Isabela Merced with her hand over her mouth in Alien: Romulus
The Big Picture As expected from the director of the 2013 Evil Dead remake, Alien: Romulus does not hold back on the gore. While Fede Álvarez remained mostly faithful to how the kills in the previous Alien installments, he also wasn't afraid to get incredibly twisted, taking aspects like the iconic Chestburster and cranking them up to eleven. The bloodiest moment, however, comes at the end of the film when the Xenomorph life cycle gets a deeply haunting update.
Álvarez says the scene caught some audience members off-guard but insists that there's more reality than fiction to the act. Though the Offspring may be an unsettling amalgamation, it is still given relatively accurate proportions for a big baby and its removal was based on his experience during the delivery of his two children.
I don't think the character of Kay goes through anything especially bigger than anybody. Even the blood that we see, that's exactly how it works. So, I wanted to be faithful. What I didn't wanna do was make it vanilla and break it down. It is a normal birth of an abnormal thing, but even the proportions and the size and everything, we make sure it was accurate for a big baby."
Alien: Romulus is now playing in theaters. Stay tuned here at Collider for our full spoiler-filled interview with Álvarez. Check out our review here for our thoughts on the franchise's gory return.
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