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Alien (1979)

Alien (1979)

Science Fiction Horror

In space no one can hear you scream.

Release Date: 1979, May 25
Directors: Ridley Scott
Countries: United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: Brandywine Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, Ronald Shusett Productions
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

dystopia alien space travel space female protagonist spacecraft beheading space opera android space marine biology countdown space suit cowardice parasite cosmos