Collection
Alien
Ridley Scott's haunted house in space, and everything that followed it.
Which order? Release order; Prometheus and Covenant are prequels and divisive.
The films, in release order
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Alien 1979Ridley Scott’s *Alien* makes confinement frightening long before the shocks arrive. Its crew could be more fully written, but the acting, the ship and the patient build-up make this a horror film we recommend without hesitation.Fi1m 92 - 2
Aliens 1986James Cameron’s *Aliens* is an exceptional action thriller, with Sigourney Weaver giving the military spectacle a human centre. Some marines are little more than types, but Ripley gives us reason to care who survives.Fi1m 91 - 3
Alien³ 1992David Fincher’s first film is a funeral with a monster in it: rust, lead and candlelight, shot with more nerve than the script deserves. The people are good and the creature is not, and once the running starts it is a lesser *Alien* in a bigger building.Fi1m 62 - 4
Alien Resurrection 1997Jean-Pierre Jeunet brings Ripley back as a clone and the *Alien* series back as a freak show. Sigourney Weaver is remarkable and the pictures are like nothing else in the series; Joss Whedon’s script keeps interrupting both with a wisecrack.Fi1m 60
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