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.
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt
Producer: Ridley Scott, Mary Selway, Ben Burtt, David Giler, Walter Hill
IMDb Score: 8.1/10 by 8810 users
Runtime: 117 minutes
Released: 5/25/1979