Best film of all time!

Rating: 10/10 (6 April 2015)

This is how a film should be made! Very suspenseful sci-fi horror film. Much better than it's sequels and spin-offs and most of it's effects still holds up today because of how they were created, great build up of tension and great story. I especially like the way that unease is built up even before they discover that the alien is on board, the ill-ease between the crew and the isolation felt by the crew. Even the title sequence is helps to build the suspense as it shows you just how isolated the crew are.
If you are an action fan, however, it is probably better to skip this film and skip to aliens because the only action here comes at the end when Ripley tries to escape the exploding ship, and it is really just a chase scene.
10/10 - would have given it higher.