is cornered and taken while navigating the cramped ventilation shafts.

The facehugger eventually dies and falls off, and Kane appears to recover. During a final meal before returning to cryosleep, the crew is horrified when Kane begins to convulse. A small, phallic creature—the —shatters through his ribcage and escapes into the ship's dark corridors.

Dallas, Kane, and Lambert descend to the barren surface and discover a massive, biomechanical derelict spacecraft. Inside, they find the fossilized remains of a giant "Space Jockey" whose chest has exploded from the inside. Kane explores a lower chamber filled with thousands of leathery eggs. When he approaches one, it hatches, and a spider-like creature—a —leaps out, melting through his helmet and attaching itself to his face.

Back on the Nostromo , Ripley attempts to enforce a 24-hour quarantine to prevent the creature from coming aboard. However, Ash violates protocol and opens the airlock, allowing the team and the specimen inside.

is snatched while searching for the ship's cat, Jonesy.

The 1979 film , directed by Ridley Scott, is a landmark of science-fiction horror that tells a story of survival, corporate greed, and existential dread.