25 years ago, a legendary director solidified his comeback in the weirdest ways possible

25 years ago, a legendary director solidified his comeback in the weirdest ways possible

It’s easy to forget, now that Ridley Scott has spent a quarter-century as a reliable workhorse, burnishing his status as the director of Alien and Blade Runner while continually trying out daringnew takes on different genres, but the legendary (and Legend-ary) director spent much of the ’90s at a low ebb. Counterintuitively, it took a divisive serial killer sequel to bring his mainstream career fully back to life.