Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction nightmare still terrifies audiences even though its sequels have lacked its chillingly intelligent design. The aliens, attacking from without and within, frighten us with the prospect that we might be carrying the cosmos’ most destructive force within us. Worse, the corporation that sends humans into danger shows us the greatest horror of all—the prospect of a cosmos where perfection is defined by appetite, strength, and survival rather than conscience.
—Jeffrey Overstreet
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