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Alien

Alien

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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.

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Patrick E. Abe profile picture

Described by Roger Ebert as a "trapped in a haunted house" movie, this movie set the ba...

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John Chard profile picture

There is a clause in the contract which specifically states any systematized transmission indicat...

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Repo Jack profile picture

The standard bearer of horror in space, Ridley Scott's masterpiece still thrills new generati...

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r96sk profile picture

'Alien' isn't as eventful, and as such as entertaining, as I had anticipated...

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GenerationofSwine profile picture

Horror in Space, that's what this is. It's a space monster movie, and the thing is, if yo...

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Filipe Manuel Neto profile picture

One of the great founders of modern sci-fi.

Anyone who knows me already k...

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CinemaSerf profile picture

Back in the day before Sir John Hurt took to being little more than a highly paid cameo-man, he w...

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James profile picture

The baby xenomorph looks like a muppet.

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Christian Butoi profile picture

A masterpiece!

Can be rewatched indefinitely!

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HappyPagan profile picture

This is a classic for a reason. It's one of those movies where technical flaws are completely...

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