Mastery of slow-building suspense. What makes this movie work so well is lack of information we are spoon fed. We are given the bare minimum of what we need to know about the alien; its motives and origins and it only makes it more terrifying.
This review of Alien (1979) was written by Justin B on 05 Feb 2016.
Alien has generally received very positive reviews.
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