"In space," some marketing genius once said, "no one can hear you scream". Bring the Xenomorph and its associated ecosystem back home, however — as "Alien: Earth" so memorably has — and you hear ...

A deep, low‑frequency whoosh rises steadily, hinting at the approach of an immense vessel slicing across a barren, voided horizon. As the ship nears, the swell resolves into a resonant metallic ...