@William said:
I like the film that "Alien" was stolen from - it was called "It the Terror from Beyond Space"
I'm gonna have to look that one up - any film that inspired Alien has got to be worth a watch! The only one I was consciously aware of was John Carpenter's low budget debut "Dark Star" which was written by (and starred) Dan O'Bannon (who later wrote Alien). O'Bannon's idea for Alien came from a small part of the movie where the ship's pet (an alien brilliantly realised by the FX department as a beach ball with feet attached) runs amok in the ships airducts. Be warned though - you'll never be able to take Alien seriously again.
M