Alien: Covenant vs The Call of Cthulhu

The Call of Cthulhu has the higher audience score (6.9/10 against 6.2/10 for Alien: Covenant). The Call of Cthulhu is the shorter watch at 47m compared with 2h 2m. The Call of Cthulhu is the older of the two (2006 against 2017). Both are horror, science fiction, thriller movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Alien: Covenant posterAlien: Covenant2017 VS The Call of Cthulhu posterThe Call of Cthulhu2006
Alien: CovenantThe Call of Cthulhu
Audience score★ 6.2/10★ 6.9/10
Year20172006
Length2h 2m47m
GenresHorror, Science Fiction, ThrillerFantasy, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
CountryUnited States of America–
DirectorRidley ScottAndrew Leman
Main castUli Latukefu, Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Carmen Ejogo, Danny McBrideBarry Lynch, John Bolen, Matt Foyer, Ralph Lucas, Chad Fifer

Synopsis

Alien: Covenant

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.

The Call of Cthulhu

A dying professor leaves his great-nephew a collection of documents pertaining to the Cthulhu Cult. The nephew begins to learn why the study of the cult so fascinated his grandfather. Bit-by-bit he begins piecing together the dread implications of his grandfather's inquiries, and soon he takes on investigating the Cthulhu cult as a crusade of his own.

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