IN SPACE no-one can hear you scream... again!

As a special Hallowe'en treat, Twentieth Century Fox is releasing a new digitally remastered version of Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror classic. It has been re-cut by the director and includes new footage never before seen in cinemas.

With the help of technological advances, Alien looks absolutely stunning - just as good if not better than it did 24 years ago.

Jerry Goldsmith's haunting orchestral score has never sounded better too, thanks to a brand new six-track digital stereo mix.

The crew of the mining ship Nostromo is woken from hypersleep by Mother, the ship's artificial intelligence, when the vessel intercepts an SOS signal from a beacon on a nearby planet.

Unable to decipher the encrypted distress signal, the ship's captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt) gives the order to send a scouting party down to the surface of the planet.

Lambert (Veronica Cartwright) and Kane (John Hurt) join Dallas, and the trio soon uncover the ruins of a crash-landed craft, seemingly deserted.

The team delves ever deeper into the bowels of the craft where Kane stumbles upon a gargantuan chamber full of eggs. One of them hatches, unleashing a face-hugger at Kane which quickly impregnates its human host.

Alien: The Director's Cut is a superlative exercise in sustained tension. The claustrophobic labyrinthine corridors of the Nostromo provide the perfect hiding place for the alien - and there are many edge-of-seat shocks as the acid-blooded beast stalks its human prey. Unmissable.

Rating: 10/10