Warning! This article contains spoilers for Alien Vol. 4 #1 Alien arguably paved the way for the Sci-Fi/horror genre with its very first installment, even if the franchise did quickly venture into the action/adventure genre in the very next film. Given the nature of Sci-Fi/horror, the movie was filled with dreadful suspense and brief, shocking violence, though the vast majority of the movie was a cerebral slow-burn. Basically, it wasn’t a ‘80s slasher, despite being released in 1979 and inspiring a number of classic horror motifs that would be used throughout the decade. However, the latest installment of the Alien franchise does seem to lean into its ‘80s horror roots in a way the original never did, by featuring a moment right out of Friday the 13th.
