Ridley Scott's masterpiece of quick-cutting (you never really see the monster) tells the story of the Nostromo, a deep-space cargo ship and its dysfunctional stir-crazy crew, starring Sigourney Weaver as Ripley (believe it or not). They stop to check on a ship that has crash-landed, only to bring a deadly parasite onboard with them. H.R. Giger, the Swiss surrealist, designed the alien ship itself to resemble the inside of a strange place that's half industrial plant, half womb. John Hurt is the first to go in the gory chest-ripping scene, and then this mechanical insect mutant starts to breed (which he later reprised in MonsterVision's Spaceballs). 
Aliens (1986)(From Joe Bob's Ultimate B Movie Guide)
Outer-space head-chompin insect mutants eat everything on the screen except Sigourney Weaver, sole survivor of the first movie. Maybe even better than the original ALIEN mainly due to director James THE TERMINATOR Cameron, who knows how to put your innards in a Cuisinart where they belong. Ripley goes to the Alien home planet with a squad of Marines. Paul Reiser plays a company executive who manipulates Ripley by hinting that she could be charged for everything that happened the first time. Special effects won an Oscar. 137 minutes rated R, the Director’s Cut runs 17 minutes longer.  Additional cast: Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton (Twister), Jenette Goldstein © 2000 Joe Bob Briggs All Rights
Reserved. It! The Terror From Beyond Space (1958)Alien 3 (1992)Alien Resurrection (1997)Additional cast: Dan Hedaya (Carla’s husband in the TV-series Cheers), Dominique Pinon, Gary Dourdan, Michael Wincott, Kim Flowers, J.E. Freeman, and drive-in favorite Brad Dourif. 108 minutes rated R. Directed by some French guy. Last seen on ABC in primetime 1-21-02. Followed by sequel: Alien Vs. Predator. For theatrical trailers, check out movies.yahoo.com/alienvspredator Sigourney Weaver and Alien movies seen in 2007: Alien (1979, or 2003 Director's Cut) Fri Sep 28 11:40P on Thrillermax Aliens (Alien 2) Sat Sep 29 11:45P on Thrillermax Alien 3 Thu May 24 11:30A on Cinemax Tue Sep 11 02:45A on HBO Plus Alien Resurrection (Alien 4) Wed Sep 12 05:10P on Starz Wed Sep 26 01:10A on Starz Edge Alien vs. Predator (Alien 5, no Sigourney) Sun Jun 17 11:00P on FX Network Alien Cargo (1999) (not currently scheduled) Alien Hunter (2003, in Antarctica) (not currently scheduled) Alien Intruder (Billy Dee Williams) (not currently scheduled) Alien Nation (1988) An alien teams up with a Los Angeles cop (James Caan) to track down an extraterrestrial murderer (not currently scheduled) Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (1994) Sat Sep 8 05:40P on More Max Tue Sep 18 08:35A on More Max Alien Nation: Body and Soul (1995) Fri Sep 28 01:00P & 5:10A on Thrillermax Alien Nation: Millennium (1996) Thu Sep 27 02:15P on More Max Alien Siege (2005 low-budget chiller) Sep 28, 2006 on SciFi Channel The Alien Within (1995, Roddy McDowall) (not currently scheduled) Alienator (see below) (not currently scheduled) Alien Apocalypse (2005 made-for-SCIFI Channel) Sun Sep 2 11:00A on SciFi Channel Alien Avengers (1996, see below) Thu Sep 6 10:00P on Showtime Beyond Alien Avengers II Thu Sep 6 11:25P on Showtime Beyond Aliens From Another Planet (1966, from TV-series The Time Tunnel) Thu Jan 11 1am/4am EST on Fox Movie Channel Brother from Another Planet (1984, a black extraterrestrial lands in Harlem) Mon Feb 5 03:45A on Showtime #2 Thu Feb 15 07:05A & 8pm on Starz in Black Copycat (1995, Sigourney Weaver) A criminal psychologist & a detective track a serial killer who emulates notorious past murderers Sat Feb 3 01:00P on TNT Deal of the Century (1983 comedy, with Chevy Chase) Mon July 9 01:00P on HD Movies Death and the Maiden (1994, Sigourney as a Latin American torture victim) Tue Feb 20 01:50A on Mystery Enemy Mine (1985 remake of Robinson Crusoe On Mars) Mon Feb 5 12:35P on Cinemax E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982, phone home) Dec 25, 2006 09:00A on USA Network Futurama: Love and Rocket (30 min. 2002) Sigourney Weaver guest stars as the ship's sexy new voice Thu May 10 10:30P & 2:00A on Cartoon Network Galaxy Quest (Star Trek spoof, Sigourney Weaver) Tue Sep 11 10:00P on Cinemax Wed Sep 26 06:45A on Actionmax Ghostbusters (Sigourney Weaver comedy with Dan Aykroyd, Bill Murray) Sat Feb 3 05:30P on ABC's Family Channel Ghostbusters 2 (same cast, 5 years later) Sun Jun 24 11:30A on Comedy Central The Hidden 2 (The alien that preys on humans returns to Earth, followed by an alien tracker) Oct 30, 2006 03:20A on HBO Plus Holes (2003, Sigourney Weaver as the Warden) Sat Sep 22 09:00P on Disney Channel Leviathan (Alien copy, underwater) (not currently scheduled) Lost in Space (1998) Mon Jun 18 02:05A & 10:40P on Starz Kids and Family Sun Sep 9 03:45A on Encore Fri Sep 14 02:50P & 10:00P on Action Sat Sep 15 06:00P on Wam! Thu Sep 20 03:35P & 11:00P on Movie Plex Mars Attacks (Tim Burton's spoof of '50s flicks in which aliens land on Earth & get nasty) Fri Jan 5 9pm/12am EST on Turner Classic Movies Outland (Sean Connery's high noon in space, 1981) Wed Feb 28 12:50P & 10pm on Thrillermax Peacemaker (1990, caught between 2 battling aliens) Dec 31, 2006 on Showtime Beyond Planet of the Vampires (1965) March 31, 2006 on Showtime Beyond Predator (1987, Schwarzenegger vs. nasty alien on Earth) (not currently scheduled) Predator 2 (1990, Gary Busey, Bill Paxton) Tue May 29 09:00P on Spike TV (TNN) Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964, Adam West) (not currently scheduled) Saturn 3 (Farrah Fawcett vs. Harvey Keitel's evil robot) Tue Feb 20 11:30P on Flix Movie Channel Silent Running (1971, Bruce Dern in space with two robots) Wed Feb 14 04:50A on Encore Drama Channel Fri Sep 7 03:00P on Mystery Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) A mad scientist's army of flying robots attack 1930s New York. Stunning special effects Fri Dec 22 09:00A & 7:10P on Showtime Thu Jan 4 11:30P on The Movie Channel Sat Jan 27 08:35P on Showtime Family Zone Solaris (2002) A counselor sees his dead wife on a space station orbiting a mysterious planet Fri May 18 09:25A & 7:30P EST on Independent Film Channel Soldier (1998, Kurt Russell stranded in space) Thu July 12 09:00A on Spike (TNN) Sat Sep 22 03:00P & 2:00A EST on WPIX New York Soylent Green (1971) Sat Sep 15 3pm/6pm EST on Turner Classic Movies Space Cowboys (2000, retired astronauts vs. a nasty Cold War weapon in orbit) Mon Feb 12 10:00A on TBS Species (1995 horror, an alien black widow that mates & then kills) Thu Dec 28 08:00A on USA Network Sat July 7 12:00A on TNT Species II (1998 sci-fi) Fri Sep 28 10:00P on Action Species III (2004) Sat Nov 4 11:00P on SciFi Channel Sphere (not currently scheduled) Star Trek: The Motion Picture Something hidden in a giant cloud is headed for Earth and killing everything it encounters (not currently scheduled) Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan A genetic superman out for revenge (Ricardo Montalban) steals a starship & goes on the attack see Star Trek page for current schedule Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock see Star Trek page for current schedule Star Trek V: The Final Frontier see Star Trek page for current schedule Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country (not currently scheduled) Star Trek: First Contact (1996) see Star Trek page for current schedule Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) (not currently scheduled) Stargate (1994, Kurt Russell) see Stargate page for current schedule Starman (1984, dir: John Carpenter) Sat June 30 1pm/4pm EST on Turner Classic Movies Fri Sep 21 12:15P on HD Movies see also Star Wars movies page John Carpenter's They Live Aliens disguised as yuppies take over Earth and hunt down anyone who discovers their secret Fri July 13 04:00A on Cinemax Tue Sep 25 02:05A on More Max The Village (Sigourney Weaver, something nasty's lurking in the woods) Thu Sep 13 09:00P on TNT Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961, Irwin Allen) An atomic submarine 20 years in the future tries to prevent a threat from space Fri June 22 01:45P on American Movie Classics Waterworld (1995, Earth covered with water in future, Dennis Hopper) Sat May 12 05:00P on SciFi Channel The X-Files Movie (1998, Mulder & Scully track an alien plague Fri Sep 28 04:15P on HBO Plus Xtro II (1991, defense facility attacked by an alien creature) Dec 30, 2006 on SciFi Channel Zardoz (Sean Connery's Barbarella?) Thu Feb 15 01:35A on Action Zone Troopers (WW2 Nazis vs. bug-eyed alien) (not currently scheduled) Movies 101: Sigourney Weaver (30 min, 2006) Dec 17, 2006 on American Movie ClassicsThe Alien movies also spawned a bunch of imitators starting, as noted in the MonsterVision host segments for Leviathan, with “Leviathan,” a alien movie that’s all wet. There was also: Alienator (1989)Alien From L.A. (1987)Alien Nation (1988)Alien Predator (1987)The Alien’s Return (1980)Alien Arsenal (1999)Alien Erotica 2 (2000)Alien Avengers (1996)Meet The Applegates (1990)Joe Bob reviewed Alien 3 for Monstervision, but that was back in 1997, those host segments on tape but not yet transcribed...Click here to have the ending ruined if you haven't seen "Alien 3" yet, followed by "Barbarella" MonsterVision host segments Alien also owes a nod to “Invasion Of The Body Snatchers” (1956), in which aliens put pods in the homes of people and replace them, an alien duplicate / clone growing inside the pod and then emerging to replace the human. Kevin McCarthy starred in this movie version of Jack Finney’s novel “The Body Snatchers,” but complained that the studio added an epilogue in which the aliens are exposed and defeated (not in the book). When the movie was remade in 1978 with Donald Sutherland, Leonard Nimoy and Jeff Goldblum, McCarthy was given a cameo scene at the end to do the line edited out of the 1956 version – that aliens were taking over (and couldn’t be stopped). It was remade again in 1994 as “The Body Snatchers” starring Meg Tilly (yes, Meg Tilly) and Gabrielle Anwar. Not to be confused with Boris Karloff movie “The Body Snatcher,” about a grave-robber. Invasion Of The Body Snatchers MonsterVision host segments
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