After implantation of the Xenomorph embryo, the Chestburster grows inside the host's chest cavity, pushing and chewing its way out. First appearing in Alien , the Chestburster quickly became one ...

Alien eggs in Alien (1979). (Image credit: 20th Century Fox) Of course, we can't start this exploration of the Xenomorph life cycle without the species' most basic form: the leathery (and rather ...

The Chestburster is the third phase of the Xenomorph’s lifecycle, and it definitely makes the most dramatic entrance. It grows and develops from the embryo implanted in a host by the Facehugger.

Take the chestburster, for instance. The embryonic Xenomorph emerging violently from John Hurt’s chest in the original Alien is as iconic as anything in cinema, and some version of it has ...

The Xenomorph’s gory and astonishing on-screen debut makes it impossible to recreate. A chestburster is arguably the most horrid thing that can happen in the Alien franchise, ...

The chestburster very quickly evolves from being a cute little toothy killer to a full-size xenomorph, molting and growing to approximately seven feet in height in a matter of hours.

Superman teleports the chestburster outside of her, saving her life, but Kara is forced to flee the teleporter as a Xenomorph shows up. The ship explodes, and Superman is launched back to earth ...

Ahead of “Alien: Romulus,” here’s what you need to know about xenomorphs, Ripley and the series’ real bad guys.

Related: Why Alien: Romulus pits the Xenomorph against a younger crew “We literally vibrated the set,” Álvarez says. “The whole cockpit was built on a massive gimbal. So, anytime there was ...