Alien

Theatrical - Wide 1979-05-25

Cast Tom Skerritt Sigourney Weaver Veronica Cartwright Harry Stanton
Directed by Ridley Scott
Written by Dan O'Bannon

Genres: Horror Sci-Fi

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Synopsis

When a mining ship lands on a planet to investigate upon a suspected SOS, the entire crew are unaware of the terror which they would unleash upon their ship. When a alien life-form attach’s itself to the face of a crew... See more member, the rest of the team act fast to try and separate the two organisms. Unbeknownst to everyone, this is the start of the terror which would affect every member of the seven person crew.

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Last October, Arrow in the Head presented a column called UNSEEN HALLOWEEN, in which the staff recommended movies that are by and large very obscure. This year, UNSEEN HALLOWEEN RETURNS! But with a twist! Each writer is now tackling a...

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Alien, Batman, Logan’s Run, Sherlock

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Theodore Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have...

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Beyond Skyline officially begins pre-production

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Alien 35th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray details are in!

Posted 12 years ago

20th Century Fox has laid out the details regarding their upcoming ALIEN: 35TH ANNIVERSARY Blu-ray set, coming in October. This “Alien 35th Anniversary Limited-Edition Set” includes both the theatrical version and director’s cut on Blu-ray, along with audio commentaries, deleted...

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Posted 12 years ago

Order IT WAITS BELOW Here PLOT: When a trio of salvage-extracting mariners are tasked with retrieving a lost treasure trove at the bottom of the Indian ocean, a band of thieving pirates isn't their only problem. An angry, asteroidal alien-life-form...

The worlds of Alien and Predator clash again in Prometheus: Fire and Stone

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We usually don't cover comics too much here at AITH, but this is one project that we think a lot of our readers will look forward to picking up. The expanded universe of ALIEN and PREDATOR is growing even bigger...

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Jason Since Dolph Lundgren was wasted in EXPENDABLES 3, I'm putting him front and center this week. I Come in Peace a.k.a. Dark Angel (1990) Director: Craig R. Baxley Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Brian Benben, Betsy Brantley Rule-breaking cop Jack Caine...

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Alien vs. Predator resumes battle at Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights

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