The brand new Alien: Romulus trailer channels traditional sci-fi horror

It certain seems just like the Alien franchise is making a return to its horror roots. After a quick teaser earlier within the yr and some creepy behind-the-scenes footage, twentieth Century Studios has launched the primary full trailer for Alien: Romulus, a standalone movie from director Fede Álvarez. In brief: it seems scary as hell. It additionally seems to essentially stick with the core tenets of the unique movie, with a small solid; darkish, remoted setting; and solely hints of the lethal alien itself.

The story includes a gaggle of scavengers scrounging round on an deserted area station, earlier than turning into the unlucky prey of a xenomorph. It stars Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, and Archie Renaux. The movie additionally has an excellent new poster that hints on the significance of the traditional area huggers:

Romulus would be the first new entry within the franchise for the reason that prequel movies, Prometheus and Alien: Covenant, which took a detour to clarify the place the xenomorphs got here from. Romulus, then again, seems analogous to Prey, a standalone story within the Predator universe that wasn’t saddled by the canon of its predecessors — and completely dominated due to it.

Alien: Romulus hits theaters on August sixteenth.