Alien (1979)

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

• Tom Skerritt as Dallas
• Sigourney Weaver as Ripley
• Veronica Cartwright as Lambert
• Harry Dean Stanton as Brett
• John Hurt as Kane
• Ian Holm as Ash
• Yaphet Kotto as Parker
• Bolaji Badejo as Alien
• Helen Horton as Mother (voice)

If you liked Alien, try

• Event Horizon
• Alien: Covenant
• Aliens
• Alien: Romulus
• Companion
• Iron Lung
• Prometheus
• An American Werewolf in London