Alien 1979  R, 116 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Ian Holm, Harry Dean Stanton, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright, Helen Horton, Bolaji Badejo, Eddie Powell
While returning to Earth, the spaceship Nostromo responds to an S.O.S. from a distant planet. Capt. Dallas (Tom Skerritt) and his crew explore the planet and discover a pod field. They approach the field for a closer look, and a creature leaps out and attaches itself to Kane (John Hurt). Despite Warrant Officer Ripley's (Sigourney Weaver) objections, Kane reenters the spaceship. Soon after, an offspring of the alien erupts from Kane's stomach and runs off. Dallas leads his group in a search for what they now see as an alien killing machine. Incredibly scary film (not for kids) that was justifiably awarded the Best Visual Effects Oscar in 1979.
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Alien 3 1992  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, Danny Webb, Christopher John Fields, Lance Henriksen, Pete Postlethwaite, Holt McCallany, Christopher Fairbank, Leon Herbert
Sigourney Weaver is back for round three in the continuing saga. This time, as the team heads home, they crash-land on a planet inhabited by prisoners who have been given the chance to rule themselves. The only survivor of the crash is Ripley (Weaver), and, while recovering, she realizes that the killer alien is on this planet. Ripley and the prisoners set out to find and kill the alien, but Ripley is aware that her own time is limited because the alien has implanted an offspring inside her. Good visual effects.
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Alien: Resurrection 1997  R, 108 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Winona Ryder, Ron Perlman, Michael Wincott, Dan Hedaya, Dominique Pinon, Gary Dourdan, J.E. Freeman, Brad Dourif, Raymond Cruz, Kim Flowers, Marlene Bush, Leland Orser, Carolyn Campbell, David St. James
In this sequel to "Alien 3," the time is 200 years later, and Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) has died., but she has been cloned. Scientists remove the baby Alien Queen from the cloned Ripley's chest. Unfortunately, some of the old Queen Alien DNA is still present, and, once again, the Queen Alien begins giving birth to a new breed of deadly aliens.
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Aliens 1986 R, 137 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: James Cameron
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Jenette Goldstein, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Mark Rolston, Paul Maxwell, Blain Fairman, Al Matthews, Ricco Ross, Colette Hiller
Fifty-seven years have passed since the last encounter, and Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver)–the only survivor of "Alien"–awakens from hibernation and becomes a member of a crew of soldiers on the trail of the alien in her nest (where she has devoured an entire colony except for one little girl). Intense and scary. Weaver continues her good performances and received an Oscar nomination. The film also received two Oscars (Best Visual Effects and Sound Effects Editing) and was nominated for four others.
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