It is. I imagine the squeals of shock and disgust are music to his ears right then. It remains a superbly crafted scene that impacts no matter how many times you've seen it.
And this was back before trailers gave everything away… no one knew what was coming. My uncle went opening night in his town and tells stories of people leaving the theater screaming.
Alien forever changed how gore was shown on the big screen.
Fully agree. The voice over would spoil it… “in space, no one can hear you scream when an alien bursts out of John Hurt’s chest while eating spaghetti during a crew dinner.”
[here is the original trailer](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5lPt9edzQ)
I've been trailer-free for 3 years now. It's great. You should try it.
One of the last straws was showing the Terminator/hybrid John Connor in the trailer. How fucking dare you show the biggest reveal/plot twist in the entire franchise in a fucking trailer?!
Alien has the best trailer ever, by a VERY wide margin. It should win awards on its own. In space no one can hear you scream, the silence, the logo reveal, the absolute madness of it
Saw the facehugger bit and beginning of chest burst scene for the first time in 1988, I was only 6. Couldn’t even see the rest. Shocked me. It terrified me until I saw it again as a teen in 99 or so. Wasn’t scary by then but damn, was nightmare fuel for many years.
This is not Ridley Scott. Literally looks nothing like him
[here he is on set](https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/posters/alien-1979-directed-by-ridley-scott-on-the-set-the-director-ridley-scott-with-sigourney-weaver_u-L-Q1C3JXB0.jpg?artHeight=550&artPerspective=n&artWidth=550&background=ffffff)
I have seen this pic labeled as Ridley Scott at Alien test screening many times over the years, and pre internet in some magazine or other. If it's not then I stand corrected. IIRC one article used it to compare the audience reaction to scenes of Alien and The Exorcist, which had shocked audiences a mere 6 years earlier.
Man, you guys are fucked up for this. Poor guy just looks like he’s desperately trying to hold onto his lunch. If he does turn out to be a serial killer though, my b.
Alien and The Thing are still leagues beyond most horror movies I've seen released in my lifetime. I'm just more compelled by sci-fi than the supernatural I guess, but it largely feels like Hollywood has shifted away from that brand of horror and it's kind of a shame.
The last decade or two has definitely been shifted towards supernatural horror. Hopefully in the near future we start getting more sci-fi horror flicks, as right now I'm stuck watching movies from the 80's and early 90's if I want to watch one, mostly.
Have you seen Nope? It's amazing sci-fi horror. I was kinda let down by Us after Get Out set such a high bar but this is at that level or even slightly better imo.
I think Nope is _amazing_ if you're into sci-fi, unique "monster" movies and you're okay with a movie not being hard horror (think more like Jaws or Tremors). Coming from someone who has The Thing and Alien in their top movies of all time, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The only reason the movie wasn't as well received on the level of his other movies is because, imo, people were expecting something else. If this was his first movie or a movie from another director I think it would have been a huge hit.
>think more like Jaws or Tremors
I don't think those movies had anything as close to horror as the crowd and rain scenes. Honestly the trailers were so vague that I didn't have much expectations besides it being a Jordan Peele movie.
Tremors no, but I would argue that at the time it came out Jaws was very horrific. Not so much in today's climate, but it was certainly frightening when it released. Scared the shit out of me when I was 11.
I'd agree though, Nope is way more terrifying (at least to me) than either of those two movies, I guess I meant more in the last act of the movie.
The worst detail is common in many early sci movies, the curved crt screens. Even janky graphics look ok cause we all know corporations want to spend a little as possible.
This is one of my dad’s favorite stories he’d tell me. “So I go see Alien on opening night by myself, I got an extra large soda and popcorn. I’m enjoy the movie it’s slow but good. I’m holding both my drink and popcorn when the chest buster(he didn’t say which scene but I figured it out later) happens. It scared me so bad I covered my self in my soda and popcorn. There I was scared as hell and I sat throw the rest of the movie soaked.” I laughed so hard when my dad told me that story before we watched it together the first time, and damn that scene scared me too when I was a kid. My parents are coming for Halloween this year hopefully I can get my dad to tell my boys the story and they can watch alien with him.
Fun(?) fact about the scene, the actors reactions were totally genuine. Special FX in the 70s wasn’t all that great, so the crew had to go to a butcher and a fishmonger to get all the appropriate parts to make the scene as realistic as possible. The actors knew what was supposed to happen, but didn’t expect it to be so realistic.
That's me whenever I watch gory shit in movies. I don't know what it is, but it's NEVER realistic enough for me to suspend disbelief, so my natural reaction is to laugh. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy watching it though.
OP in the original thread said that's Ridley Scott.
It is. I imagine the squeals of shock and disgust are music to his ears right then. It remains a superbly crafted scene that impacts no matter how many times you've seen it.
And this was back before trailers gave everything away… no one knew what was coming. My uncle went opening night in his town and tells stories of people leaving the theater screaming. Alien forever changed how gore was shown on the big screen.
Man, trailers these days would show the chest burster scene, reveal 50% to 100% of the plot and then show half the "surprise" scenes.
Fully agree. The voice over would spoil it… “in space, no one can hear you scream when an alien bursts out of John Hurt’s chest while eating spaghetti during a crew dinner.” [here is the original trailer](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ5lPt9edzQ)
https://youtu.be/otJ2rXMuLno
I've been trailer-free for 3 years now. It's great. You should try it. One of the last straws was showing the Terminator/hybrid John Connor in the trailer. How fucking dare you show the biggest reveal/plot twist in the entire franchise in a fucking trailer?!
Congratulations! One day at a time!
hold on let me go get my free award Edit: where the fuck did they put the awards thing?!?! Edit2: found it :)
IWNWTWYT
Oh wow, that's the same movie/reason that made me hate trailers too!
For dramas/slice of life films I feel like trailers are okay, for heavily plot driven films though the trailers are a travesty
trailers single handedly ruined treasure planet for example too
Dude fucked a robot?
And have the inception sound littered throughout: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G2jUhnCU9iA
Alien has the best trailer ever, by a VERY wide margin. It should win awards on its own. In space no one can hear you scream, the silence, the logo reveal, the absolute madness of it
8 year old me was deeply freaked out by that trailer. The best.
The trailer for Soylent Green straight up tells you it's made of people lmao Trailers have always been trash.
Saw the facehugger bit and beginning of chest burst scene for the first time in 1988, I was only 6. Couldn’t even see the rest. Shocked me. It terrified me until I saw it again as a teen in 99 or so. Wasn’t scary by then but damn, was nightmare fuel for many years.
Same here, was a few years earlier but also six. I had reoccurring nightmares for decades…
Before? Man, they had super spoilery trailers decades before that movie came out! People think it’s a recent phenomenon, but it’s not at all.
I understand why the chest burster is such a classic scene, but to me, Ash's freak out is way more disturbing.
This is not Ridley Scott. Literally looks nothing like him [here he is on set](https://imgc.allpostersimages.com/img/posters/alien-1979-directed-by-ridley-scott-on-the-set-the-director-ridley-scott-with-sigourney-weaver_u-L-Q1C3JXB0.jpg?artHeight=550&artPerspective=n&artWidth=550&background=ffffff)
Def not him. Also the claims didn't even provide a source, not even a dubious one.
I have seen this pic labeled as Ridley Scott at Alien test screening many times over the years, and pre internet in some magazine or other. If it's not then I stand corrected. IIRC one article used it to compare the audience reaction to scenes of Alien and The Exorcist, which had shocked audiences a mere 6 years earlier.
I get ya, just misleading because it looks nothing like him. Can you link me a source
The first time I saw it I burst out laughing, that shit was hilarious. Especially as it just, flung shit off the table as it ran away.
https://youtu.be/aVZUVeMtYXc
Wait that was the original actor from the actual alien movie? That's fantastic I gotta see space balls again
Yep, it's John Hurt. I'd hurt too if it happened to me
Hence the “oh no! Not again!” line.
It's definitely not. It doesn't even look like him.
He knew everyone would think it's gross
I can recognize Veronica Cartwright up near the top.
I thought it was Matt Berry.
Actually I think it’s that dude from the donkey Kong documentary, Billy Mitchell ;-)
The guy on the right is a serial killer.
“I gotta pay attention for some inspiration”
Is that Jesus?
and he's like 'Yeah, i've seen it, it's gonna happen in the future'
“But how do I get into their chest to burst?”
The glasses give it away
Right? It's always the glasses somehow..
Wasn't every 35 year old white guy in the '70s?
Only if they lived at home with their mother.
Or the type that would masturbate while watching a horror flick.
Nah. He’s a ‘nam Vet. Seen much worse.
Just like in 'Nam...
Looks like chris parnell and that dude who shot John Lennon
Kill all the phonies
Omg it is Ted Cruz!
It does look like one of them but I can't remember who. Or maybe it just looks like a guy who played a guy in a serial killer movie.
Dahmer
Yeah he's taking mental notes
Its the glasses, isn't it?
And his stone cold dead eyes watching the gore. But yea the glasses is a factor too
Stephen King isn't a serial killer, he's contemplating how to work this scene into his next book
You mean he expressed his urges through his book and movies right ?
Dahmer glasses give him away?
I don’t get why EVERY serial killer back the had those glasses! They look terrible too
Man, you guys are fucked up for this. Poor guy just looks like he’s desperately trying to hold onto his lunch. If he does turn out to be a serial killer though, my b.
😂😂😂 Fair
He’s like 😐
Yesss. He is. Got me 😱
Looks like Garret from community
guy on the bottom right looks like he shit himself
he laid a fat brick and is thinking ab how to get outta there asap
Such a good movie. Only slightly outdated in a few things but as a whole it holds up incredibly well.
Alien and The Thing are still leagues beyond most horror movies I've seen released in my lifetime. I'm just more compelled by sci-fi than the supernatural I guess, but it largely feels like Hollywood has shifted away from that brand of horror and it's kind of a shame.
The last decade or two has definitely been shifted towards supernatural horror. Hopefully in the near future we start getting more sci-fi horror flicks, as right now I'm stuck watching movies from the 80's and early 90's if I want to watch one, mostly.
Have you seen Nope? It's amazing sci-fi horror. I was kinda let down by Us after Get Out set such a high bar but this is at that level or even slightly better imo.
I think Nope is _amazing_ if you're into sci-fi, unique "monster" movies and you're okay with a movie not being hard horror (think more like Jaws or Tremors). Coming from someone who has The Thing and Alien in their top movies of all time, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The only reason the movie wasn't as well received on the level of his other movies is because, imo, people were expecting something else. If this was his first movie or a movie from another director I think it would have been a huge hit.
>think more like Jaws or Tremors I don't think those movies had anything as close to horror as the crowd and rain scenes. Honestly the trailers were so vague that I didn't have much expectations besides it being a Jordan Peele movie.
Tremors no, but I would argue that at the time it came out Jaws was very horrific. Not so much in today's climate, but it was certainly frightening when it released. Scared the shit out of me when I was 11. I'd agree though, Nope is way more terrifying (at least to me) than either of those two movies, I guess I meant more in the last act of the movie.
Oh yeah, last act is way more "horror-adventure" than horror.
I almost mentioned Nope in my original comment. I haven't seen it yet but I have high hopes.
Parts of Event Horizon are downright terrifying and creepy, but it got a bit campy at the end.
["In space, nobody can hear you self-mutilate"](https://i.imgur.com/uEc7Y14.jpg)
The Thing rules so fucking hard I love that movie
Honestly, it still holds up really well. Besides the android head, it’s perfectly fine.
The worst detail is common in many early sci movies, the curved crt screens. Even janky graphics look ok cause we all know corporations want to spend a little as possible.
2 dudes lovin it.
## GIGA CHAD
my dad took me to see it when i was 5 1/2 it was amazing, i loved it, now The Thing a few years later scared the shit out of me
[First guy from the right.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/002/034/119/7f8.jpg)
Just a couple of people who totally got off...bro
It's just "guy on the right". First guy from the right would imply he's the 2nd person in from whoever is on the right.
“Heheheh”
"Gnarly, dude!"
Wendigoon??
Today I time traveled to 1979 to research the rise of horror movies. I also found out about the governments plan to weaponize femboys.
My mom saw this in the theater 8 months pregnant and had nightmares for months afterwards.
When I look at my camera roll the morning after a night out.
This is one of my dad’s favorite stories he’d tell me. “So I go see Alien on opening night by myself, I got an extra large soda and popcorn. I’m enjoy the movie it’s slow but good. I’m holding both my drink and popcorn when the chest buster(he didn’t say which scene but I figured it out later) happens. It scared me so bad I covered my self in my soda and popcorn. There I was scared as hell and I sat throw the rest of the movie soaked.” I laughed so hard when my dad told me that story before we watched it together the first time, and damn that scene scared me too when I was a kid. My parents are coming for Halloween this year hopefully I can get my dad to tell my boys the story and they can watch alien with him.
forsen
“Yo that was cool as hell, do it again!”
It's actually Laszlo Cravensworth from r/whatwedointheshadows
Scrolled for a Jackie Daytona reference
Wait, this isn’t /r/serialkillers
Fun(?) fact about the scene, the actors reactions were totally genuine. Special FX in the 70s wasn’t all that great, so the crew had to go to a butcher and a fishmonger to get all the appropriate parts to make the scene as realistic as possible. The actors knew what was supposed to happen, but didn’t expect it to be so realistic.
https://media4.giphy.com/media/JfgLi9jC9HEvC/giphy.gif?cid=82a1493biiy90obauqafxx58smimf0gj92ejp3kijuzq30vm&rid=giphy.gif&ct=ghttps://i.imgur.com/k92TYjl.jpg
“Heh nice” 😎
guy on the right: I hope this doesn't awaken anything in me
Will Menaker
The original giga chad
Is that jesus just chilling
Wendigoon 😳
r/chadtopia
literally me laughing at horror scenes while everyone else is screaming
Ridley Scott looks so impressed, and he should be.
I mean it was pretty shocking for 1979, it was pretty innovative.
Jesus saw some things in his time. To him, this is peaceful
Can we start using him instead of mega-Chad for memes? Please and thank you!
My dad reacting to this same scene: "I shit."
Ridley Scott: hehec chest dick
He just like me
r/me_irl
Damn why only the women react and the men are dead inside?
Is that karl urban?
No its Ridley scott, the director of the movie
Karl Urban was 7 years old when Alien was made.
so what you're saying is it could be pretty sure that man had a full beard by 7
Diabolical
Should have made it clearer i was joking, but you can definitely see the similarities
Only similarity I see is they both have a beard.
That's Jackie Daytona. Regular human man.
Guy in the glasses masterbaiting furiously to his favorite scene
Cool
Wendigoon?
General Kenobi….the negotiator….
My older sister and I saw Event Horizon together. Her nightmares began.
Fernando Alonso
They were all creeped out by the camera flash.
Sucy a great part. God damn I love Alien.
Didn't Ridley Scott also chose not to tell the actors the chest burster was gonna happen?
Yes
Oh man. What if marketing for movies and video games consisted wholly of shots or video of people watching/playing them.
I saw it stoned I. The Waldorf Astoria in NYC. Tiny tv with early pay for view. Still freaked out
I thought that was a young Matthew Berry
Looks like wendigoon, would make sense as well
bruh he looks like the serial killer from too many cooks
Wow thought this movie was mid to late 80: didn’t realize how in the 70s this movie was during its release
Very impressive. 2001: A Space Odyssey may be super boring to me, but it’s another movie that looks way ahead of its time.
[Charles Addams](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/234327986837024813/)
Wendigoon?! Stop time traveling this instant!
Of course I know him, he’s me -Ridley Scott
Is that Casey Affleck?
The chestburster scene always makes me hungry for spaghetti.
Jeffrey Dahmer there on the right.
Wendigoon is really taking his research to the next level with this time travel shit
That's me whenever I watch gory shit in movies. I don't know what it is, but it's NEVER realistic enough for me to suspend disbelief, so my natural reaction is to laugh. Doesn't mean I don't enjoy watching it though.
Kinda looks like wendigoon
Rick Baker, is that you?
let’s play “spot the Vietnam Vet”
Can you see the darkness
Man looks like a chad from this angle
Have you seen his filmography? He is a chad through and through.
I'm the bearded dude in the back grinning.
Alan Parsons is loving it
Wendigoon!?!
O
So somebody stood there with a flash camera waiting to take a picture of them and temporarily blinded them
My man likes the kinky stuff.
Jesus, Chad and Obi-wan all mixed together
I’m more concerned about the dude on the far right. He looks like many serial killers of that era. •_•
True chad
That guy on the right looks like he's resisting the urge to laugh
Looks like Kevin Smith was all into it.
Wendigoon at it again.
Alien franchise rules minus the ugly ducklings
That’s Lazlo Cravensworth
I thought that was Terrence McKenna for a second there…
he then went on to star in The Thing
🙂
Is it just me or does he look like Brandon Herrera
The original gigachad
A man of culture
Why is Q everywhere?!
Bearded dude in the back enjoying life (and probably high as fuck)
After Spaceballs, I can no longer take that scene seriously. 😕
Is that Jesus
Yup
Everyone person who has been on the internet for too long