The most imitated but not duplicated creature film.

Rating: 10/10 (20 June 2003)

Ridley Scott's masterpiece of the genre. If you were one of the fortunate to acquire The Alien Legacy Box set with "The Alien Legacy" bonus tape (dvd), this movie suddenly becomes more than than just a beautiful and intricate work of art. H.R. Giger discusses his nightmares and dreams and you can't help but be enraptured in his "madness". Everyone who helped make this film all talk about the incredibility of it and show what it was like to make this "genre" film at the time (1979). In 1981, as a boy, I read the book and it enthralled me. Though I give credit to "The Black Hole" and "Tron" as films that inspired my passion for sci-fi, the book "Alien" truly birthed my fascination with creatures from outer space. Now to talk about the film...
Atmospheric, from the moan of the beginning score, to the sheer creepiness of the opening sequence, this film gets to the nerves immediately. After having read the book, I had expectations, and they were met to my satisfaction on a grand level. The intricacies of the ship design to the planet's environment and the creatures totally impressed me and left lasting images in my mind. To date there is no other alien creature (other than maybe John Carpenter's "The Thing"-albeit more a scary film)that I find more fascinating and just down right cool. This film deserves the high rating it has here at IMDb. Cheers all you sci-fi buffs!
My Nods: The infamous "chest-bursting" scene! "face-hugger" attack! (on planet) Ripley discovers android (all that white fluid! lol) Ripley sings while Alien "bares" it's teeth

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