A good reason that no one should like being alone in the dark.

Rating: 8/10 (25 September 2002)

Remarkable (and ingenius) mix of pure science fiction and horror (or suspense) as the crew of a mining ship who have an unexpected guest board their vessel on an unknown planet and the strange chain of events that take shortly thereafter.
Director Ridley Scott and Sigourney Weaver both made a name for themselves due to their efforts here. And so does the rest of the supporting cast (Tom Skerritt, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton) deserve some mention for their portrayals here.
"Alien" is one of those films that shows that no one should like being alone in the dark. I remember watching the commercial for the movie when it was going to be shown on network t.v. during the eighties. Just seeing the creature make its' way around the ship just scared of the daylights out of me alone. That's how great this movie is.