One of the best combinations of Sci-Fi and Survival Horror ever!

Rating: 9/10 (7 May 2006)

Alien is a terrifying experience in another world, a world in the future and in another galaxy. As the title evidently infers, the movie is about an Alien that torments the crew of a ship that makes a landing on a planet from which a distress signal is being transmitted. What follows is some of the best shocks in film history and plenty of surprises that keep you guessing.
The Alien creature itself is a nauseating thing to look at, from its beginnings to adulthood, and has a way of doing things that are, well, unorthodox. And it looks like Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and company are pretty much out-powered from the get-go, although Ripley has a pension for survival and uses all the tricks in the book.
This movie has all the great special effects you would expect from a good science fiction film set in outer space, some groundbreaking for their time, which are still convincing today. For someone who hasn't already seen this classic, the best description I could give you is that it's a combination of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (some plot points) and Star Wars (special effects) with a little bit of Halloween thrown in for good measure (the Alien definitely has a psycho-killer attitude).
Lucky they made four of these, because after you see the first one you'll be left wanting more!