This post contains massiveAlien: Romulus spoilers.
Im not going to go after the women in the audience.
Im going to attack the men.
So declaredAlienscreenwriterDan OBannonin the 2002 documentaryThe Alien Saga, and no one can say he failed.
Although later contributors would leave aside the male focus, pregnancy metaphors continued to driveAliens sequels and prequels.
Gigermade for the first film.
His combination of the organic and mechanical unnerved viewers, especially given the sexual nature of the figures.
The xenomorph has several phallic qualities, from its long head to its retractable jaw that penetrates its victims.
The facehugger looks vaginal underneath its hand-like exterior, alongside an invading tube.
The egg then gestates into a facehugger.
The facehugger finds a host and inserts its proboscis inside them, turning the host into an incubator.
A xenomorph is vulnerable in its chestburster stage and tends to escape to prepare for its final phase.
However, the thing that sticks with viewers is the lingering pregnancy and assault imagery.
A vaginal cocoon or egg that can defend itself against violent penetration by secreting life-taking fluid on its attacker.
Kay gives birth to something like her maker an Engineer, who immediately kills her mother.
