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Alien

In space no one can hear you scream.

★ 8.2 1979 117 min R HorrorScience Fiction

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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Release
1979-05-25
Rating
R
TMDB score
8.2/10
Original language
EN
Status
Released
Production
United States of America, United Kingdom
Studio
Brandywine Productions, Twentieth Century-Fox Productions, Ronald Shusett Productions
Topicsandroidspacecraftspace marinebiologydystopiacountdownspace suitbeheading

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