Alien User Reviews

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Adrenaline Alien

So uh... yeah. This movie. It was good, especially for its time. Around then, Star Wars was all the rage, but Alien ignores it for a view of space travel that is much more gritty and uninviting. The crew has to go into a frozen sleep because of the length ...

Reviewed by Adrenaline on May 12, 2010
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
Aarny Stealthy

This is actually my first time watching this fully. I've seen scenes here and there throughout my life, but I've never seen it from start to finish. I really should have gotten around to this sooner. This is a brilliant horror film. Most scenes are extremely tense and I'm ashamed ...

Reviewed by Aarny on May 12, 2010
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
Delta_Assault In space no one can hear you yawn

I was rewatching Alien recently because of the Prometheus trailer and decided to finally review it. I personally didn't much care for Alien when I first watched it. This spaceship full of space truckers is eventually picked off one by one by a scary monster. Well, no shit... they're a ...

Reviewed by Delta_Assault on Jan. 4, 2012
0 out of 2 found this review helpful.
240 votes, 4.5 avg.

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Name Alien
US Release May 25, 1979
UK Release Sept. 6, 1979
AUS Release Dec. 6, 1979
Runtime 117
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Rating R
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $80,931,801
    Foreign +24,000,000
  • = total worldwide gross $104,931,801
  • - a reported budget of $11,000,000
  • = a 853.9% net profit of $93,931,801
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