Movie poster for Alien
TMDb Rating
8.2/10

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Alien (1979)

HorrorScience Fiction
117 min

"In space no one can hear you scream."

Plot Summary

During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.

Director

Ridley Scott

Top Cast

Tom SkerrittSigourney WeaverVeronica CartwrightHarry Dean StantonJohn Hurt

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