Okay, be honest — have you watched every single installment in the movie franchise? If yes, I truly applaud you, but for the other 98 percent of individuals who probably haven't (guilty) and , you might wanna catch up on the classics before booking a ticket at your local movie theater. will require a bit of a previous intel if you don't want to get lost in the plot. The movie — which stars Cailee Spaeny David Jonsson, Archie Renaux, Isabela Merced, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu — acts as a standalone intequel that takes place between the events of the (1979) and (1986).

The cast stars as a group of space colonists that, while scavenging what appears to be an abandoned space station, come face to face with the true stars of the entire franchise: Terrifying xenomorphs. Of course, , , and aren't the only movies in the series. There's multiple installment to dig into, so if finding out how to watch the entire franchise in order interests you, read on.

Extraterrestrial, parasitic fun awaits you. Alien (1979) The original, 1979 installment of follows Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) a space crew aboard Nostromo, a commercial spaceship on its way back to Earth. The crew gets a signal from a nearby spacecraft that looks to be abandoned, but after exploring the premises, the crew finds a chamber filled with thousands of alien eggs.

A parasite inside the egg attacks a crew member who falls unconscious, and they take him back to their original ship — but little do .