you guys should do this and approach it this way,…
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A New Evil Dead Movie Is Coming, But How It Fits Is a Mystery
Last year, Lee Cronin’s Evil Dead Rise put a fresh coat of (pleasingly gory) paint on the much-loved cult horror franchise. Now, there are rumblings anew for the 43-year-old series: a film from emerging horror star Sébastien Vaniček, whose Infested thrilled audiences at Fantastic Fest last year and will stream on Shudder later in 2024.…