FilmRSci-Fi Horror Monster & Creature Survival

Alien³1992

Name: Alien³
Genre: Sci-Fi Horror, Monster & Creature, Survival, Gothic
Released: 1992-05-22
Rating: 6.2

“3 times the suspense. 3 times the danger. 3 times the terror”

Directed by David Fincher

6.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 6.4Rotten Tomatoes 44%Metacritic 59TMDB 6.4

✍ Review

On the charts

#10·Top Horror Movies of 1992

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Year

1992

Runtime

114 min

Box Office

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$159,773,545

Domestic

$55,473,545

🏆 Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 25 nominations total

The premise

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.

Horror Vault's take

Ellen Ripley's nightmare is far from over when a crash landing strands her on Fiorina 161 — a desolate penal colony populated by hardened criminals with no weapons and no way out. Something monstrous has arrived with her, and the sparse, labyrinthine corridors of the prison offer precious little sanctuary. With rescue a distant hope, an unlikely alliance between Ripley and the inmates may be their only chance. Dark, stripped-back, and unrelenting, this chapter of the saga trades action spectacle for raw, suffocating dread.

Content: Graphic Creature Violence, Character Deaths, Body Horror, Themes Of Grief And Loss, Imprisonment And Hopelessness