Still unsurpassed as a dark sci-fi film

Rating: Null/10 (22 March 2005)

It's amazing how more than 25 five years (hell, I'm 25) after its release, Alien still reigns as a major landmark in film making, especially in the science fiction and horror genres. Any new film that comes out that features either space ships, or monsters, or both, will be compared to Alien. And 99 times out of 100, it will fall short.
Maybe where Alien succeeds and most fail is at building a sense of tension that is almost unbearable at times. Ridley Scott explores the desolation of space, bringing it into the space ships and making it nearly a character in the film. Add to that a monster that is scarcely seen throughout the movie (remember that old rule in horror, that says that the less you see it, the scarier it is?), and you have a masterpiece that refuses to get old.