When Ridley Scott gave movie fans 1979's Alien, he kickstarted the craze for extraterrestrials on the big screen. Indeed, the '80s marked the decade when we began seeing way more aliens in movies.

As someone who loves horror, the '80s are a particularly special decade, producing many of the genre's masterpieces like The Thing and Poltergeist.

For years, Alien films have been getting made ever since the 1979 original captivated audiences. For a little while, the Alien films were a sort of sacred and special thing, especially in the late ...