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MOVIE · 1979

Alien

English original · 117 min

★ 8.2 TMDB · 16,835 votes

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.

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Original title
Alien
Release date
1979-05-25
Genres
Horror, Science Fiction
Production countries
United States, United Kingdom

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