Alien

Cast

Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton View All

Crew

Ridley Scott (Director), Dan O'Bannon (Screenplay), Dan O'Bannon (Story), Ronald Shusett (Story) View All

Release: May 25th, 1979

Runtime: 1 hour, 57 minutes

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

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16 My all-time favorite film!

Not just super iconic but also the most influential Sci-Fi/Horror movie of all time. Its dark atmosphere captures you from the beginning. It even has first "Cyberpunk" ideas. Other innovatio...

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Swan
The reproductive system of the creature adds to its complexity, and the film also deals symbolically with our own reproductive system I love catching these little metaphors in the film (the obvious phallic design of the creature, umbilicus clear, when they are looking at the tracking device to ....

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The Sci-Fi Slob
Alien started an entire sub-genre we now know as sci-fi horror, and has influenced countless films with its effective blend both sci-fi and horror, and is a landmark in both genres.

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BraedenG33
Ridley Scott's great use of atmosphere is probably on display here more than in any other film, as the visuals of the film add so much to the suspenseful, slow burn nature of the film.

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