Widely hailed as one of the best chapters in its 45-year sci-fi horror saga, Alien: Romulus topped $314 million worldwide this weekend as already the second-biggest film of the seven-film franchise.

“I am afraid of my visions.” Thus spoke H.R. Giger, the artist whose paintings led to him being engaged by director Ridley Scott to design the xenomorph for the first Alien film in the late 1970s.