Alien (1979)

Directors:

Ridley Scott

Writers:

Dan O'Bannon

Actors:

Eddie Powell, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, Ian Holm

Synopsis:

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.
  • Science Fiction
  • Horror
  • Reviews 6
  • Highest Rating 100
  • Lowest Rating 74
  • Average Rating 89
91

Alien (1979)

Ripley of the Nostromo on her first terrifying encounter. Everything's right - best cast, best art, decent writing . . . darker & more chilled.
Buchans
October 11, 2013
90

Alien (1979)

I am a complete pussy when it comes to horror films; I rarely ever watch them. I watched this once when I was a kid and I'll never watch it again ... it's a masterful study in absolute, claustrophobic, unescapable terror. Brilliant.
smitty
April 12, 2013
74

Alien (1979)

First of all, I'm not really a fan of this type of movie. I thought it was really good for when it was made but it's not something I would want to watch again. Also, they did what they shouldn't have done everytime!
ndcaines
February 14, 2013
100

Alien (1979)

I can't think of another movie that combines horror and science fiction as well as Alien. It's tight film that doesn't give you a second to breathe. It's pretty much perfect.
ross
June 9, 2012
93

Alien (1979)

The O.G. Great atmosphere. Ridley Scott does wonders with small spaces. Also cool to see Tom Skerritt and Yaphet Kotto looking younger than I was ever used to. Sigourney became a deserving star after this one. Gotta love how different 70's Sci-Fi was.
wintermayer
February 16, 2012