The Xenomorph Queen In Aliens 1986 Explained

James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) expanded the saga’s canon by introducing the Xenomorph Queen, a different type of Alien that served as the sequel’s main antagonist. Whereas Ridley Scott’s Alien (1979) turns into a slasher after the Chestbuster is born, Cameron’s Aliens was essentially an action movie. Aliens was bigger than Alien in every way, from the sets to the number of Xenomorph creatures involved. Rather than facing one Alien creature inside a ship, Ripley was now fighting a Xenomorph hive consisting of dozens of Aliens.