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Rating: 10/10 (28 April 2000)

Ridley Scott's Alien is good, but to be honest, I found the sequel a tad better (James Cameron knows how to give fun). This first enstallment in the Alien saga is quite creepy. In this original (one good thing is the original though inspired by It! the Terror Beyond Space) tale, a group is summoned to a planet by a distress signal and a creature comes on board that starts to kill off the crew one by one. As a thriller, this film only packs it in small doses, unlike its sequel. But, as a sci-fi epic that tries to grab us with memorable scenes (alien out of stomach is my fav) it works. Scott makes a good effort here, but it can't be helped by It's acting, just by it's amazing (for it's time) effects and Alien design (famous HR Giger provided). A