Outstanding horror film

Rating: 10/10 (9 August 1999)

I went back and saw Alien on video again last weekend. Must be about the 50th time I've seen it. I know where all the scary scenes are, and it still ties my intestines in a knot. This movie is a classic. Everthing is classic - the lighting, the sets, the music. And the outstanding job of acting by all concerned really is what makes the movie click.
The subsequent stories in the Alien saga are cheap rip-offs; Hollywood follows the traditional line of "If we had one thing that was good, let's clone the hell out of it and make a few more bucks."