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- 1979
- TV-14
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 57 m
- 1979
- TV-14
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 57 m
Summary For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, Alien returns to the big screen with a digitally remastered special edition of director Ridley Scott's science fiction/horror classic. [Fox]
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Written By: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
- 1979
- TV-14
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 57 m
- 1979
- TV-14
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- 1 h 57 m
Alien
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Summary For the first time in nearly a quarter-century, Alien returns to the big screen with a digitally remastered special edition of director Ridley Scott's science fiction/horror classic. [Fox]
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Written By: Dan O'Bannon, Ronald Shusett
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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91% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 34 Critic Reviews
89
91% Positive
31 Reviews
31 Reviews
3% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Just as Ripley is the female action hero against whom all others are judged, so the alien itself, brilliantly conceived by HR Giger and, equally brilliantly, concealed by Scott and kept in shadow for much of the film, is one of the most terrifying monsters in cinema history.
Ridley Scott's direction seems even better than remembered, starting off languidly and picking up speed as the horrors mount. [2003 re-release]
By Lewis Beale
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,258 User Ratings
8.9
96% Positive
1202 Ratings
1202 Ratings
3% Mixed
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
2% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 1,258 User Ratings
8.9
96% Positive
1202 Ratings
1202 Ratings
3% Mixed
37 Ratings
37 Ratings
2% Negative
19 Ratings
19 Ratings
So it's October and I was trying to think about something to review for Halloween at the scariest time of the year so I guess I better go for the one's that I have watched and maybe I could get the creepiness and not. Alien is the answer. When I was a kid, I've heard about the Alien films. Okay, I haven't seen them cause my dad told me they're disgusting films. It's kind of scary that he told me that. Alien is a film that everybody loved and got terrified by it. it came to be one of the scariest films of the 70's and when I first watched them as an adult, it scared the freaking hell out of me, well, not much because I'm not a wuss. Alien is the first to scare me. The opening had a scary reputation to creep me more than that, I watched some movie scary opening credits with creepy music and now this. Sigourney Weaver many people say is a great actress. Come to think of it, my mum is a huge fan of her. She's great as Ellen Ripley and all the other cast are great. The story is so gripping sometimes the film may have boring parts as a horror film but that's just the pace. The crew have woken up from their beds and then waiting to get home but has to find something what was crash landed in the island and Kane got face hugged by the creepy crawly things. Now Dallas and Ash had to get back to take a look at Kane getting face hugged, what's giving him. The face hugger's have acid for blood. And you know all the rest. I won't have to go into too much detail cause the audience have seen it for many years and you know classics never die. The alien is a creepy looking creature with a second mouth inside his mouth. Kind of a tongue mouth, ain't it? But the face? Yeah, that is incredibly looking creepy. And the scene that Kane dies because the alien is inside him and you've all remember what happens to people if the alien is inside the body? Behold, I give you the most terrifying, the most incredible, the most scariest scene that could ever give you nightmares, THE CHESTBURSTER! For me, though, it doesn't give me nightmares. There are some scary moments in this that always got my attention. OK, now, the video game I've played and that's Alien Isolation. This is after the film Alien before Aliens. Now when I was playing on the game though, it scared the hell out of me. I mean, REALLY scared me to death. Because when I actually come across the aliens, one for one actual reason has climbed down the ceiling and I have to duck down so that it couldn't see me. If I throw something out there the alien comes and searches something. I can tell by the sounds they're making. And I died by the alien that really does scare me. Everytime the alien comes, I kind of swore under my breath because how scary it is. The way the game is, the way that creature looks and the way it snawls, it's just pure scary. All right, so that's it for the game and I guess it's time for me to get back on my review. Alien is one of the scariest films I've ever watched and I frigging love it. My mum loves it too. Don't get me wrong, the movie's there, they're get you on your hat. the ending where Ripley escapes is really gripping because it feels like you're in the hurry. The hurry that when you're on the ship and getting the hell out of here before the time runs out. If you don't, the ship will explode. That got me right in here! It's kind of feels like you're leaving someone behind because they're dead, and yeah, the crew is already dead cause the alien killed them. There are some scenes that wasn't in the film and I already know that already so I can't remember any scene that wasn't in the original version. I already knew the scene where Ripley and Parker heard Bret screaming after he got slaughtered which is why I think that it should have included on the original. In fact, why can't all the missing scenes be in the original, there's always a catch. I don't know. Because they're from the Director's Cut. I think the Special Edition versions did the same to all the Alien films. There's no doubt about it. This is one of the greatest fantastic disgusting scariest science fiction horror film that ever hit the big screen in the late 70's. That is, uh, the lights are off in here. I could watch it every night and not get scared by it! Get ready for the sequel which I'm going to do in the meantime. Now sit back and get ready for a SPOOOOOKY night!
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One of the great strengths of Alien is its pacing. It takes its time. It waits. It allows silences (the majestic opening shots are underscored by Jerry Goldsmith with scarcely audible, far-off metallic chatterings).
This edition -- clean and tight as Scott would have it -- presents a strong case for Alien as both the greatest horror film and the greatest science-fiction film ever made.
A landmark film, the unnecessary tinkering has not perceptibly harmed its overall effectiveness and it's a special Halloween treat to see it digitally spruced up and on the big screen for the first time in 25 years.
Alien, even with some scene tinkering that has left this "director's cut" one minute shorter than its original release, is still one of the creepiest, scariest, most shocking films ever.
An empty-headed horror movie (1979) with nothing to recommend it beyond the disco-inspired art direction and some handsome, if gimmicky, cinematography.
A fantastic time-capsule from the late '70s, the era of patient filmmaking, big practical effects and potent new ideas. In borrowing from and expanding upon themes first incubated in Kubrick's 2001, director Ridley Scott delivers a vivid, tangible, chilling take on humanity's star-faring future.
The basic concept is devilishly simple: an unsuspecting freighter crew lands on an uncharted planet, picks up a murderous uninvited guest, then spends the rest of the picture trying (and failing) to outlast it in a claustrophobic environment. But there's so very much more to it than that. Expert character development rewards us with an intensely human, accessible cast. It really hurts each time one of them succumbs to a howling, terrified death. Alien also represents a master class in tension-building, investing long spans of film in thick, dramatic pauses that pay dividends. It works as a social allegory, too: even generations from now, with our destiny amidst the stars, the working class draws the short straw and risks everything for a meager paycheck. Perhaps most impressive of all, it's a jaw-dropping visual powerhouse. The style in this film is unmatched, from the fuzzy monitors and tangled wires aboard the flight deck to H.R. Geiger's legendary grotesque monster and environment designs. We enjoy a constant sense of wonder, awed by what we're seeing but grounded by the perceived physical reality of it all.
All this, and I haven't even mentioned the acting, direction or effects work. A sci-fi legend through and through, Alien is one of the best-realized (and finest-aging) genre torchbearers ever.
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it looked like something interesting was gonna happen at certain points throughout the movie but barely anything happened. there was no character building or motivations or challenges that were overcome and the plot was just a series of events happening but i did like the plot twist so thats the 1 point i will give it as well as the xenomorph being pretty cool.
honestly psycho was better cause that film at least had the shower scene but this film had barely anything to keep me engaged
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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Production Company
Twentieth Century Fox,
Brandywine Productions,
Scott Free Productions,
Pinewood Studios
Release Date Jun 22, 1979
Duration 1 h 57 m
Rating TV-14
Tagline In space no one can hear you scream.
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 4 Wins & 9 Nominations