One of the perfect sci-fi horrors ever is streaming on BBC iPlayer for restricted time | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

Back in 1979, Ridley Scott directed a movie based mostly on a narrative by Dan O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett, that will go on to grow to be one of many biggest and most influential science fiction and horror movies of all time.

Set in 2122, Alien follows a spaceship crew investigating a derelict one. earlier than being hunted by a terrifying extraterrestrial known as the Xenomorph.

Sigourney Weaver stars as franchise star Ripley, alongside John Hurt, Ian Holm, Tom Skerritt and Veronica Cartwright.

Alien spawned three sequels, together with James Cameron’s equally epic Aliens, earlier than Scott returned with two prequels.

And then this summer time he produced the latest spin-off sequel Alien: Romulus, which is ready 20 years after the unique movie.

Despite preliminary blended opinions, Weaver was Oscar-nominated for Best Actress at a time when sci-fi was normally ignored.

Alien is streaming in HD on BBC iPlayer for the subsequent 26 days and can also be out there in 4K on Disney+.