Alien (1979)

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Directed by

Ridley Scott

Starring (View 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

Written by

Dan O'Bannon
(story) and

Ronald Shusett
(story)

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The Original Alien.

16 years, 7 months ago at Nov 20 22:32

Lexi

6 votes

Ash: Ripley, for God's sake, this is the first time that we've encountered a species like this. It has to go back. All sorts of tests have to be made.
Ripley: Ash, are you kidding? This thing bled acid. Who knows what it's gonna do when it's dead?
Ash: I think it's safe to assume it isn't a zombie.

A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant plane... read more

Utterly hair-raising horror film

13 years ago at Jun 17 10:37

PvtCaboose91

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"You still don't understand what you're dealing with, do you? Perfect organism. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility." A benchmark in the science fiction genre, 1979's Alien is a simple "Jaws in Space" idea that comes to life through the phenomenal filmmaking prowess of legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott. Alien arrived two years after the first Star Wars, serving as a hard-hit... read more

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12 years, 7 months ago at Nov 23 17:30

Happy Vader

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I believe that when discussing the awesomeness of Ridley Scott, the argument always, and I mean always, comes down to just two films: Alien and Blade Runner. Both masterpieces in their genre (both are sci-fi) and both are some of the greatest films ever made. I seen and heard of this conversation so many times that there should be a Team Alien and Team Blade Runner now, so that fans can finally st... read more

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After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.

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