Alien (1979)

7.9	Listal rating
8.5	IMDB rating

Directed by

Ridley Scott

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Ripley

Lambert

Brett

Kane

Ash

Parker

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Written by

Dan O'Bannon

(story) and

Ronald Shusett

(story)

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The Original Alien.

3 years, 6 months ago at Nov 20 16:32

AgentLexi

3 votes

Ash: Ripley, for God's sake, this is the first time that we've encountered a species like this. It has to go back. All sorts of tests have to be made.
Ripley: Ash, are you kidding? This thing bled acid. Who knows what it's gonna do when it's dead?
Ash: I think it's safe to assume it isn't a zombie.

A mining ship, investigating a suspected SOS, lands on a distant plane... read more

Horrifying

5 years, 6 months ago at Nov 23 16:19

jasoncarulli

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Straight from the twisted mind of artist HR Giger, the science fiction horror bloomed into one of the biggest cult films of all time. Sigourney Weaver steps into space to deliver one of the most horrifying performances in the genre as the Aliens delivered themselves into the nightmares of people everywhere.

it's what you don't see...

5 years, 4 months ago at Jan 8 11:04

[dave]

1 vote

This is still a scary movie, almost 28 years later. Ridley Scott did an amazing job of building up what you didn't see into something horrible, and when you *do* see it, it scares the audience...

HR Giger's art makes this even more twisted and alien, and when all of the pieces are tied together, it makes for a helluva movie.

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Description: When commercial towing vehicle Nostromo, heading back to Earth, intercepts an SoS signal from a nearby planet, the crew are under obligation to investigate. After a bad landing on the planet, some crew members leave the ship to explore the area. At the same time as they discover a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship's compu When commercial towing vehicle Nostromo, heading back to Earth, intercepts an SoS signal from a nearby planet, the crew are under obligation to investigate. After a bad landing on the planet, some crew members leave the ship to explore the area. At the same time as they discover a hive colony of some unknown creature, the ship's computer deciphers the message to be a warning, not a call for help. When one of the eggs is disturbed, the crew do not know the danger they are in until it is too late.Alien, el octavo pasajero (en España y Latinoamérica) es una película de ciencia-ficción y terror de 1979 dirigida por Ridley Scott y protagonizada por Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm y Yaphet Kotto. El título de la película hace referencia a su principal antagonista: una agresiva criatura alienígena que acecha y asesina a la tripulación de una nave espacial. Alien recibió una gran acogida por la crítica y un gran éxito de taquilla, recibiendo un Premio a los Mejores Efectos Visuales,1 un Premio Saturn a la Mejor Película de Ciencia Ficción, un Premio Saturn a la Mejor Dirección por Ridley Scott y un Premio Saturn a la Mejor Actriz de Reparto por Cartwright,2 así como muchas otras nominaciones.3 Ha sido muy elogiada en las décadas posteriores, siendo introducida en el Registro Nacional de Cine de la Biblioteca del Congreso de Estados Unidos en 2002 para preservación histórica como una película que es "cultural, histórica y estéticamente significativa",3 siendo clasificada por el American Film Institute en 2008 como la séptima mejor película en el género de la ciencia-ficción.El éxito de Alien generó una franquicia de novelas, cómics, videojuegos y juguetes, así como tres secuelas y dos precuelas. También lanzó la carrera de Weaver al darle el papel principal de la película. La historia de los encuentros de su personaje, Ellen Ripley, con las criaturas que dan título a la saga se convirtió en la temática que impulsó las secuelas Aliens (1986), Alien 3 (1992) y Alien Resurrection (1997).4 Las precuelas posteriores Alien vs. Predator (2004) y Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) abandonaron este tema a favor del crossover con la franquicia Predato ... (more)

Release date : 25 May 1979
UPC: 086162104398

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“I have seen a dozen alien movies including Alien vs. Predator. I even knew what the alien looks like so I wasn't having high expectations from this movie. But, It got me, boy! From beginning till the end, the movie was astounding. Unlike other movies which are made today (which show a lot of gore and are very action packed) Alien is the only alien movie that gives a creepy feeling of "We are not alone".

Unlike today's movies, they spent the first few minutes only to show us the entire the art-direction of the ship and how it works. Surprisingly enough, all the important scenes take place in these areas. Ridley Scott very cleverly creates the tension, slowly and slowly and a bit fast and a bit more fast and then a bang in the end! I still wonder how the hell they must have create” read more

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