1979 - ALIEN, classic monster's gonna get you film still holds up.

A monster is loose on a spaceship and it's gonna kill each of the crew one at a time for the next couple of hours.

Alien was showing at a second run theater in the neighborhood as part of a summer movies series.  The print was less than satisfactory, showing lots of wear and tear and color fade.  In spite of all this, the film played very well and kept the audience interest even at the late starting hour of 12:00 AM.

The outstanding feature of the film is the impressive production design.  The spaceships, planet and the alien still look very cool.  The film is photographed very well and at the time Alien was released the monster set a new standard for slimy stuff oozing out of it and a particularly nasty set of double dentures to chew up the cast.

Wrapping up this post, one has to gratuitously conclude with a picture of Sigourney Weaver running around in her underwear towards the end of the film with the monster chasing her.

Women in their underwear being chased by monsters has been a film convention in Hollywood for years.

119 minutes.