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.
Production
H.R. Giger's biomechanical nightmare fuel that changed creature design forever.
Direction
Scott's restraint—less is infinitely more terrifying.
Acting
Sigourney Weaver inventing the action heroine while everyone else panics.
Director
Ridley Scott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The cast didn't know how violent the chestburster scene would be—Veronica Cartwright's genuine shock and blood spray was real.
This film birthed 'final girl' evolution and made sci-fi horror respectable, influencing everything from Event Horizon to Life and countless video games.
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