Alien
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Alien

In space no one can hear you scream.

8.2 / 10 1979 1h 57mR 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

Tom Skerritt

Dallas

Lead
Sigourney Weaver

Sigourney Weaver

Ripley

Veronica Cartwright

Veronica Cartwright

Lambert

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

Brett

John Hurt

John Hurt

Kane

Ian Holm

Ian Holm

Ash

Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

Parker

Bolaji Badejo

Bolaji Badejo

Alien

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Ridley Scott's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
4.0
Every frame feels alive. Alien is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker