Alien Romulus Parents Guide
Alien Romulus is a 2024 sci-fi horror movie in the Alien series. It takes place between the original Alien from 1979 and Aliens from 1986. The story follows young colonists like Rain and her adopted android brother Andy who try to escape a harsh mining colony. They sneak onto an abandoned space station called Renaissance, split into Romulus and Remus modules, to steal equipment for a long trip to a better planet. Things go wrong fast when they release facehugger parasites and face deadly xenomorphs. For more on the plot, check out the details on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien:_Romulus or https://spoilertown.com/alien-romulus-2024/.
Parents need to know this film is rated R for strong bloody violence, gore, terror, and language. It is not for kids or young teens. The horror comes from scary alien creatures that hunt and kill people in brutal ways. Facehuggers jump on faces to implant embryos, leading to chestbursters that rip out of human bodies with blood and screams. One key scene shows a pregnant woman inject herself with a serum that causes her to give birth to a fast-growing hybrid monster. This creature eats her from inside and attacks others. There are graphic deaths like people getting impaled, acid blood melting skin and metal, and bodies torn apart. Gunfights and chases add tension in dark, cramped spaces.
Sex and nudity are mild. Couples kiss briefly, and there is talk about pregnancy, but nothing explicit. A woman is shown pregnant and gives birth in a horrifying way. Language includes many F-words, plus other strong words like shit and damn. Drugs appear as the serum that mutates people. No alcohol or smoking.
Violence and scares are the biggest issues. The movie builds fear with jump scares, creepy sounds, and monsters stalking in shadows. Blood sprays often, and injuries look realistic. Some deaths happen off-screen, but most are shown up close. The hybrid offspring is especially disturbing as it grows huge and kills quickly. Andy the android gets reprogrammed, leading to betrayal tension, but no robot violence stands out.
This film mixes classic Alien scares with new twists like the human-xenomorph hybrid. It has solid effects and acts from Cailee Spaeny as Rain. Reviews call it a fun throwback but note it borrows heavily from earlier movies. See thoughts on https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/alien/alien-romulus-review, https://www.avclub.com/alien-romulus-review, or https://collider.com/alien-romulus-sci-fi-sleeper-hit-streaming-prime-video-january-2026/.
Overall rating advice: Best for fans 17 and up who like intense horror. Skip if gore or creature births upset you.
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien:_Romulus
https://spoilertown.com/alien-romulus-2024/
https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/alien/alien-romulus-review
https://collider.com/alien-romulus-sci-fi-sleeper-hit-streaming-prime-video-january-2026/
https://www.avclub.com/alien-romulus-review
