Aliens

(1986)

Directed by James Cameron

Written by James Cameron, from a story by Cameron and David Giler & Walter Hill, based on characters created by Dan O'Bannon & Ronald Schusset

Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Henn, Michael Biehn, Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Bill Paxton, William Hope, Jenette Goldstein

The DVD

DVD Box Set

Soundtrack CD

ALIENS

By Steve Biodrowski

After the sleeper success of THE TERMINATOR, writer-director James Cameron received the enviable honor of being hired to sequelize Ridley Scott’s futuristic Gothic chiller ALIEN. He took the project and transformed it from creepy horror into a fast-paced action-adventure. The long gestation period (seven years in between the two films) yields obvious dividends, giving the follow-up room to breath instead of keeping it locked into a straightjacket established by its predecessors.