Directed by James Cameron / Screenplay by James Cameron

What’s a science-fiction film doing in a horror exhibition? Well, rules are made to be broken, and part of the appeal of the Alien franchise is its willingness to straddle and blur the boundaries of different film genres. Ridley Scott’s original Alien (1979) takes the premise of the classic haunted house movie - a motley crew of travellers happen upon a mysterious building which they foolhardily investigate - and transposes it to a futuristic setting. The first and best of many sequels, James Cameron’s 1986 blockbuster Aliens delivers another audacious genre-splice, this time mapping the storyline and style onto the mid-eighties vogue for Vietnam War movies. Thus, while the first film has a solitary alien picking off a crew of unarmed civilians on a run-down space freighter, the sequel sets a swarm of the creatures against a battlecruiser full of space marines, armed to the teeth and swaggering with misplaced bravado. The ensuing thrills and spills throw up some unforgettable shock moments and a host of deliciously quotable lines (’Game over, man!’), but what gives Aliens its heart is a monumental central performance from Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley, sole survivor of the first film, who finds a reason to fight on when she rescues a young girl from the wreckage of the ravaged colony planet. Ripley’s final confrontation with the gigantic egg-laying Alien Queen - two formidable matriarchs intent on protecting their babies - brings the proceedings to a climax with another killer quote (‘Get away from her, you bitch!’), and one of the all-time great action showdowns.

Framed Dimensions: 330mm x 410mm

Acrylic on 300gsm Arches oil paper
Glazed, mounted and framed

Supplied with signed letter of authenticity from Barnaby.