Alien
Directed by Ridley Scott
In space, no one can hear you scream.
| Released | May 25, 1979 |
| Global Box Office | $104.93m |
| Budget | $11m |
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.
Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright... Show All
- Tom Skerritt - Dallas
- Sigourney Weaver - Ripley
- Veronica Cartwright - Lambert
- Harry Dean Stanton - Brett
- John Hurt - Kane
- Ian Holm - Ash
- Yaphet Kotto - Parker
- Bolaji Badejo - Alien
- Helen Horton - Mother (voice)
Reviews
David Ehrlich, IndieWire:
There are like four things that happen in Alien — it runs two full hours and it’s one of the best films of all time.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times:
One of the great strengths of Alien is its pacing. It takes its time. It waits.
Manohla Dargis, LA Times:
Of all the monsters to go bump in the endless night of the movies, few have been as wonderfully frightening as the creature from Alien.
Kim Newman, Empire:
Some favour James Cameron's gung-ho sequel, but in duplicating the alien for shoot-'em-up potential, it serves only to highlights the reserve and purity of the original.
Jamie Russell, BBC:
[The movie] lays down the seeds of the Alien mythology, obsessively toying with themes of birth, motherhood and sex in quite outrageous ways.