Alien (1979)

Release date: 1979-06-22
Country: UK|USA
Language: English
Director: Ridley Scott
Production Co: Brandywine Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Productions
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Rating: 8.4/10
Length: 1h 57min

Storyline

In the distant future, the crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo are on their way home when they pick up a distress call from a distant moon. The crew are under obligation to investigate and the spaceship descends on the moon afterwards. After a rough landing, three crew members leave the spaceship to explore the area on the moon. At the same time as they discover a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship's computer deciphers the message to be a warning, not a distress call. When one of the eggs is disturbed, the crew realizes that they are not alone on the spaceship and they must deal with the consequences.

Plot Keywords

alien, female protagonist, spaceship, outer space, creature, survival horror, future, trapped, first of series, monster, android, minimal cast, trapped in space, robot as menace, survival, computer, space travel, impregnation, fear, heroine

Short Review

The filmmakers have come up with some images that are sheerest nightmare. The film earns its shudders honestly: Scott is too talented to need gratuitousness as a aid.