Alien
1979
In space no one can hear you scream.
Directed by Ridley Scott
User Rating
Intensity
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.
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- Director
- Ridley Scott
- Written by
- Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
- Produced by
- David Giler, Gordon Carroll, Walter Hill
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Cinematographer
- Derek Vanlint
- Editors
- Peter Weatherley, Terry Rawlings
- Sound Designer
- Ben Burtt
- Origin country
- United States
- Production countries
- United States, United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Language
- en
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Alien 1, Alien I Directors Cut, Alien: The Director's Cut
- TMDB
- 8.2/10 (16,470 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 93% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 89/100
- IMDb
- 8.5/10 (1,061,640 votes)
Awards
- WonAcademy Award— Best Visual Effects(1980)
Cast
Crew
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Trailer
Score
Jerry Goldsmith
Alien
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — ALIENS Pt 11: Alien (1979)
Alien Collection
Appears in
Aliens - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
BFI: The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
Carol Clover — Men, Women, and Chain Saws
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Stephen King — Danse Macabre
Time Out: 100 Best Horror Films
Trapped with the Creature
Variety: 100 Best Horror Movies of All Time
