10/7/25 - 31 Days of Halloween Movies
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (202526)
United States
October 7, 2025 4:36am CST
1979 - Alien
According to Newsweek: "Alien will scare the peanuts right out of your M&Ms".
Alien is a science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and based on a story by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett. The movie won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
The ship's computer, "Mother", picks up a transmission from a nearby planetoid and wakes the crew. who has been in stasis. Initially the transmission is interpreted as a distress call. Company policy dictates that the crew investigate transmissions indicating intelligent life. The crew sets off to investigate. In the meantime Mother partially interprets the transmission which Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) determines is a warning beacon and not a distress call.
The movie also stars Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto.
This movie is so well done as is the sequel, "Aliens". I rank it as a must-see.
Photo Credit: Pixabay
16 people like this
15 responses
@LeaPea2417 (38523)
• Toccoa, Georgia
6h
I have only seen the first Alien movie. It was scary but good.
@RasmaSandra (89597)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
7h
Never liked zombies, aliens and such but this movie with Sigourney Weaver I really like,
@thedevilinme (4414)
• Northampton, England
10h
We bought a personal projector and a white bed sheet and played it in our back garden to the local kids .they were traumatised
@FourWalls (79233)
• United States
11h
Reminds me of a line they used about some unappealing food in an episode of Brothers:
"The last time I saw something like that, it was coming through John Hurt's chest." 
Have you seen the "short version" meme, with a cat walking with the alien in its mouth?
(Oh, no, haven't seen this one, either.)
Have you seen the "short version" meme, with a cat walking with the alien in its mouth?
(Oh, no, haven't seen this one, either.)
@SIDIKIMPOLE (2576)
• Eldoret, Kenya
15h
That must be a scary movie! But I believe it is worth watching. Will search for it.
@MommyOfEli2013 (85701)
• Rupert, Idaho
11h
Another one that would not be on my list...but great info about it.
