LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Before Steven Spielberg made extraterrestrials cute and cuddly, Ridley Scott made them slimy and savage. One of Hollywood's all-time fear-jerkers, "Alien" returns to theaters in an ...

Before Steven Spielberg made extraterrestrials cute and cuddly, Ridley Scott made them slimy and savage. One of Hollywood's all-time fear-jerkers, "Alien" returns to theaters in an updated version ...

``Alien'' screenwriter Dan O'Bannon had written the characters as gender-neutral, including Weaver's, so the filmmakers could cast either sex in the roles. But he felt strongly that the character ...