{"id":414,"date":"2014-07-05T13:36:53","date_gmt":"2014-07-05T13:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=414"},"modified":"2026-04-16T11:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T15:42:14","slug":"alien-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=414","title":{"rendered":"Alien-1979"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alien-1979<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Ridley Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #94<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/60029356.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1049\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/60029356-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"60029356\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/60029356-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/60029356.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 5, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: A-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alien is a science-fiction success from 1979 that began a long-running franchise and made Sigourney Weaver a household name.<\/p>\n<p>It has the brilliant direction of Ridley Scott, who sets up the atmosphere and camera angles perfectly.<\/p>\n<p>Arguably, in both the horror and science fiction genres, the film is riveting from start to finish.<\/p>\n<p>Weaver stars as Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley, a member of a spaceship returning to Earth. The ship picks up a distress signal and is ordered to investigate. They discover an alien existence.<\/p>\n<p>From this point, the film certainly has a horror element, as the members of the doomed spacecraft are knocked off one by one in a pure horror fashion, but the brilliant part is that you do not know when or how, and many of the deaths come out of nowhere.<\/p>\n<p>The captivating visual effects in this film elevate it, and the narrow spacecraft tunnels and hallways are stunning.<\/p>\n<p>The villain of the film, the alien, is masterful as it is mysterious to the audience. The fact that it is only sporadically seen only adds to the tension.<\/p>\n<p>Alien (1979) is a memorable classic that ranks high on the sci-fi genre list of excellent films.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations<\/strong>: <strong>1 win<\/strong>-Best Art Direction, Best Visual Effects <strong>(won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alien-1979 Director Ridley Scott Starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver Scott&#8217;s Review #94 Reviewed July 5, 2014 Grade: A- Alien is a science-fiction success from 1979 that began a long-running franchise and made Sigourney Weaver a household name. It has the brilliant direction of Ridley Scott, who sets up the atmosphere and camera angles perfectly. 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