- Type
- Film
- Status
- Released
- Release
- May 25, 1979 (46 years ago)
- Language
- English
- Origin
- United Kingdom · United States
- Genres
- Sci-Fi Horror
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox · Brandywine Productions
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rating
- R
Alien
During its return to the Earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo responds to a distress signal. When 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.

During its return to the Earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo responds to a distress signal. When 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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- Sex & Nudity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Violence
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Profanity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Algohol & Drugs
- 1
- 2
- 3
>- Fright & Intensity
- 1
- 2
- 3
>
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