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Alien
“In space no one can hear you scream.”
8.2 / 10• 1979• 1h 57m•R• English
HorrorScience Fiction
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Tom Skerritt
Dallas
Lead
Sigourney Weaver
Ripley
Veronica Cartwright
Lambert
Harry Dean Stanton
Brett
John Hurt
Kane
Ian Holm
Ash
Yaphet Kotto
Parker
Bolaji Badejo
Alien
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ridley Scott's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Alien is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
