Alien

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1 hr. 57 min.

Sci-Fi

Horror

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In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.

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A modern classic, Alien blends science fiction, horror and bleak poetry into a seamless whole.

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Dean M

They really don't make them like they used too...

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/28/24

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Me D

The best horror movie of all time, is in space.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/28/24

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Eddie s

Hard to think of many films that left more of an impact on me!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Lee F

This film has inspired so many other films, books, comics and more. It was truly amazing when it came out, and still stands up to the test of time. A true classic of science fiction and horror.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Audience Member

One of the best ever. They don’t make them like this anymore!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/26/24

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Armando C

Amazing. 45 years and more it causes the same feeling. Epitome of horror and science fiction, it's very meticulous. Excellent!!!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/25/24

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Ridley Scott

Director

Tom Skerritt

Captain A.J. Dallas

Sigourney Weaver

Warrant Officer Lt. Ellen L. Ripley

John Hurt

Engineer G.W. Kane

Veronica Cartwright

Navigator J.M. Lambert

Harry Dean Stanton

Engineering Technician S.E. Brett

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Jack Kroll

Newsweek

Alien will scare the peanuts right out of your M&M's. It was about time someone made a science-fiction thriller that thrills... and just boils everything down to the pure, ravishingly vulgar essence of fright.

Nov 16, 2023

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Elston Brooks

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/DFW.com

You can have Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 2001. I'll take Alien.

Nov 16, 2023

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Desmond Ryan

Philadelphia Inquirer

Miss Weaver, a New York actress making her film debut, makes the most of the opportunity without overdoing it. She suggests toughness and fear in equal measure.

Nov 16, 2023

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Casey Chong

Casey's Movie Mania

Still a masterpiece of slow-burning dread and terror.

Rated: 5/5

Apr 26, 2024

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Don Shanahan

Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast

Simply one of the best at being terrifying with the random unknown disconnected from any necessary lore.

Jan 18, 2024

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Michael Ventura

L.A. Weekly

This thing scared the shit out of me. Alien's a masterpiece of fright.

Nov 16, 2023

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Synopsis

In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.

Director: Ridley Scott
Executive Producer: Ronald Shusett
Screenwriter: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Twentieth Century Fox, Brandywine Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 25, 1979, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Apr 26, 2024
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 2, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $81.1M
Sound Mix: Surround, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1), 70mm

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