10 Greatest Alien Movies Of All Time
2 Alien
In 1979, the tagline In space, no one can hear you scream appeared on movie posters featuring what looked like a crusted egg with a green glow emitting from its split side and a single word. Alien.
Ridley Scott cemented his name as a force to be reckoned with in the sci-fi genre by bringing to the screen one of the most claustrophobic, shocking and trailblazing films of its time, and one that can still wipe the floor with 90% of its modern counterparts.
The H R Giger designed aliens iconic chest-bursting appearance is what the film is most known for, but that only serves as a central stone around which is weaved a tapestry of strong characters, tense scenes in confined corridors, gruesome deaths, facehuggers, double-crossing androids, and a mythology that would generate a series of questions that would remain unanswered for over three decades.
A masterpiece of film that proved a man in an alien costume could be scary.