Ridley Scott directed it and gained fame because of it.

It made Sigourney Weaver’s career.

Action auteur Walter Hill was a much bigger name at the time it came out, and was a producer on it. He’s the guy who said, “Make Ripley a woman.”

But there’s a lot more history to the creation of what I think is the scariest movie I’ve ever seen. Still.

This documentary rolls out on various platforms in early Oct.