Classic Friday : Aliens (1986) 10/10

Starring : Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton
Director : James Cameron
Running Time : 154 mins

Ellen Ripley (Weaver), the last survivor of the mining ship Nostromo, wakes up to find that decades have passed and that the planet that her crew discovered the xenomorphs on has now been colonised. Subsequently, all contact has been lost with the colony, and a troop of hardened marines is being sent in to investigate.

One of the best sci-fi movies ever, and a rarity as it’s as good as the original, this marked quite the turning point in the advent of real action horror! The film takes a long time to build up to the action, and really holds off showing the aliens themselves for quite a while, which only intensifies the overall feeling of dread throughout the movie.

You’ll like this if you liked : The Terminator