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The latest entry in the venerable Alien Sci-Fi Horror Film franchise leans hard into the horror.

In Alien Romulus, young crew of space miners explore a derelict space station, and

you'll never guess what species of slimy extraterrestrial evil they encounter. Faces get hugged,

chests get burst, and acid blood eats through everything.

I'm Glenn Weldon and today we're talking about Alien Romulus on Pop Culture Happy Hour

from NPR.

Joining me today is Ronald Young Jr. He is the host of the Film and Television

Review Podcast, leaving the theater and the podcast, wait for it, hey Ronald.

Hello, Glenn.

Also with us is Chris Klimak. He is a writer and host of the Smithsonian magazine podcast.

There's more to that. Hey Chris.

Hey Glenn, at last I get to say on Mike what I usually say under my breath at the beginning of each taping.

We're on an express elevator to hell going down.

There you go. First to situate us. All alien Romulus takes place after the events of the

first alien movie and before aliens.

It follows a young space miner named Rain, played by Priscilla's Cayley Spaney

and her brother, who's really an obsolete Android model named Andy.

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