The Alien Franchise - Sci-Fi Horror Movies

In this episode The Blanchard Brothers celebrate the release of Alien Covenant by ranking the prior entries in the franchise and listing their Top 10 Favorite Sci-Fi Horror Films. 

In this episode my brother (Gavin) and I (Noah) discuss the beloved Alien Franchise, ranking the 5 previous entries in preparation for our viewing of Alien Covenant (Reviews to follow, Stay Tuned!) 

Then, we dive deep into the Sci-Fi Horror sub-genre to come up with our Top 10 Favorite Sci-Fi Horror Films, with a few guest lists provided by listeners and regular contributors Sunshine Mayfield and Matthew J. Blanchard. 

Intro / Outro ("Get My Cut" by All Get Out from their 2016 album Nobody Likes A Quitter) "Alien - Main Theme" by Jerry Goldsmith, "The Thing - Theme" by Ennio Morricone, Trailers and Dialogue Clips were sourced from respective DVDs, BluRays, and in some cases, YouTube.com

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Trailer for the 1979 movie Alien

Aliens] [1986] [Trailer] [Courtesy of FilmTrailersChannel] http://www.youtube.com/user/FilmTrailersChannel

Release Date: May 22, 1992 Despite the efforts of Ripley and the space marines in the film Aliens, an embryonic alien infiltrates the starship. It accidentally triggers the ship's emergency systems, dropping the escape capsule to the surface of a nearby planet called Fiorina 161.

Release Date: November 26, 1997 Ellen Ripley sacrificed her life to destroy the Company's desires to use the alien as a weapon. 200 years and seven horrible experiments later, she is resurrected on the USM Auriga using blood samples from Fiorina 161, for the purpose of extracting the alien queen inside her.

Ridley Scott, director of 'Alien' and 'Blade Runner,' returns to the genre he helped define. With PROMETHEUS, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe.

The path to paradise begins in hell. Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created, with ALIEN: COVENANT, a new chapter in his groundbreaking ALIEN franchise. The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world.