19 reasons why Prometheus was more important to Alien than we thought

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Still from Prometheus (Image via Rotten Tomatoes Trailers)
Still from Prometheus (Image via Rotten Tomatoes Trailers)

14.⁠ ⁠It bridges Lovecraftian horror with evolutionary horror in a science fiction genre

Still from the movie (Image via Rotten Tomatoes)
Still from the movie (Image via Rotten Tomatoes)

Prometheus can bridge different thematic viewpoints in a single movie, and that makes it an important film in the Alien franchise. Not only does it have themes of Greek mythology, but its themes of unknowable cosmic forces and ancient beings align with Lovecraftian horror. Further, the film’s plot about evolved Engineers creating evolved humans, which ultimately cause destruction, makes it a product of evolutionary horror.

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