Sigourney Weaver as Ripley looking scared and holding a flamethrower next to xenomorph snarling and showing teeth in Alien
Summary Long before he explored the world of the Roman Empire or chronicled the unbelievable true story of J. Paul Getty's grandson's kidnapping, Ridley Scott made arguably his biggest splash onscreen with 1979's Alien. Based on a story concept by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett, the sci-fi horror film focuses on the crew of the Nostromo, seven people aboard a commercial spaceship who are awakened from cryosleep to investigate a distress call in the middle of nowhere.
At the time, the horror genre was not only enjoying a resurgence, but also seeing a variety of approaches to story structures, whether it was the similarly straightforward Halloween or the more thought-provoking The Exorcist. Where Alien stands apart from its genre compatriots, though, is in its steadily growing approach to its terror and worldbuilding. With a far-future setting, it could have been easy for O'Bannon and Shusett to get bogged down with explaining the technology to us.
The design of the xenomorph, in particular, is part of why Alien remains such a beautiful film to watch.
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