One of the most iconic horror movies of all time is coming back to theaters, as Ridley Scott’s Alien will have a limited theatrical return later this month.
The official Alien Twitter account revealed the upcoming rerelease earlier today. The account posted a picture of the film’s famous poster that says the movie will be returning to theaters for a limited time beginning on Friday, April 26.
You can take a look at the tweet below:
Alien was originally released in theaters on May 25, 1979. It was directed by Ridley Scott and written by Dan O’Bannon from a story by O’Bannon and Ronald Shusett. In addition to Sigourney Weaver, it starred Tom Skerritt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm, and Yaphet Kotto.
What is Alien about?
“In deep space, the crew of the commercial starship Nostromo is awakened from their cryo-sleep capsules halfway through their journey home to investigate a distress call from an alien vessel,” reads the film’s synopsis. “The terror begins when the crew encounters a nest of eggs inside the alien ship. An organism from inside an egg leaps out and attaches itself to one of the crew, causing him to fall into a coma.”
