40 years after its original release in theaters, one of James Cameron‘s best sci-fi movies is returning to streaming to terrorize a new generation of viewers. With films like Avatar: The Way of Water and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, there’s no doubt that the director has a special skill for making sequels that surpass their predecessors in many ways. However, with this essential sci-fi film, Cameron delivered a superb expansion of a universe that he hadn’t created. For a full 137 minutes, the director basically makes us forget about the original with the depiction of a world (and its monsters) that went from scary to downright terrifying.

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