Dropping all but minimal elements of the original video’s dialogue, and adding the soundtrack of the Prometheus soundtrack, the trailer runs at a brisk 01:08 length.
Every second of that run time is packed with all of the intensity of that original trailer, and only gives you one word to hang on to as it concludes: “Run!”
An intrepid YouTuber took the footage revealed to the public on Christmas Eve and made some simple adjustments, turning Alien: Covenant’s first look into something much more pulse pounding.
Also notable is the fact that the now infamous reveal of the Xenomorph attacking a couple in the showers has been excised from this version, leaving only the bloody aftermath in a brief flash of imagery.