"It was as stylish and thoughtful a space-horror film as has been made, a delightfully cerebral movie in which thrills and chills were accomplished less by the sight of evil than by its implication. The creature in Alien was an ugly little thing, to be sure, and had a disposition to match. But he never was able to dominate the film as he might possibly have one`s later dreams. In Alien, human beings--the ill-fated crew of the spaceship Nostromo--shared the front seat (and the driving) with special effects, and it was on that strength that the film became a memorable box-office smash."
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British films1970s American filmsScience fiction horror filmsAlien (franchise)Films directed by Ridley Scott
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Rick Kogan, “THE SUSPENSE IS STILL SINGULAR IN `ALIEN` WITH AN `S`”, CHICAGO TRIBUNE, (1986-07-18).
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