Alien

Alien is rated R: sci-fi violence/gore and language

Release Date: 25 May 1979

Re-Release: Directors Cut 2003

Because we only review G, PG, and PG-13 movies at Parent Previews we did not review this title. For your convenience, we have provided some brief information about the film's synopsis and content.

Synopsis:

What begins as an investigation into an SOS from a spaceship that crash-landed on an unknown planet turns into a desperate fight to save their own lives. Unbeknownst to the crew of the rescuing vessel is the presence of an Alien creature that uses humans as a host --and the parasite leaves no survivors.

Cast: Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton.

Content Information:

This additional information about the movie's content is taken from the notes of various Canadian Film Classification boards:

Violence:

-Intense attacks by alien creature|gruesome and bloody violence

Language:

Infrequent use of the sexual expletive; profanity and scatological slang

Of Special Note:

After huge box office success when it was released in 1979, Alien is making another big screen appearance. This time, the film being shown is the Director's Cut.

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Studio: 1979 Twentieth Century Fox.