The "Alien" franchise has been frightening moviegoers for more than 40 years. Now, showrunner Noah Hawley brings a new storyline to streaming platforms with "Alien: Earth."

Both new and familiar alien lifeforms lurk around in the Disney series “Alien: Earth,” based on the original 1979 Ridley Scott "Alien" movie.

A crashed ship, mind transplants, a blood-eating bug, an eyeball that moves on tentacles — Noah Hawley’s new series starts with a (sometimes revolting) bang

In space, no one can hear you scream, but they can sure hear you scratching your head as you try to make sense of the sprawling “Alien” universe.

The show, based on the Ridley Scott film, creates its own creepy-cool world and juggles ideas that go beyond merely trying to gross out its audience.

Noah Hawley, creator of FX's "Fargo" and trippy X-Men series "Legion," fundamentally understands what makes the aliens of "Alien" scary, and what makes the world Scott created so enticing to return to for film after film.