Summary

• The final trailer for Alien: Romulus spoils the entire chestburster scene, leaving no room for surprise.
• Previous trailers reveal specific character deaths, including Aileen Wu's Navarro and Spike Fearn's Bjorn.
• Disney's marketing team may be ruining Alien: Romulus by giving away too much before its release.

After a coy initial teaser that carefully avoided revealing too many story details, the subsequent trailers for Alien: Romulus have been freely giving away all the movie’s biggest scares. Set between the events of Alien and Aliens, Alien: Romulus will see a group of unsuspecting young space colonists investigating an old space station and coming face-to-face with the most horrifying being in the universe. Director Fede Álvarez is bringing the franchise back to its horror roots after a couple of hard sci-fi entries.

As a lifelong Alien fan, I’m really excited about the latest installment in the series. I really enjoyed Álvarez’s home invasion thriller Don’t Breathe and his blood-soaked Evil Dead remake, so I’m looking forward to seeing what he does with the iconography of the Alien franchise. But based on how many plot spoilers have appeared in the film’s trailers, it seems as though Disney’s marketing team is bent on ruining Alien: Romulus for everyone before it arrives in theaters on August 16, 2024.

Alien: Romulus' Final Trailer Shows Almost The Entire Chestburster Scene

The trailers haven't left any room for surprise in the chestburster scene

The recently released final trailer for Alien: Romulus shows pretty much the entire chestburster scene. The earlier trailers had teased a new spin on the familiar chestburster, with the victim being able to see the alien baby wriggling around through their skin before it busted out. But those teases still left something to the audience’s imagination, and left some of the terror of the scene unspoiled. After the final trailer, we know exactly what to expect from what promises to be the movie’s scariest sequence.

Imagine if Ridley Scott’s original Alien movie had included the chestburster scene in its trailers. It wouldn’t have earned its reputation as one of the most iconic moments in horror movie history, because it wouldn’t have taken audiences by surprise. It’s become an industry-wide issue that trailers are giving away too much these days, but it seems particularly bad in Alien: Romulus’ case. I want to enjoy at least one surprise in the movie itself.

Previous Alien: Romulus Trailers Have Already Teased Specific Character Deaths

The fates of Aileen Wu's Navarro and Spike Fearn's Bjorn have already been revealed

The previous trailers haven’t just spoiled plot elements; the Alien: Romulus trailers have spoiled specific character deaths. Aileen Wu’s Navarro and Spike Fearn’s Bjorn are both seen being attacked by facehuggers in the Alien: Romulus trailers, so we already know they’re doomed. The trailers are simply giving away too much, especially for a horror movie that relies on the element of surprise. Alien: Romulus is looking like it’ll be a great entry in the Alien franchise, but Disney needs to leave a few surprises unspoiled.