10 Greatest Alien Movies Of All Time

6 €“ Aliens

If Ridley Scott provided the starting block, James Cameron was holding the starting pistol and had equipped the runners with rocket boots.

As far as natural progression goes, never has it been done as simply or spectacularly as Aliens. From one xenomorph in the 1979 original, Cameron released hundreds of the H R Giger designed, double-mouthed monsters as well as a fearsome queen for the brood and pitted them against a bunch of marines and the terminator-esque Ellen Ripley.

What the film gave up in atmosphere, it more than made up for in sheer adrenaline as alien blood splatters in the gunfire, while little girl Newt added into the mix as a constantly-in-peril addition to the story, tying up a sub-theme of motherly instinct to protect that ultimately manifests as the climatic battle between the Alien Queen and a crate loaded wearing Ripley that is the stuff of cinematic legend.

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