Alien Reviews

Alien is a classic sci fi horror movie with great special effects considered the movie was produced back in 79. Alien is also a monster movie which highly inspired nowadays monster movies and defines the science Fiction horror genre.

Great film. So much tension.

A movie that is as heart pounding thrilling and terrifying on the 20th view as it was on the first viewing

Slow Building. But it works so well. This is the definitive Sci Fi Horror film. Because of the time, effort and passion that was put in to this movie to develop characters so when they died it was monumental. Which is exactly why all the movies that try to copy this film fail to match this movie. It's perfect. And the cinematography, sets, sound and music are hauntingly amazing for the time and still hold up today.

The only true sci-fi horror of all time! With simply story, smart acting & dialogues, new & dreadful creature and dark & tense atmosphere this movie delivers something that horrors rarely offered in the past!

A perfect masterpiece of horror, science fiction, and haunting beauty.

Need to re-watch this one.

Part claustrophobic horror film, part political thriller, part slice-of-life sci/fi story, Scott manages his various genres with a deft hand and leaves us with a nightmarish masterpiece.

To this day I can still not sit through a showing of this movie. It is the best horror movie for me of all time - nothing comes close to scaring me like this one does.

A master in slow-burn tension and a top class in delivering moments of pure terror, Alien is undoubtedly a contender for best science fiction movie ever. The set design is tremendous, films that can immerse you into it's world and surroundings mean it is an effective film, and Alien does this, whilst getting you connected to the characters and totally gripped by the spectacular moments of action. The visuals are stunning, as are the visceral prosthetics and animatronics which are ultra violent. Sigourney Weaver's Ripley is the best female action hero, and her performance is stunning. Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Ian Holm, John Hurt, Yaphet Kotto, Harry Dean Stanton (and Jonesy) are fantastic too, this is a brilliant movie from top to bottom.

excellent sci-fi movie

Great classic horror film.

it was a great movie and good for its time.also it is scary

Rapidly progressive, frenetically directed, visually beautiful and purely a perfect thriller-horror-sci-fi film, Alien transcends time as a classic but also as an intelligently thought masterpiece.

Definitely has Ridley Scott written all over it.
Such an amazing movie (for its time) with great costumes and visuals.

It's hard to believe Alien was made in 1979. Nearly 35 years later and this film still holds up quite nicely, providing an intense and exciting viewing experience.

While returning home from a mission, the Nostromo crew is woken up by their ship's computer by a distress signal. When they go to investigate, Captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt) and his crew discover a bizarre field of foreign objects that look like eggs. They realize they stumbled across trouble when a strange creature bursts from one of the pods and attaches to the face of crew member Kane (John Hurt). When Kane is let back on the ship over the objection of Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the crew is faced with a horrific and unimaginable scenario.

The acting featured in Alien is top-notch. The cast is great and you can really feel the terror that the crew is experiencing. You have to love Sigourney Weaver as the hard-nosed Ripley, which has developed into an iconic character in American cinema.

Although obviously some of the special effects aren't up to par with today's standards, not much about this film feels dated. The creatures are frightening and disgusting, providing some truly creepy moments and scares. The pacing does take a bit before it really gets going, but it's all a slow build up which makes the second half of the film really exciting. Alien is a great blend of science-fiction and horror. 4 stars.

Saw this when i was 7....nightmares followed for years. Great movie.

"Alien" was a great horror, sci-fi, and action movie. I won't say that I was terrified by this picture, but it was intense. The whole cast in this film is fantastic, which features Ian Holm! The special effects that went into making this film were just unparalleled during this time, and still holds up well today, Alien is a classic movie without a doubt.

Alien is a Ridley Scott masterpiece. It shook its audience when it came out several decades ago and it still does the same now. Any aspiring suspense director would do well to study this movie in depth.

The good. What makes this film as close to perfection as possible is the attention to the setup. It starts during the initial credits during which the simple visuals as well as the score puts you in the mood. It's slow and heavy with chills already. Then you get to know the environment. The crew wakes up, and you get to know them...

The pace throughout this flick is perfect. It's a slow climb to an ultimate peak of tension. The dialogs, the characters, the camera work, the editing, the script, the story, the background history... everything is meticulously done. Most special effects still hold the road even now, because they were extremely well done and used correctly.

The actors. Great selection for the cast, each member well adapted to its role. I'll simply mention the excellent work of Sigourney Weaver who's career was launched with this title, and Ian Holm who's performance is truly unforgettable.

The bad. The only reason I didn't give this movie a perfect score was because some of the technology is getting old. The size of the main computer. The many blinking lights. And the text interface, to some extent. Only two special effect sequences are really getting old. The planet-side landing of the ship. The triple explosion with the sheet of fire.

The rest can easily be imagined as some sub-standard rough industrial technology, a bit like what was done in Serenity (review yet to come), the crew having to deal with less than ideal conditions or hardware.

The ugly. Nothing. This is very close to perfection, if somewhat old.

The result. Horror, shivers, and sweats guaranteed. See it.

although I would have liked to see this be a little bit faster in the pacing, its pacing is very important to keep it a horror film. Its pacing is also very consistent as well. Still very good today, holds up incredibly well, and it's my favorite portrayal of an alien species in cinema.