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The Alien film franchise is a science fiction horror film series, focusing on Lieutenant Ellen Ripley (played by Sigourney Weaver) and her battles with an extraterrestrial lifeform, commonly referred to as “the Alien”. Produced by 20th Century Fox, the series started with the 1979 film Alien, which led to three movie sequels, a prequel, as well as numerous books, comics and video game spinoffs.
Related to the franchise are the “Alien vs. Predator” films which combine the Aliens with the Predators from the Predator film series.
The spaceship Nostromo visits a desolate planetoid after receiving an unknown signal from a derelict alien spacecraft. While exploring the ship, one of the Nostromo’s crewmen discovers an egg-like object, which releases a creature that attaches itself to his face and renders him unconscious. Some time later, the parasite dies and the crewman wakes up, seemingly fine. However, an alien creature later bursts out of his chest and, after rapidly growing into an…