Alien

1979 "In space no one can hear you scream."

Alien

8.5 | 1h57m | R | en | Horror

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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8.5 | 1h57m | R | en | More Info

Released: May. 25,1979 | Released Producted By: Brandywine Productions , Twentieth Century-Fox Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.20thcenturystudios.com/movies/alien

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Genre

Horror , Science Fiction

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Cast

Tom Skerritt , Sigourney Weaver , Veronica Cartwright , Harry Dean Stanton , John Hurt , Ian Holm

Director

Roger Christian

Producted By

Brandywine Productions

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Crew

Tom Skerritt

as Dallas

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Sigourney Weaver

as Ripley

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Veronica Cartwright

as Lambert

A Kill for a Kill The Ruse Alien: Terror in Space Life After The Navigator Breaking Fast The Field Limbo Memory: The Origins of Alien Mommy I Didn't Do It Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches

Harry Dean Stanton

as Brett

One from the Heart American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective Frank and Ava Lucky Walking the Mile Fishtail Carlos Spills the Beans The Last Stand 9 Full Moons Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

John Hurt

as Kane

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Henry Fonda for President Das Grüffelo-Doppel: Der Grüffelo und Das Grüffelokind Bare Knuckle Damascus Cover The Journey My Name Is Lenny That Good Night ChickLit Back to Utopia

Ian Holm

as Ash

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit Durin's Folk and the Hill of Sorcery The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Discovering Hamlet 1066: The Battle for Middle Earth O Jerusalem The Treatment The Real Middle Earth

Roger Christian

Art Direction

Leslie Dilley

Art Direction

Jonathan Amberston

Assistant Art Director

Benjamín Fernández

Assistant Art Director

Ron Cobb

Concept Artist

Chris Foss

Concept Artist

Jean Giraud

Concept Artist

Bill Welch

Construction Manager

John Davey

Painter

Michael Seymour

Production Design

Julian Caldow

Production Illustrator

Dave Jordan

Property Master

Ian Whittaker

Set Decoration

Derek Vanlint

Director of Photography

Adrian Biddle

Focus Puller

Colin Davidson

Focus Puller

Jimmy Walters

Key Grip

Bob Penn

Still Photographer

Graham Churchyard

Costume Assistant

John Mollo

Costume Design

Alien Audience Reviews

CheerupSilver Very Cool!!!

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Ogosmith Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

tkbludis Alien is a sci-fi horror classic that keeps you on the edge of your seat. The suspense and the fear are there and that iconic chestburster scene is so scary and iconic. The final fight at the end of the movie is very suspenseful and keeps you guessing. Ridley Scott is one of the best directors of our time.

carolynvargas Alien is a great film though I personally feel that James Cameron's Aliens is a much better film. It starts with seven crew members aboard a towing hauler, who are suddenly awakened from their deep slumber in cryo because of a distress signal they've received. They land on a distant planet only to find a massive derelict ship which has probably crash landed. There they find an alien organism- one which has acid for blood and grows at a menacing pace. This film reeks of atmosphere and to this day many films and video games have been directly inspired by its production design and vibe. Alien also holds the distinction of having, what many people consider the greatest tagline and trailer.

Torrin-McFinn77 I'm not the biggest fan of horror, though I did watch a few slasher movies, including Wes Craven's Scream 1 and Child's Play (with Brad Dourif), but considering I love sci-fi, this is my favorite of the horror sci-fi flicks. I still have the VHS tape of this one and I watched it again on blu-ray and enjoyed it. It does have a lot of creepy moments, and that dinner scene was spoofed in so many other films, TV shows, books, and such, but it made its point. This movie was the catalyst for the Alien saga and this, along with its sophomore outing, are the only Alien films I'll watch. And I'll pretend that the Alien Versus Predator films never existed. I especially loved the sets and the creature itself, courtesy of the late HR Giger. This actually worked for me.

NikkoFranco With films coming at an AK 47 rate, seldom will an audience encounter anything like Alien ( all sequels are still as terrifying ) with all the gut-ripping, face-locking, seemingly more intelligent than humans creatures in a spaceship destined for doom. However , it is also interesting to note that Sigourney Weaver immortalized the character, Dr Ellen Ripley. When something is new, be it anything , a toy, a car, books , films - our curious nature is always triggered , with Alien our imagination and fear of what's out there has been called to the surface. A lot of cast members here went on to establish film careers as a result. If you're not a scaredy cat, this film must be in your library.