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The Big Picture Who doesn't love a good haunted house? The long and dark hallways, sweat-soaked people searching around corners, the thrill of that loud crack in the dark you can't identify the source of.
Related Where Does ‘Alien: Romulus’ Fit in the Franchise Timeline? 'Romulus' goes right between two absolute classics. 2 The Alien Movies Make It Fun to Watch the Characters Fight For Their Lives Adding to the fun is how each film is populated with characters who have no clue what's going on and are scrambling for survival to different degrees of success. One of the highlights of a good haunted house film is how much the characters freak out at a threat that defies their expected rules of engagement, and the Alien films constantly find new angles to approach people getting scared straight by a Xenomorph.
The Haunted House Format Allows Every Alien Movie To Explore a Different Tone Close That ability to play with tone so freely is perhaps the biggest reason why the Alien franchise works so well by building its stories around haunted house concepts. The simplicity of the structure allows for each entry to have its own distinct tone while still respecting the tropes that are necessary to make it fit the genre.
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