Alien
1979 · 117 min · Horror / Science Fiction · TMDB 8.2
The short version:Haunted house in space. One famous body-horror scene, otherwise it is shadows and patience.
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Synopsis
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
What is in it
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Violence & gore
- Graphic goreModerateeditorial
Sexual content & violence
- Sexual assaultBriefeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- One scene has an android attempting to force a rolled magazine into a woman's mouth, widely read as sexual.
Animals
- Animal harmed or killedNoneeditorial
Body & medical
- Body horrorHeavyeditorial
Details (may spoil)
- The chestburster.
Phobias & sensory
- Claustrophobia & confinementModerateeditorial