Alien (1979)

Alien (1979) Movie Reviews
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Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton

Director: Ridley Scott

Rating: R

Running Time: 117 min.

Synopsis: "In space, no one can hear you scream." A close encounter of the third kind becomes a Jaws-style nightmare when an alien invades a spacecraft in Ridley Scott's sci-fi horror classic. On the way home from a mission for the Company, the Nostromo's crew is woken up from hibernation by the ship's Mother computer to answer a distress signal from a nearby planet. Capt. Dallas's (Tom Skerritt) rescue team discovers a bizarre pod field, but things get even stranger when a face-hugging creature bursts out of a pod and attaches itself to Kane (John Hurt). Over the objections of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), science officer Ash (Ian Holm) lets Kane back on the ship. The acid-blooded incubus detaches itself from an apparently recovered Kane, but an alien erupts from Kane's stomach and escapes. The alien starts stalking the humans, pitting Dallas and his crew (and cat) against a malevolent killing machine that also has a protector in the nefarious Company.

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  • Mar 23, 2011 07:47 am

    John said: A

    It was a 9/10 until i got hold of the bluray version now its 10/10

  • Jun 06, 2011 01:59 pm

    Amanda said: B

    Weaver's Ripley is a great character and the overall film is incredibly stylish and the cinematography is fantastic

  • Apr 19, 2013 06:56 am

    Ryan said: A

    This is it. Alien, a spectacle of ultimate terror, and horror. The characters, suspense and setting made EVRYTHING click. Beautiful to look at, thanks to H.R. Geiger, Alien is my overall favourite movie. A classic and must see.

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