Described by Roger Ebert as a "trapped in a haunted house" movie, this movie set the ba...
Alien
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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Alien
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
May 25, 1979
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
User Score
82%
Original Title
Alien
Production Companies
20th Century Fox, Brandywine Productions
Director
Ridley Scott
Budget
$11,000,000
Revenue
$104,931,801
Description
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.
Cast
Crew
Trailer
Recommendations
Aliens
Alien³
Alien Resurrection
Alien: Covenant
Jaws
Dawn of the Dead
Terminator Salvation
Blade Runner
The Thing
Apocalypse Now
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
2001: A Space Odyssey
Eastern Promises
Body of Lies
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Angels & Demons
X2
Prometheus
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
AVP: Alien vs. Predator
Reviews
There is a clause in the contract which specifically states any systematized transmission indicat...
The standard bearer of horror in space, Ridley Scott's masterpiece still thrills new generati...
'Alien' isn't as eventful, and as such as entertaining, as I had anticipated...
Horror in Space, that's what this is. It's a space monster movie, and the thing is, if yo...
One of the great founders of modern sci-fi.
Anyone who knows me already k...
Back in the day before Sir John Hurt took to being little more than a highly paid cameo-man, he w...
The baby xenomorph looks like a muppet.
A masterpiece!
Can be rewatched indefinitely!
This is a classic for a reason. It's one of those movies where technical flaws are completely...