An all time Sci-Fi Classic

Rating: 9/10 (18 January 2002)

I remember seeing this film for the first time when I was 15. I was always interested in sci-fi as a genre but i was very surprised how they could meld this with horror in such a style.
Story goes... the crew of a cargo ship named the Nostromo pick up a distress signal from a nearby remote planet. Upon investigation one of the crew members enters a derelict spaceship and returns with some kind of parasite attached to his face. Later on this parasite is known to have laid an egg inside of the crew member and it eventually hatches! The creature then grows and picks off each crew member off one by one.
Sounds simple? Well, the premise may be but the execution is great. Ridley Scotts direction is near perfect and the style and use of colors are spot on! I particularly like the fact that there isn't directly a main character, but each crew member is unique and equal. It only becomes more apparant by the end of the film who those main characters are.
I personally didnt find Alien scary but I did find it extremely tense. And to meld a great plot and characterisation with this makes for perfect entertainment.
10/10