Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Alien: RomulusAlien: Romulus subverted audience expectations by bringing back a familiar face from the original film. However, as shocking as the movie’s character return was 45 years after his previous franchise appearance his role also undid one of Alien‘s most effective plot twists. Made before audiences became overfamiliar with acid blood, facehuggers, and carnivorous xenomorphs, the 1979 movie featured several shocking scenes. While the iconic chestburster has passed into filmmaking folklore, the movie’s actual best twist arguably had much greater narrative significance.