Breaking Down the Space Horror Formula

http://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3430353/breaking-space-horror-formula/

I think this editorial came out by the time when Life came out this year. You know, the scary movie about an alien?...The one with Ryan Reynolds...yeah, that one. Apparently, it was criticized for being a rip off of Alien. And I don't blame them, we've seen people isolated on a space ship where an alien terrorizes them. But is what space horror is funneled down to? That same formula? Meagan Navarro poses that question.
Now, one can't just come out of left field discussing space horror. It's a genre that requires watching more then just Alien. There's definitely a sizable library of such movies and  clearly Navarro has seen her fair share of such and is able to draw her own conclusions. It seems that the plagues of Alien rip offs first spawned in the 80s. I think it's fair to say they have decreased since then, but there are still some once in a while.
You know, I don't think I read this for the lead, kicker or even the pictures. There are some pictures though, They really don't do a whole lot other than just give the reader something to look at. They don't really match up with what is being described in the article. The text itself does flow and it makes for an easy read, because it really doesn't have another function other then giving super specific examples. When it comes to a kicker, I only think that the last line satisfies the role. "With the space horror formula as claustrophobic as its setting, it begs the question; is it possible to reinvent space-set horror the way Ridley Scott did in 1979?" I think that it would be better if that were put at the beginning, but that's just me.
Again, easy read to keep the audience engaged and it's always going to provoke someone's interest when you tell them of a movie they haven't seen yet. Maybe Navarro wrote this editorial as a call for the readers to view some of the examples and be the judges themselves rather then taking her word.