The moment the first Xenomorph burst from John Hurt’s chest, Alien was burned into our brains.
The classic horror film turns 40 on June 22 and to celebrate the anniversary, 20th Century Fox partnered with crowdsourced studio Tongal to commission a collection of short films expanding the Alien movie universe.
The studio chose just six film pitches out of more than 550 received. Given access to various studio storytelling resources from the original film series, the filmmakers completed their films and each have been released online at AlienUniverse.com, IGN.com and on @AlienAnthology social channels.
Of the six new films, two were led by female filmmakers. Halloween Every Night talked with Kailey & Sam Spear (who wrote and directed Alien:Ore) as well as Kelsey Taylor (who directed Alien: Specimen) during a press event at WonderCon 2019 in Anaheim, Calif.
The three talked about the enduring legacy of the film and its iconic heroine, Ellen Ripley.
