Alien
Directed by Ridley Scott8.593%94%8.2
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.
Alien Ratings & Reviews
- Doc WormMay 5, 2026A tense tale of exploitation and survival with some of the most gorgeous set design in all of cinematic history. Perhaps the whole ‘guy in a suit plays the alien’ might come across as silly and dated to some but it’s worth looking through all the quiet moments of tension. A score that sits and swells, shadow and light aim to direct and confuse. These all play together so well in the purpose that dreaded unknown is what is coming for you and all hope is lost. Alien is more than a slasher film in space. It’s an unparalleled triumph for its time that defied modern and classic conventions to create a truly unique vision on horror that plays with imagination in a way that it is truly timeless.
- Desmond DaleJanuary 24, 2025Just the perfect horror and possibly my favorite Sci-Fi film ever. The pacing is masterful. Ridley stretches out each kill to its furthest point of tension. The biomechanical designs by Geiger are impossibly detailed and intricate. And it's just a film that has a slightly slow start but never steps crescendoing until it's very last minute.
- "THE MOVIE FANATIC"April 20, 2026Ridley Scott's Alien is the equivalent of John Carpenters The Thing but in space instead there's nowhere to go....no escape and has that feeling of isolation about it. While James Cameron's Aliens is bigger in scale and has a lot more action....Alien is the more scary and is the one that has the more atmosphere. Just imagine for a minute being trapped millions of miles in space on a spacecraft with a Xenermorph on board....that would be beyond terrifying and Ridley Scott really used the setting & the visuals to enhance that feeling of vulnerability. Alien was so ahead of its time and the whole production design & visuals still hold up today. Alien is the very best Sci-Fi horror ever made a 💯 And finally my Ratings/Scores for Alien 1979 is ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ & a 10/10
- ZokkiieMarch 31, 2026I watch this one every year, and it still hits me like the first time. Everything about it just works—the tension, the crew, the way it slowly drags you into this suffocating world. You feel every bit of stress and fear with them, and the pacing gives it room to breathe so the scary moments hit way harder. The design and atmosphere are next level—gritty, claustrophobic, and just plain unsettling. Even knowing what’s coming, I catch tiny details I hadn’t noticed before, and the creature… man, it’s still nightmare fuel. It’s rare for a movie to feel this alive, this sharp, and this terrifying, year after year.
Alien Trivia
Alien was released on May 25, 1979.
Alien was directed by Ridley Scott.
Alien has a runtime of 1h 57m.
Alien was produced by Walter Hill, Gordon Carroll, David Giler.
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.
The key characters in Alien are Dallas (Tom Skerritt), Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Lambert (Veronica Cartwright).
Alien is rated R.
Alien is a Science Fiction, Horror film.
Alien has an audience rating of 9.4 out of 10.
Alien had a budget of $11M.
Alien has made $104.9M at the box office.