Sets the ultimate standard for Sci-fi horror!

Rating: 10/10 (7 June 2009)

In the future a team of explorers known as Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Ash (Ian Holm), Parker (Yaphett Kotto), Lambert (Veronica Cartwright), Brett (Harry Dean Stanton), Dallas (Tom Skeritt) and Kane (John Hurt) investigate a strange planet. However they stumble into a weird spaceship with lots of eggs until one of them accidentally brings a creature on board that will soon be born, a nightmare will soon follow Ripley and her crew.
A truly terrifying and magnificent movie that has stood the test of time for many years since it's release in 1979. A highly influential mix of Science Fiction and Horror from Ridley Scott who gave us the masterpiece "Blade Runner" for audiences and critics alike praised this motion picture as a visceral and startling roller-coaster ride. The screenplay by Roland Shussett and Dan O'Bannon is quite smart and original borrowing some influence by 50's Sci-fi and EC Comics, Jerry Goldsmith's score is chilling at his best. Sigourney Weaver as Ripley as created a Sci-fi icon of herself for being one of the best heroines to hit the screen, i also love the dark atmosphere that makes it almost a character to the movie much as Ripley and the crew are especially the main star which is the coolest monster to hit Sci-fi cinema known as the Alien. H.R. Giger designed both the monster and the design of the film. There's even memorable moments of graphic gore such as the chestburster which disturbed audiences yet it still does and has been spoofed many times.
It became a pop culture phenomenon spawning three sequels with "Aliens" almost being better then this as the best of the franchise and a true must see.