In space no-one can hear you scream but in the cinema this horror
flick caused a heck of a lot of screaming.
Best remembered for the scene in which John Hurt graphically
regrets something he ate, Alien became the template for practically
every sci-fi adventure for the next two decades.
A triumph for feminism, it featured tough girl Sigourney
Weaver as the savvy broad who sees off a monster which is slaughtering
her shipmates on board their claustrophobic mining vessel.
