The movie that changed sci-fi horror forever

Rating: 10/10 (22 May 2017)

When Alien came out on the same memorial day weekend that Star Wars episode IV came out two years before Ridley Scott's masterpiece, it was met with critical acclaim and box office success. Give credit on the innovative marketing campaign set around an alien egg cracking open to a ray of light, with the tagline, "In space, no one can hear you scream". It also got attention for being one of the first Ridley scott movies to hit VHS and became a mainstay on cable TV. Without this movie, the Alien prequel trilogy would've been not made.