Still Creepy after all these years!

Rating: 10/10 (13 March 2008)

Alien gets the sci-fi/suspense/horror mixture perfectly right. I've seen this film many times and it still gets me on the edge of my seat.
The sets are brilliant. The dilapidated, dark and gritty Nostromo is the perfect setting for the suspenseful hunt of the Alien (or it's hunt of the crew, if you prefer.) The music is hauntingly simplistic, but builds the appropriate tension at all of the right moments.
The cast is excellent! What more can be said. All of the actors have tremendous performances.
The story elements are great. Plenty of plot twists and development.
Of course, the suspense is so heavy that even after seeing this film numerous times I can't relax while watching it, even at 3:00pm on a sunny afternoon.
This is what great film-making is all about!