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.
Released: May 25, 1979
Runtime: 117 minutes
Genre: Horror, Science Fiction
Stars: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm
Crew: Gordon Carroll (Producer), Mary Goldberg (Casting), Peter Weatherley (Editor), Roger Christian (Art Direction), Terry Rawlings (Editor), Brian Johnson (Special Effects)