Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Ridley Scott first premiered “Alien” in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the ...

Alien (1979), directed by the acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott, revolves around the terrifying events stemming from seven crew members of a spaceship after they stumble onto a vast alien spacecraft.

When Ridley Scott first premiered "Alien" in 1979, a new era of practical effects and creature design was ushered into the cultural zeitgeist. Almost 50 years later, the world that Scott built ...