a a sci fi movie fan i also like alien . but pitch black be definitely well than alien 3 and alien represent resurrection . it maches well into alien series . but it isn not alien and it something else . ok and enough comparison . this movie but me think represent why people be afraid of dark . you can not run away from dark . it impossible . you have to be face with darkness and with that and what in dark . in this movie i also like that the vin diesel character richard b. riddick wasn not typical good boy . he have a secret and he have do bad thing in the past . to the other people he be a hero who try to save them all . first of all he want to get out of that planet himself . there be also other metaphor in this story . every big sci fi fan should see this picture .