In “That Alien, Sound,” the debut feature from writer/director/editor Brando Topp, a young woman named Mika (Mia Danelle) becomes possessed by a soundwave that’s been floating around in outer space.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 29: (L-R) Gina Balian, Co-President, FX Entertainment, Noah Hawley, Babou Ceesay, Alex Lawther, Sydney Chandler, Samuel Blenkin, Timothy ...

"In space," some marketing genius once said, "no one can hear you scream". Bring the Xenomorph and its associated ecosystem back home, however — as "Alien: Earth" so memorably has — and you hear ...