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Alien

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• Horror
• Sci-fi

• 1979
• Ridley Scott
• 116 mins
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Summary

Sci-fi horror thriller starring Sigourney Weaver. On its way back to Earth at the end of a routine voyage, the spacecraft Nostromo picks up signals from a nearby planet. When three of the crew go to investigate, one of them is attacked by a mysterious creature that emerges from a repository of eggs.

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A star rating of 5 out of 5.

Alan Jones

Ridley Scott's original "haunted house in space" thrill-ride is a bona fide classic, stunning you with shock after shock, even when the alien creature is revealed in all its hideous glory. In her breakthrough role, Sigourney Weaver plays one of the crew of a spacecraft that picks up an unwanted guest after answering a distress beacon coming from a barren planet. The top-notch acting and imaginative bio-mechanical production design (with the alien created by Swiss artist HR Giger) succeed in flattering a script culled from many cult sci-fi movies, including It! The Terror from beyond Space and Planet of the Vampires. Scott brilliantly alternates false scares with genuine jolts, helping to create a seamless blend of gothic horror and harrowing science fiction.

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8.4/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameCaptain DallasTom SkerrittRipleySigourney WeaverLambertVeronica CartwrightBrettHarry Dean StantonKaneJohn HurtAshIan HolmParkerYaphet Kotto"Mother"Helen HortonThe AlienBolaji Badejo

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rolenameDirectorRidley Scott

Details

Theatrical distributor

Park Circus

Released on

2019-03-01

Languages

English

Guidance

Violence, swearing.

Available on

video, DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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