A True Sci-Fi/Horror Classic! 9.0/10

Rating: Null/10 (20 June 2004)

"In Space, No One Can Hear You Scream!" That was the now-famous tag line from the 1979 horror/sci-fi classic thriller Alien. Ridley Scott directed this masterpiece about a spaceship sent to an unknown planet to respond to a unanimous message. Upon arriving on the planet called LV-426, they discover an abandoned spacecraft in which they found a sea of fertilized eggs. One of them opens up and a strange creature jumps out of it and sticks itself to the face of one of the crew member. After returning to their own ship, they start examining the creature still stuck to his face. The creature known as "The Face hugger", unstuck itself from the man's face, leaving him with no visible injuries. Everything seems fine until a small alien bursts out of the man's chest and escapes into the ship. The six remaining crew members must then prepare for battle for their survival against this alien who becomes pretty dangerous after they realize that it has acid for blood. In 1979, the science-fiction genre was at its all-time popularity peak after the release of Star Wars and 20th Century Fox wanted to cash-in on this sci-fi mania that was going on by green lighting the Dan O'Bannon script and hired a then-unknown Ridley Scott who had directed his major film debut with The Duellists in 1977. What is impressive in Alien, the original movie that started the franchise, is the work of Ridley Scott, who truly made a very scary movie and one that stands the test of time. H.R.Giger, who had painted a portrait of the alien creature long before Dan O'Bannon had written the script, designed the creature itself. Some people prefer the 1986 action extravaganza Aliens directed by James Cameron, but the original is still the one to beat and will always be. Sigourney Weaver made her film debut with what would become her landmark role as Lt. Ripley, the famous heroin who must defeat the hideous creature on her own. So if you like action, suspense and scary moments, Alien is the perfect horror movie and a true science-fiction classic. I give Alien a very good 9.0/10