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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Alien: Isolation 2 confirmed with a first teaser

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Creative Assembly has released the first teaser for Alien: Isolation 2, a sequel to the fan favorite stealth game.

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V: The Original Miniseries (Arrow Recommends)

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ALIENS The Director’s Cut aka Special Edition (Arrow Recommends)

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"Arrow Recommends is a column that has my sorry ass advise older movies to your royal asses. I will be flexible in terms of genres i.e. I will cover whatever the bleep I want. For now, it will be the...

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Alien (Unseen Halloween Returns review)

Posted 10 years ago

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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Exclusive book preview of Alien: Sea of Sorrows

Posted 12 years ago

Here's a nice treat for you ALIEN fans out there. Today we have an EXCLUSIVE preview of Titan Books' ALIEN: SEA OF SORROWS, the direct follow up to ALIEN: OUT OF THE SHADOWS that shows the continuing malevolent influence of...

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Comic Con: Alien Isolation’s Convention Booth

Posted 12 years ago

As our coverage of the 2014 SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL continues, I’m pretty damn excited to show you guys and gals a really awesome display that Sega and the Creative Assembly put on for their hugely-anticipated video game ALIEN ISOLATION....

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Comic Con Exclusive Video: Sideshow Collectibles Tour

Posted 12 years ago

One of the many highlights of the almighty San Diego Comic Con is the ridiculous amount of swag (as Michael Scott would say) that is almost attainable. I say almost, because pesky things like “bank accounts” and “money” get in...

The cast of Alien reunite for Alien: Isolation in this new featurette

Posted 12 years ago

Whether you're a gamer or could care less about videogames, you gotta admit that ALIEN: ISOLATION is looking very cool. Last month we learned that the original cast of ALIEN would be reuniting to lend their voice talents to the...

Where in the Horror are they Now? Veronica Cartwright!

Posted 12 years ago

VERONICA CARTWRIGHT THEN: I still remember the very first time I became aware of Veronica Cartwright – even if she was already well into her impressive career. The actress started acting in the late Fifties. And while many that we...

Alien: Isolation pre-order content unites original movie cast

Posted 12 years ago

A game we were already looking forward to just got a hell of a lot cooler. We've been stoked for ALIEN: ISOLATION (check out all of our coverage on the game, including trailers and pre-order info HERE), and today we've...

Cool Horror Gear: Aliens Xenomorph Queen from NECA!

Posted 12 years ago

We’ve been featuring a lot of ALIEN merch around here lately – not that there’s anything wrong with that! We brought you the ALIEN Egg Chamber from Super 7 earlier today, and yesterday it was the glow-in-the-dark figure from Gentle...

Cool Horror Gear: Super7’s SDCC Alien Egg Chamber & Deep Space Mystery Egg

Posted 12 years ago

What I wouldn't give to be at this years San Diego Comic Con with some extra coin in my pocket. On top of all the cool comics, cosplay, and film-related goodness, there's also a lot of cool collectables to be...

Cool Horror Gear: Gentle Giant’s Alien glow-in-the-dark jumbo figure

Posted 12 years ago

San Diego Comic Con is upon us once again, so we can expect to hear a lot of cool news coming our way over the next few weeks. In anticipation of SDCC Gentle Giant Ltd. is bringing us another piece...

Latest gameplay trailer for Alien: Isolation will leave you horrified

Posted 12 years ago

I don't even play videogames, but after all the cool shite we've seen so far for the upcoming ALIEN: ISOLATION I'm definitely down to get a controller in my hand and give this one a go! Today we have the...

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