Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant doesn’t hit theaters in the United States for another two weeks but the red-carpet premiere took place yesterday in London and the first reactions have hit the web.
With Covenant, Scott looks to be taking the franchise back to the bloody horror roots of the original classic and judging by the reactions from those who saw it, it seems he has just done that. You can check out the first reactions below.
#AlienCovenant is an intense, strange and nightmarish continuation of the franchise. A great companion to Prometheus & the Alien mythos.
— Paul Shirey (@arcticninjapaul) May 4, 2017
Bloody, odd, mysterious and a staggering picture of madness at times. Horrific in unexpected ways. #AlienCovenant
— Paul Shirey (@arcticninjapaul) May 4, 2017
I don’t think everyone will love Alien: Covenant. Some will probably hate it. It’s a complex film and one you’ll be talking about after.
— Paul Shirey (@arcticninjapaul) May 4, 2017
Scared out my nut, jumped wayyy too many times out my seat, add The fact I had my teeth clenched ?through the whole film too #AlienCovenant
— Pandora (@pandoratweets) May 4, 2017
Yes yes ? #AlienCovenant what an intense rollercoaster of mystery & bloodshed! Haven’t stopped talking about it probably won’t sleep either
— Pandora (@pandoratweets) May 4, 2017
So Alien Convenant ???? Definitely worth a trip to the cinema & a large box of popcorn! #AlienCovenant
— JAMES INGHAM (@TheJamesIngham) May 4, 2017
So what do you think? Does this get you excited for Alien: Covenant? Let us know in the comments below.
The film stars Katherine Waterston, Michael Fassbender, Danny McBride, Noomi Rapace, Demian Bichir, Jussie Smollett, Carmen Ejogo, Billy Crudup and Amy Seimetz. Here’s the official synopsis:
Ridley Scott returns to the universe he created in ALIEN with ALIEN: COVENANT, the second chapter in a prequel trilogy that began with PROMETHEUS — and connects directly to Scott’s 1979 seminal work of science fiction. Bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, the crew of the colony ship Covenant discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world — whose sole inhabitant is the “synthetic” David (Michael Fassbender), survivor of the doomed Prometheus expedition.
Alien: Covenant hits theaters May 19, 2017.
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