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b'The film that came to define the "Sci-Horror" genre, 1979\'s "Alien" starts off our Halloween horror pairing! Directed by Ridley Scott, from a screenplay written by Dan O\'Bannon (one of the authors of the original story), this film made Sigourney Weaver a household name in the sci-fi world! Also starring Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto, this film introduced audiences to how something as wide open as space could, in fact, feel claustrophobic, and how a cat\'s hiss could turn your insides to water! With Alien designs inspired by the twisted H. R. Giger, this film would go on to spawn a sci-horror franchise that\'s still turning out new films!'