Scary, shocking, and worth watching.

Rating: 8/10 (28 September 2013)

Alien is a very well-written film about a space marine group that come across an evil alien that slowly picks off the members of the crew, one by one. Eventually, only one member, Rilpey, is left. The moments leading up to the moment when Ripley is caught by the alien are very, very scary and the movie provides major shocks as well. Also, the 'chest buster' scene is very gory, when an alien bursts out of a man's chest. The special effects overall are very good, and the scares and entertainment factor makes this a very good film. The sequel, 'Aliens', was even better, but this is definitely worth watching. 'Alien 3' was not very good, but it was still OK, and the ending was very good and sad. I have not seen any other films in the series, but I plan to. Overall, Alien was very scary,very shocking and great start to the Alien series.