Ridley Scott’s 116-Minute Cosmic Sci-Fi Thriller Masterpiece Is Officially Coming to Streaming
Ridley Scott’s 1979 science-fiction horror masterpiece Alien will begin streaming on Netflix on September 1st. The film, set aboard a freight ship in deep space in the year 2122, follows a small crew awakened from cryogenic sleep by a distress beacon from a nearby moon. Upon investigating the signal, they encounter a deadly extraterrestrial organism.
Alien is widely regarded as the defining work in sci-fi/horror cinema, a genre that naturally combines elements of exploration and mystery with cosmic dread. While modern films like Cloverfield and A Quiet Place have successfully blended these genres, they remain overshadowed by Scott’s nearly 50-year-old classic.
The Netflix release brings this influential film to a broader audience through streaming distribution. The film’s impact on the sci-fi/horror genre has been immense, establishing conventions that subsequent films in the space continue to follow. Its arrival on a major streaming platform represents another piece of classic cinema joining Netflix’s growing library of legacy content.