Alien (1979)

What to Expect

Alien is a cult classic that most fans of horror have in their permanent collection. It features a great cast, an intriguing story and an epic body horror scene that has been cemented into the minds of everyone since its release. Countless spin-offs have been made over the years, but none have really been able to pack the same punch of the original.

What can you possibly say about Alien that hasn’t been said already? We’re going to try, because the task is there challenging us.

Alien is the perfect storm of horror-genre formula. Is being trapped with a monster scary? Then we’ll make the ultimate monster, one which, for all we know, might have slaughtered its way across the universe and back through several intelligent species before it even met humans. Is being isolated scary? Then space is the ultimate isolation, with no back-up, no support, and no calvary arriving when you call 911. Are ugly monsters scary? We’ll have our monster metamorphose between several ugly stages, so you don’t even know what it looks like the next time you meet it. Afraid of the dark? Welcome to space; we have plenty of that!

Read our full Alien review

One of the scenes in Alien is featured at #1 on the Top 10 Legendary Horror Movie Kills