Mildly — Alien³ works more through dread than through overt scares. As a cosmic horror film, it scored 5.0/10 for fear, 7.0/10 for atmosphere, and 6.4/10 overall on Watch Darkly's curator scale across 1 rating.

How many jump scares are in Alien³?

Alien³ has 14 jump scares, based on Watch Darkly's per-film jump-scare count.

What are some films like Alien³?

Alien³ is tagged as cosmic horror, body horror, survival on Watch Darkly. The film's page lists similar horror films selected by curated scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Alien³

1992 · R · 1h 54m

3 times the suspense. 3 times the danger. 3 times the terror

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately, although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash, a more unwelcome visitor does. The prison does not allow weapons of any kind, and with aid being a long time away, the prisoners must simply survive in any way they can.

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Curator Score

6.4

Overall

Based on 1 curator rating

Anchored by atmosphere.

Jump scares

Alien³ has 14 jump scares. Compare counts

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6.4Overall

Fear5.0

Gore6.0

Atmosphere7.0

Intensity5.0

Genres

science-fictionhorror

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Details

Budget$50M

Box office$159.8M

Directed by

David Fincher

Written by

David Giler, Walter Hill, Larry Ferguson, Vincent Ward

Cinematography

Alex Thomson

Music

Elliot Goldenthal

Starring

Sigourney Weaver as Ripley · Charles S. Dutton as Dillon · Charles Dance as Clemens · Paul McGann as Golic · Brian Glover as Andrews · Ralph Brown as Aaron · Danny Webb as Morse · Christopher John Fields as Rains

Production

20th Century Fox, Brandywine Productions

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