Space doesn't get much scarier than this!

Rating: 8/10 (21 March 1999)

The first installment of the greatest science fiction saga ever. Alien was made in 1979 when Sigourney Weaver was a little-known actress, and she makes a lasting impression in this film. As you will no doubt know, this is an intense, claustrophobic film set aboard the space freighter Nostromo. An alien manages to get aboard the ship, via John Hurt, and slowly each crew member is picked off by the creature, until only Ellen Ripley (Weaver) is left to fend for herself. We only rarely catch glimpses of the creature, which makes it all the more scary when we do see it.