Alien

  • Theatrical - Wide 1979-05-25
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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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V: The Original Miniseries (Arrow Recommends)

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)

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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I Want That: Nightmare Before Christmas and Mondo T-shirts!

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COOL VIDEOS: Alien chestburster scene sweded…by kids

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The JoBlo Wednesday Night Movie Chat: Alien

We’re chatting right now, GET IN THERE! Update: Due to unfortunate technical difficulties we were forced to postpone the chat last Sunday. Now that we have fixed the issue, I will be hosting, for one time only, The JoBlo Wednesday...
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Book Review: The Book of Alien

In 1979, Ridley Scott’s feature film ALIEN changed the way audiences saw science fiction and horror. With the upcoming release of PROMETHEUS, Titan Books is re-releasing “The Book of Alien,” an in-depth guide to the film that started it all....
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Alien Flashback Review: Alien

In the days leading up to the theatrical release of Ridley Scott’s PROMETHEUS, we here at JoBlo.com have decided to take this opportunity to look back at the franchise it’s associated with: The Alien Quadrilogy. Each day this week, we’ll...
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Infographic: The Future According to Films

Today is one of those super fun slow days. The movie news land is dry. Not even Tom Selleck is taking a shit today. Not that we would report on that. I got lucky coming across this really cool infographic,...
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Ridley Scott reveals details for Alien Prequel

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