Editor's Note: This article contains spoilers for Alien: Romulus. Alien: Romulus doesn't hold back on the gore, cranking up a twist on the iconic Chestburster scene to a deeply haunting level.

Alien: Romulus is the latest installment of the Alien movie franchise, and all throughout the film’s marketing it’s been clear that the franchise lore heavily influences this new installment. Director ...

Even so, he built a pivotal part of the “Romulus” story around a character who died in the original movie: Ash, the synthetic human played by the late Ian Holm with chilling obedience to the franchise ...