ALIEN – In 1979, Ridley Scott directed what would be a game-changer as far as modern science fiction films. Alien may have not been the first horror/sci-fi hybrid, but it was definitely the paradigm for future films attempting to juggle the genres. What happens when you take a small, blue-collar crew into the depths of the unknown? Movie magic, pure and simple. The Nostromo, a US cargo ship is transformed into a haunted house in outer space, it’s amiable crew picked off one-by-one by a creature like nothing we have ever encountered, armed with mutating defense mechanisms, making it seemingly impossible to destroy. They’re alone, and not all of the crew are what they appear to be. And as their numbers dwindle, the famous tagline resonates…
In space, no one can hear you scream.
Note: David and Tim are well aware that the author of Dune is Frank Herbert, not James Herbert (see links below). We were just caught up in the conversation. James Herbert is the British author of many a fine horror novel. So, at times, his name leaps from my tongue without thought, much like a gestating alien from the chest-cavity of its victim.
SHOW LINKS
- Jason X
- Black Summer
- Galaxy Quest
- Alan Rickman
- Original Trailer
- Shane (Alan Ladd)
- Texas Chainsaw Massacre
- Dark Star
- Gilligan’s Island
- Frank Herbert
- James Herbert
- H.R. Giger
- Roger Corman
- Sybil Danning
- Moonlighting
- Jerry Goldsmith
- CGI vs Practical
- Tony Scott
- The Cast
- The Expanse
- Carlo Rambaldi
- Chest-bursting scene
- Lovecraft
- Necronomicon
- Planet of the Apes
- Galaxy of Terror
- Joanie Cunningham’s head explodes
- Quark
- Event Horizon
- Life
- Westworld
- Doodles Weaver
- Worst of Lost in Space
- Penny (Angela Cartwright)
- Pitch Black
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