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Alien

1979 • 1h57m Horror, Science Fiction

Rating

8.2/10

Popularity

16

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.

Details

Director

Ridley Scott

Screenplay

Dan O'Bannon

Cast

Tom Skerritt

Sigourney Weaver

Veronica Cartwright

Release date

5/25/1979

Status

Released

Budget

$11,000,000

Revenue

$104,931,801

Origin country

US

Vote count

15939