Film

Alien

1979Directed by Ridley Scott

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Runtime
1h 57m

About Alien

  • Horror
  • Science Fiction

Synopsis

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
Writers
  • Dan O'Bannon
  • Ronald Shusett

Principal cast

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