Alien was a brilliant fusion of science fiction and horror, as screenwriter Dan O’Bannon and director Ridley Scott had the crew of a spacecraft slowly killed by an alien creature that had essentially stowed away in the body of one of the crew members during a mission to a nearby planet. The film’s setting of a cramped commercial space vessel was perfectly suited for such a tense thriller. The alien creature also stood out for its unique and striking design.
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