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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
US
Genres:
Horror, Science Fiction
Release:
May 1979
Production:
20th Century Fox, Brandywine Productions
Cast:
Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo, Helen Horton
Tags:
android, spacecraft, space marine, biology, dystopia, countdown, space suit, beheading, space travel, cowardice, alien, space, female protagonist, parasite, space opera, cosmos, xenomorph
