It’s wild to think that there was a time when the initial facehugger design of “Alien” was bigger and grosser than the one we ended up with. Nevertheless, this footage, along with the teaser trailer, proves that sometimes the smaller things are, the scarier they can be. Just a glimpse at the pace Alvarez’s remote-controlled pet is moving reignites the fear felt when James Cameron left Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and Newt (Carrie Hens) alone with a pair of these parasites in “Aliens,” which is understandable, given that the crew that worked on that film are back at the creature factory this time around as well.
As revealed by star Cailee Spaeny in a November 2023 interview with Variety, who also let slip that “Romulus” would take place between “Alien” and “Aliens,” “The same people who built those xenomorphs actually came on and built ours.” Married with the cushioned walls reminiscent of the Nostromo in Ridley Scott’s “Alien,” it’s clear in the trailer that Alvarez is constructing an acid-soaked love letter to the franchise. We’ll see if it’s worth bursting into (preferably not via our chests) when “Alien: Romulus” sneaks into theaters on August 16.
