A groundbreaking view of extraterrestrial life

Rating: 8/10 (21 September 2018)

It's much slower than I remember, but Alien is still a solid horror film and a groundbreaking view of extraterrestrial life. Those facehuggers still cause a visceral terror to come over me every time I see them. It's amazing what Ridley Scott and his team accomplished on a relatively small budget. It has been copied many times since, but Alien has permanently (and rightly) embedded itself into science fiction history.