Genre: Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Aliens, Space, Monsters, Cult Classic, Futuristic, Robots, Gore, Escape
Tagline: In space no one can hear you scream.
Plot: Director Ridley Scott's breakthough film, an immensely successful blend of horror and science fiction, is a classic in both genres and spawned a host of sequels and imitators. Starring Sigourney Weaver as warrant officer Ellen Ripley, ALIEN focuses on the crew of the space cargo ship Nostromo, which lands on a moribund planet in response to a faint SOS. Inside a crashed ship, the crew members come upon strange pods, one of which spews forth a repellently fleshy insectile creature that locks on to the face of the unlucky Kane (John Hurt). Despite Ripley's advice, science officer Ash (Ian Holm) allows Kane to return to the ship, where the creature finally releases its grip. Soon, however, in one of the film's most infamous scenes, one of its offspring explodes horribly from Kane's stomach and scurries away. Dallas (Tom Skerritt), the vessel's captain, leads the others in a search for the rapidly growing, acid-dripping alien before it can cut them down--one by one. A triumph of art direction, set design, and special effects, ALIEN gains much of its impact from the contrast between the bleak, antiseptic beauty of the space vessel's interior and the primordial horror of the alien, a brilliantly original fusion of insect, man, and machine designed by Swiss surrealist painter H.R.
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 Whatever the classification of Alien, it is a great rumination on the human fear of the body being taken over by a foreign entity, and it works nicely utilizing many different forms of terror - whether they be creatures lurking in the shadows or a vast government conspiracy.--Cortney Fusco (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
A gloomy and somewhat moody sci-fi/horror this does have a few inventive moments (the infamous chest bursting scene being the best sequence in the entire film) but is way too slow-paced and surprisingly dull.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
It's the best horror-science fiction film ever made. Like "The Exorcist," it spawned countless imitations which are still being cranked out today.-- (eSplatter.com)
Put quite frankly, this movie scares the shit out of you from beginning to end. Not in the rampaging, constant adrenaline rush-way of its sequel, but with at a slow, methodical pace punctuated with moments of stark terror.  -- (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
While not my very favorite Alien film, this one started it all, and is as effecrive now as it was over 20 years ago. Fit for any fans library  -- (horrorview.com)
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Dan O'Bannon
AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Alien: Resurrection, Alien 3 |
 | Ronald Shusett
Total Recall, AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Alien: Resurrection |
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 | John Hurt
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Hellboy, Dogville |
 | Ian Holm
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The Fifth Element |
 | Yaphet Kotto
The Running Man, Midnight Run, Live and Let Die | |
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| Perhaps one of the most influential sci-fi / horror films of it's time which spawned several major sequels and several minor doppelganger. Although it now looks a little dated by today's standards it can still encourage the meek to sit with a cushion on their knee just in case. 9/10 --Vaughan Dyche (thefilmasylum.com)
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