Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

It was once described by the severed head of Ian Holm as "the perfect organism," and that certainly followed through in the appearance of Ridley Scott's "Alien." A biomechanical-like monster that has ...