The ultimate in Sci-Fi horror!

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2019)

Along with 'The Thing', 'Alien', was by far the best 'Creature Feature' of all time. Now just 40 years after the original vision, it's hard to write a review or even start to reflect the magnitude of this gigantic, monster of a movie. Perfect set/alien designs by H.R Giger, top-notch acting from an all stellar cast, a fine musical score by Jerry Goldsmith and last but not least, the very film that put Ridley Scott, on the cinematic map. Of an interesting note the great Walter Hill, with no previous experience of the Sci-Fi genre, ended up as the producer (and also writing one of the first drafts). Originally they had scripted the alien to impregnate a female member of the crew but they thought that this most shocking of concepts, was taking it (what is almost a B-movie plot) a bit too far. Still though a stand alone classic, that in space and time will never be forgotten.