Alien (1979) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers

Check out the official Alien (1979) trailer starring Sigourney Weaver! Let us know what you think in the comments below.

Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt
Directed By: Ridley Scott
Synopsis: After a space merchant vessel perceives an unknown transmission as a distress call, its landing on the source moon finds one of the crew attacked by a mysterious lifeform, and they soon realize that its life cycle has merely begun.

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[scottmitchell]

I was a kid watching Mork and Mindy on TV one evening in the late spring of 1979 and this exact trailer came on during a commercial. Just exactly like this. You are not shown any highlights of the actual film itself. It was very mysterious unsettling.

[PrimalElf]

One of the greatest horror movies of all time

[konstantinoskaragiannis]

"Alien"(1979) is the best horror sci-fi movie of all time far away from the second! This is a unique masterpiece!

[busterdancy]

Now that's a trailer! I despise the trailers these days where they show you the whole movie. Trailers these days have no hype. But this! This is hype af.

[Otokichi]

This was the "Alien" trailer that I saw on TV before boarding the "Nostromo" amd taking a roller coaster through Hell!;)

[WilliamTheUnkownShoutout]

My two favorite sci-fi horror movies are Alien (1979) directed by Ridley Scott and The Thing (1982) directed by John Carpenter because i believe both of them are all about fear and paranoia and isolation and I consider both of them the greatest sci-fi horror movies ever created as well:).

[BrandonKohout]

In space, no one can hear you scream.

[josefengelhardt]

Why i love Alien

1. Great Directing by Ridley Scott
2. Great Writing by Dan O'Bannon
3. Great acting from Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm, John Hurt and Tom Skerritt
4. Great Music by Jerry Goldsmith
5. Great Sequel Aliens Written and Directed by James Cameron (The Terminator) and also co starring Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton.
6. Ellen Ripley

[fnafboyahoy]

Shot of space
Shots of egg + ground
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Full shot of egg on the ground
Music slowly gets intense
Shot of egg cracking
Iconic alien siren (or whatever it was) plays
“In space no one can hear you scream.”
Picture faded to black, with the tagline text still there
“Alien”
Tagline text fades; title text still there.
“Coming from 20th Century-Fox.”
Both texts fade
Credits
Credits fade

That’s how you do a trailer.

[rogerkincaid]

Rest In Peace, John Hurt... may in the afterlife, there'll be no chest-bursters.

[sashoraychev]

In space, no one can hear you scream!
Scary and amazing video!!

[grantmcgowan]

That eerie scream at 0.55 I have heard before... but isn't really in the movie....but I like to imagine it belonging to the Space Jockey when the Chestburster breaks through his ribcage.... an echo from a long time ago! Still not convinced he is an Engineer!

[paulinvagny]

In reviewing this trailer, I want to see this movie again.

[DrDoom]

Greatest alien movie ever a must watch.

[myplane]

Alert! Alert! Childhood flashback alert!

[JM-qtmg]

The egg is def different in this trailer

[TheTuubster]

Can someone explain to me why there is no single HD remastered version of this trailer available?

In space, no one can hear you scream. But they can still smell your farts.

[disneyknightspadilla]

I’ve seen Lot of extra terrestrials who Are toys, NBA parasite dunkers, Experimental Fugitives who became a luau, Robotic vehicles soldiers and warriors, And Some who ride bicycles on the full moon.

[a.jthomas]

The first, Aliens and Prometheus are my favorites by far. The rest is garbage.