Alien
Directed by Ridley Scott
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. From TMDB
348 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews, Lemmy) · newest Oct 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 16, 2026 · How this works
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Viewers praise the film's tense atmosphere and claustrophobic horror. [1][2][3] Many highlight the strong performances, especially from Sigourney Weaver. [4][5][6] Some note the film's influence and status as a sci-fi horror classic. [7][8][9]
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There is a clause in the contract which specifically states any systematized transmission indicating a possible intelligent origin must be investigated... Alien is directed by Ridley Scott and written by Ronald Shusett and Dan O'Bannon. It stars Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, Ian Holm and Harry Dean Stanton. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Derek …
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Horror in Space, that's what this is. It's a space monster movie, and the thing is, if you see Aliens, or most of the other Alien related films BEFORE you see this one, you're going to be expecting something completely different. But what you have is a horror movie set on a space ship with an atmosphere so thick that you could cut it with a knife. You can taste the eerie tension when you watch it...and, at least in …
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Back in the day before Sir John Hurt took to being little more than a highly paid cameo-man, he was a great actor and here is a prime example. His merchant ship is travelling through space when it receives a distress call. They stop to help and one of their number becomes infected with a... well, now you have to watch it. Sigourney Weaver is superb as the feisty, no-nonsense "Ripley" who leads the defence against a …
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The standard bearer of horror in space, Ridley Scott's masterpiece still thrills new generations of fans. The Giger-inspired alien induces a claustrophobic nightmare that still carries on in sequels and prequels.
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A masterpiece! Can be rewatched indefinitely!
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Critics, per Wikipedia
Critical reaction to Alien was initially mixed. Some critics who were not usually favorable towards science fiction, such as Barry Norman of the BBC's Film series, were positive about the film's merits. Others, however, were not; reviews by Variety, Sight and Sound, Vincent Canby, and Leonard Maltin were mixed or negative. A review by Time Out said the film was an "empty bag of tricks whose production values and expensive trickery cannot disguise imaginative poverty". In their original review on Sneak Previews, critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave the film "two 'yes' votes." Ebert called it "one of the scariest old-fashioned space operas I can remember." Siskel agreed that it was scary…
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Reactions
60 of 348 · most liked first"Alien" is considered a horror movie because its premise is "What if unwanted pregnancies could happen to men?"
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun fact: For the movie Alien, they actually used a man in a practical suit because the studio was unable to afford a real Xenomorph.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love that the entire arc of the original Alien movie is if the men had just listened to the woman, they wouldn't have died.
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished ALIEN and man. You couldn’t make this movie now. Most of the cast is dead
positive · AI labelView post →Watching a movie about a lonely heart who comes out of their shell to form a found family with an unlikely group of strangers. That’s right, Alien (1979) is a Christmas movie
positive · AI labelView post →Today's pick was from yesterday's marathon. Saved this one to talk about by itself. Alien: Resurrection (1997) A favorite midnight movie of mine. Not good, per se, but amazing. Alien-human hybrids, pervy scientists, Ron Pearlman is there. Sigourney Weaver crawls around on the ground. Movie magic.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ron Cobb, near-forgotten genius political cartoonist. He also did visual design of technology for the first Alien film and countless other scifi movies in the 70s/80s. Including the Weyland-Yutani Semiotic Standard - a visual language used for Nostromo signage.
neutral · AI labelView post →A wonderful alt-movie poster for 1979’s “Alien” by Laszlo Nagy.
neutral · AI labelView post →Have you seen YOUR last Alien movie sir
neutral · AI labelView post →I have my doubts about the upcoming Alien versus Barbie movie but I love this franchise so I will keep an open mind.
positive · AI labelView post →Between TADC and Backrooms, the YouTube-video-to-blockbuster-film pipeline has now been firmly established. Mark my words, Green Alien Singing Just The Two Of Us will break box office records.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alien movie where the folk getting eviscerated are billionaire space tourists
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh man I’m super pumped for a new Alien movie and it’s looking extremely promising! You may recall I really, really like drawing xenomorphs.
positive · AI labelView post →The entire ALIEN series isn't about alien creatures. It's about AI. Every single film is about Artificial Intelligence. Prove me wrong.
neutral · AI labelView post →watching Alien for the first time and i don't know if i've seen a woman any hotter than sigourney weaver in this movie
positive · AI labelView post →#AlienEarth officially takes place in 2120 2 years before the OG ‘Alien’ film
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like Tim Curry would have been very good in both an Alien or a Predator film as literally any character including an Alien or a Predator
neutral · AI labelView post →MOVIE-COMEDY ABC Thursday, 9:30 PM. ALIEN: In space no one can hear you dream. The wacky crew of the Nostromo search for alien love, only to find out it was in one of them all along.
neutral · AI labelView post →how is Alien the greatest film ever made in every single way possible
positive · AI labelView post →Splendidly ominous Japanese movie poster for 1979’s “Alien”.
neutral · AI labelView post →I had the pleasure of showing a friend ALIEN for the first time tonight. It’s a perfect film. And “crew expendable” sure feels especially relatable right now.
positive · AI labelView post →really, really wanted to like Alien: Romulus, the cast were great, production design was spot-on and it was clearly made with love but i found the relentless unsubtle HERE’S THAT BIT FROM THAT OTHER ALIEN FILM YOU LIKED LOOK DO YOU REMEMBER THAT GOOD BIT HERE IT IS really grating
negative · AI labelView post →26 years ago today, ‘Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders’ was released direct-to-video. It featured Mary Kay Bergman’s final film performance as Daphne and was dedicated to her memory.
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie Poster Wednesday: Film of the Week Alien The 1979 design is a masterclass in minimalism. That glowing, cracked egg against the void creates pure dread without showing the monster. The typography is spaced perfectly, mirroring the isolation of deep space. #Moviesky #Alien #FilmSky
neutral · AI labelView post →"This is a photograph of the alien from the movie Alien..." gizmodo.com/senator-says...
neutral · AI labelView post →Noah Hawley’s ‘ALIEN: EARTH’ will premiere August 12 on Hulu. • Follows a group who make a fateful discovery when exploring a crashed space vessel • Set 2 years before the first ‘Alien’ film
neutral · AI labelView post →Hans Ruedi Giger (1940-2014) was born 85 years ago today. Here he's working on an alien for the very first... Alien film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Another weird one, this Phellinus looks like a baby alien from the movie Alien, to me. #fungifriends #mycology #fungi #forestfloor #fungisky
neutral · AI labelView post →“Maybe I’ll watch a Christmas movie tonight!” *puts on Alien instead*
positive · AI labelView post →Movie Frame Study for Elliot, ref frame is from Alien (1979).
neutral · AI labelView post →Derelict Trek. Being contacted by 20th Century Fox (pre-Disney merger) to create a piece for Titan's Alien tribute book, "Alien: 40 Years, 40 Artists" is definitely one of the highlights of my career.
neutral · AI labelView post →That's clearly a face hugger ;) Seriously though, wouldn't a film in the Alien franchise set in medieval Europe be awesome? (Queen Mary Psalter Royal MS 2 B VII, f. 81r)
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't know how we got so lucky to get Alien Earth. Alien fans have had a hard time of it. Decades waiting for a decent film, decades of being disappointed. Now it's actually happening and I am in state of open-mouth disbelief.
positive · AI labelView post →I’m enjoying Alien Earth so far. Especially as it delivers what it promises like surf Dracula. Anyway if I made an Alien film it would be a 60 min animated short.
positive · AI labelView post →Alien: The Illustrated Story pg 39 original art by Walter Simonson 1979. #comics #art #film
neutral · AI labelView post →Ridley Scott confirms he’s developing a new #Alien film (via THR)
neutral · AI labelView post →look, it's not too late for someone to let me make an Alien movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost every Alien franchise movie is very bad. But Alien... Alien is very very good. Tap in for 90 minutes of me saying that
positive · AI labelView post →Ridley Scott was asked about ‘Gladiator 3’ and another ‘Alien’ film “Gladiator is in process right now. Another Alien prequel – yeah, if I get an idea, for sure” (via The Guardian)
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: “Alien” (1979), directed by Ridley Scott
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie idea: Alien vs. Sweep
neutral · AI labelView post →My new ranking of the Alien film franchise is: Alien > Alien 3 > Outland > Aliens > Covenant - - - the rest
positive · AI labelView post →Earth, man. What a shithole. Watching the movie Alien Resurrection.
neutral · AI labelView post →That last episode of Alien: Earth was a really good Alien movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Alien 2?!? This movie looks awesome.
positive · AI labelView post →Predator 2 In Review - Every Alien & Predator Movie Ranked & Recapped youtu.be/6Stbe8JYEKY
neutral · AI labelView post →The journey through every Alien and Predator movie begins here. Facehug'em! Alien In Review - Every Alien & Predator Movie Ranked & Recapped youtu.be/jsLjkO3yaFc
neutral · AI labelView post →Born 8 Oct 1949, actress Sigourney Weaver. She rose to fame playing Ellen Ripley in the film Alien (1979), which earned her a nomination for a BAFTA. She reprised the role with a critically acclaimed performance in Aliens (1986), for which she received her 1st Oscar nomination. #SigourneyWeaver
neutral · AI labelView post →What's the baldest movie? Gotta be Alien³ right?
neutral · AI labelView post →BUT THE MOVIE SHOULD REALLY BE CALLED ALIEN VS ANOTHER ALIEN
neutral · AI labelView post →Exactly 46 years ago today, the original Alien was shown for the first time at the Seattle International Film Festival. Read on: cinephiliabeyond.org/alien-40th-a...
neutral · AI labelView post →Alien is an Easter movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Alien (Film: 1979 / UMD: 2005) - packaging
neutral · AI labelView post →Anybody remember this movie? Alien Nation, 1998.
neutral · AI labelView post →hey y'all heard of the movie "Alien"
neutral · AI labelView post →#sighourneyweaver with her visiting parents on the film set of #alien - proud faces ❤️❤️❤️
neutral · AI labelView post →Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott 🎬 The greatest sci-fi #horror ever made? Some thoughts on this modern classic... #filmsky #moviesky #cinema moremovies.co.uk/alien-a-retr...
positive · AI labelView post →#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched Deep Rising (98) - The film with a creature on a ship. Alien Covenant (17) - The film with a creature on a ship. Prometheus (12) - The film with a creature on a ship. Alien Romulus (24) - The film with a creature on a ship.
neutral · AI labelView post →Painting study of a film still from Alien Romulus (2024) Trying out Raphael Lacoste's Photobashing techniques
neutral · AI labelView post →Hoping for a new Alien film so that I can finally get a facehugger feedbag novelty popcorn bucket.
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