Alien (1979)

On their voyage home to Earth, the crew of the deep space tug Nostromo are awakened from stasis when their ship’s computer detects a distress signal coming from a nearby planet. While investigating the desolate landscape, one of the crew (John Hurt) is attacked by an alien creature that latches to his face and is rushed back to the Nostromo to receive medical treatment. Ripley (Sigourney Weaver), the ship’s warrant officer, advises that her injured colleague can’t be brought aboard due to quarantine regulations – but her orders are ignored, inadvertently bringing the Nostromo under threat from a mysterious extra-terrestrial life form with violent and lethal survival instincts.

Winner of the 1979 Academy Award® for Visual Effects Scott’s film would go on to spawn a vast franchise of films, novels, comic books, video games, and toys and would have a lasting effect upon the Sci-Fi genre even to this day!.

Alien remains a visceral, captivating and poetic blend of sci-fi and horror that deserves to be seen on the big screen!

Remember, in space, no one can hear you scream!