The first trailer for Alien: Romulus has just been released and plunges its spectators into a dull anguish. Fans even believe that it is the “scariest” feature film in the franchise since the iconic first film with Ripley.
The very first trailer for the film Alien: Romulus has just dropped, and the promise made to fans is obvious: we are going to take viewers back to the roots of the famous and terrifying franchise, in what made all the salt (and blood)) from Alien.
This time it was not Ridley Scott who took charge of the project. The director of the very first opus of the franchise and its spin-offs Prometheus and Covenant has ceded the pilot seat to Fede Alvarez, author of the horror film Don’t Breathe. And according to the first trailer and the unanimous reaction of spectators, the choice was wise!
Fans are hyped by the first trailer for Alien: Romulus
Barely did the first images of Alien: Romulus hit social media when fans expressed their enthusiasm.
Particularly praised were the ambient claustrophobia brought to the fore, the deliberately vintage and cold science fiction settings, but also the work on sound and voices charged with visceral fear.
I have chills right now. Expected nothing less, but Alien: Romulus looks like it could be the scariest Alien film since the original. Fede nailed it https://t.co/027NcEep3i
— Matt Konopka (@KillerCritics) March 20, 2024
“It gives me shivers. I expected nothing less from Alien: Romulus, but it seems to be the creepiest Alien movie since the original. Fede understood everything.”
Facehuggers in hardcore mode
— Kurisu (@kurisudesuka) March 20, 2024
It’s ALIEN and it’s very good
— Chad Moos (@chadmoos03) March 20, 2024
Other good news: if the trailer reveals the facehuggers in all their spidery splendor, it especially opts not to show (almost) any Xenomorphs. Star of the first Alien film, the creature had nevertheless been hidden as much as possible by its director Ridley Scott.
If the maneuver was initially intended not to break the viewer’s immersion by showing them a monster that cost too much for the special effects, it mainly made it possible to play off-camera. Indeed, what’s more frightening in cinema than a threat you can’t see?
Alien: Romulus will land in French theaters on August 14, 2024.
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