19791h 57mDir. Ridley Scott

Alien

Name: Alien
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Released: 1979-05-25
Duration: 1 h 57 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt

“In space no one can hear you scream.”

HorrorScience Fiction

5.0 / 5.0

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1st Half: 5.0 ★vs2nd Half: 5.0 ★

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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,Harry Dean Stanton,John Hurt

Featured Cast

(9 actors)

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)

Key Production Crew

Director

Ridley Scott

Screenplay & Writers

Ronald Shusett, Dan O'Bannon, Dan O'Bannon

Cinematography

Derek Vanlint

Original Score

Jerry Goldsmith

Producers

Walter Hill, Gordon Carroll, David Giler

Film Details

Budget$11,000,000

Box Office Revenue$104,931,801

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Brandywine ProductionsTwentieth Century-Fox ProductionsRonald Shusett Productions

Keywords & Themes

#android#spacecraft#space marine#biology#dystopia#countdown#space suit#beheading#space travel#cowardice

Community Reviews & Logs

Aniket Shukla @aniket11

Oct 13, 2026

1ST WATCHImported Log

5.0

Easily one of Ridley Scott's finest films, and one of the best of the sci-fi genre. Alien is simply wonderful, with imaginative production design especially and a magnificent score from Jerry Goldsmith. The pace is also ...

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