“Alien” (Scary-Tale Endings)

Scary-Tale Endings: Halloween Movie Week
1979; 1 h 57 m; R for sci-fi violence/gore and language
In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel. The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.
This film is part of the Arts Center’s Scary-Tale Endings film series. Catch a week of horror classics leading up to their annual late-night screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show!