'Aliens' Is A Classic Of The Horror And Action Genres, Plus A Forgotten Third One
When Ridley Scott was hired to directAlien, he was expected to phone in a haunted house movie set in space to cash in on the success ofStar Wars. But Scott went a few steps further and turnedAlieninto arguablythe pinnacle of the sci-fi horror subgenre. Thanks to the movie’s allegorical storytelling and H.R. Giger’s haunting otherworldly designs,Alienis hailed as a classic of sci-fi cinema. And thanks to Scott’s Hitchcockian command of tension, pitch-perfect pacing, and fiercely effective jump scares, it’s also one of the greatest horror movies ever made....