Alien: Covenant
The path to paradise begins in hell.
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A dark, paranoid sci-fi horror about a doomed crew discovering that paradise harbors an existential threat, blending visceral creature terror with philosophical questions about creation and control.
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise but is actually a dark, dangerous world.
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