Yes — Alien is consistently scary. As a conspiracy film, it scored 7.7/10 for fear, 8.7/10 for atmosphere, and 7.8/10 overall on Darkly's curator scale across 3 ratings.

What are some films like Alien?

Films similar to Alien on Darkly include The Wailing (2016), Tee Yod (2023), Alone (2007) — selected by cosine similarity on the 4-dimensional curator scoring across fear, gore, atmosphere, and overall quality.

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Alien

1979 · R · 1h 57m

In space no one can hear you scream.

A creature film that has never been topped. The chest scene still makes people faint.

After a space merchant vessel receives an unknown transmission as a distress signal from a moon, the crew is mandated to investigate. After one of the crew members is attacked, the entire crew is now in danger.

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Based on 3 ratings

7.8

Overall

Fear7.7

Gore5.7

Atmosphere8.7

LanguageEnglish

RatingR

Running time1h 57m

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The commercial vessel Nostromo receives a distress signal from a desolate moon and is compelled to investigate. The crew discovers a derelict alien ship — and something else. When a facehugger attaches to Executive Officer Kane, the crew has no idea what is gestating inside him.

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