Alien (1979)

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.

Released

1979-05-25

Genres

Horror, Science Fiction

Runtime

117 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Ridley Scott, Dan O'Bannon

TMDB rating

8.2/10 from 17051 votes