In Space No One Can Hear You Scream.

Rating: 9/10 (27 February 2009)

Alien is the first film in the Alien film franchise. It is a very good film that combines aspects of the science fiction film with the Horror Film. The result is a pretty scary film that also has some interesting science fiction in it as well.
The story is pretty easy to follow for the most part in this film. A giant space ship with a group of seven people receives an SOS signal from a planet so it lands. On the planet one member of the group gets an alien embryo implanted in him that later turns into an alien that starts to cause problems for the members on the ship.
The Alien in this film is a classic. The way it looks with its long head, evil looking mouth with a tongue that can shoot out like a chameleons and also has a separate set of teeth at the end of its tongue is classic. This is the best Alien species in any film in my opinion. The alien gets to do a lot of evil and awesome things in this film. However you do not really get a good view of him. But this works in this film. If you see too much of him then it will not be as scary when it pops out and attacks, which it does a lot in this film. Also he pops out a lot in places where there are distractions that do not allow for a good view of him. This aspect of how the alien is presented makes for a very successful and scary technique that will frighten most audiences. That is why this film is the most scary of all the alien films. In other alien films you know that there are a lot of aliens that are going to come out. In this film there is only one and you never know when he will appear.
Sigourney Weaver is awesome in this film. She really is a great actress and this is the film that propelled her to greatness. SHe always plays a convincing role and this is easily one of her best films. The rest of the cast is OK.
The setting is great. It takes place mainly on the huge freighter ship that has a lot of places where the alien can hide in. This setting also helps to make the film scary. Being on a huge ship that has an evil alien on it in the middle of space is very scary. In space no one can hear you scream either.
This is a great science fiction/horror film that combines elements from each film type to make a great horror film that contains science fiction elements. Recommended strongly.