In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.
Release date: May 25, 1979 (USA)
Director: Ridley Scott
Story by: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett
Sequel: Aliens
Budget: $11 million
Cinematography: Derek Vanlint