Like most of his stuff, it's pure spectacle; the horror seems trivial, but Scott's transparently average characters react with such unabashed, such emanating fear, it almost captures the raw feeling of being entrapped by sheer unknown.
This review of Alien (1979) was written by William E on 02 Sep 2013.
Alien has generally received very positive reviews.
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