Alien

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VictorHFerr AWESOME SCIFI/HORROR FILM BY DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT!!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/08/25 Full Review Jeremiah My all time favorite film. it needs no justification. watch and see the genius of true horror. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/28/24 Full Review Aaron Bacchus A Horror Classic. The beat in the series. A must watch for all !!! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/24/24 Full Review Sarah T This film really doesn’t age. My absolute favourite. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/25 Full Review Ruediger R I saw Alien in the cinema when I was 12. I've never been as scared as I was by the chestburster scene. It was a re-release in 1981, the cinema was barely full, and suddenly the entire auditorium was screaming and gasping. After that, there was complete silence. Later, the worst nightmare, one you couldn't (!) imagine, appears on the giant screen. H.R. Giger did! I would never have wanted to be in his shoes, haunted by such monsters. Day after day. Night after night. Giger was once himself scared to death by his life-size alien in his bathroom, as he once said in an interview. He painted, among other things, to get rid of the dark shadows. The fact that Ridley Scott managed to involve Giger in the film's production for months (he modeled the alien and designed sets – including the space jockey) is evident in every second of the film. The sound is also excellent. Repeatedly, heart palpitations and other noises at the edge of perception. They keep you constantly on alert in the cinema. It wasn't until years later that I realized what the film meant psychologically. The fear (from the man's perspective) of childbirth. The allusions are well-placed: the alien spaceship is strikingly reminiscent of legs stretched in the air, and it is the central entrance through which the exploring crew enters. Or the alien's head... Seen in this way, Alien is a kind of "women's film," because it deals with a female-specific topic; however, it is so well hidden that it is hardly noticeable at first glance. Werner Faulstich, a media scholar, wrote in one of his books that the film Alien describes, on a latent level, the entire process from conception to birth, from the perspective of the man who remains outside, who is virtually excluded. Male sperm are awakened by a signal (distress/warning signal). They approach him (landing on the alien moon). They find the source (= the alien spaceship). They enter through the middle entrance, etc. The film seems slow-paced these days, but if you let yourself be drawn into the dark undertow, it still rewards you. A stroke of genius. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/05/25 Full Review David H. Near perfect. An amazing achievement for the time. Creature design is stunning even by today’s standards Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/02/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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