A 1970's Landmark Horror Film!

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2008)

"In space, no one can hear you scream."
While Halloween was the sister to Psycho in slasher pictures, in 1979 director Ridley Scott made a motion picture of what it would be like to be somewhere where people wouldn't hear you screaming if you were being chase by an evil monster.
"Alien" takes place in space where a group of miners led by Dallas, played by Tom Skerritt, land on a strange colony from another planet where they think that all would be normal until they discover that a group of eggs are laid on the floor with Kane (John Hurt) attacked by a spider-like creature before being knocked out for a while. Members of the crew include Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), Lambert (Veronica Cartwright), Brett (Harry Dean Stanton), Ash (Ian Holm) and Parker (Yaphet Katto) where they want to know what kind of creature is on Kane's head before seeing a special surprise at the dinner table.
Later in the film, a new monster takes place inside the spaceship where it goes after the crew members one by one leaving only a matter of time before everybody dies.
"Alien" is a landscape in horror survival where it plays like a silent motion picture where we don't know what's going to happen next. It's creepy, very effective, and it's the kind of film you don't want to watch in the dark.