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Post by Popeye Doyle on Apr 28, 2018 21:13:54 GMT
Is there a better paced horror film then this? Maybe also The Exorcist or Psycho. Either way, it holds up remarkably well. Still not sure of the purpose of all the blinking lights in the computer room, though. Like The Shining, which was also shot in England roughly the same era, the production design is such a feast for eyes it is a shame to have those amazing sets destroyed after filming. Probably the most intense scene is Dallas going through air ducts with those hatches that always remind me of the OO7 gun barrel opening.
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Post by teleadm on Apr 28, 2018 22:30:01 GMT
"boring movie, lousy effects, some good actors, half-hearted scares" and "one of those movies that will be quickly forgotten"
The above is my original notes after watching it, in 1979/1980 and Boy! Oh Boy! was I wrong!!!
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Apr 28, 2018 22:33:03 GMT
You can really feel it after the DC, where everything just feels off because of the added scenes altering the pace.
The Shining and The VVitch are up there for me as well.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Apr 28, 2018 22:52:12 GMT
A Classic!   |
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Post by wmcclain on Apr 28, 2018 23:02:19 GMT
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Post by salomonj on Apr 29, 2018 0:36:48 GMT
My #1 of all time.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Apr 29, 2018 0:41:59 GMT
It's in my top ten or twenty.
No HR Giger, no film.
And Mario Bava definitely needs some credit for inspiring key elements of it.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Apr 29, 2018 1:18:31 GMT
This Below is My own Number 1 Favorite Scene from "ALIEN".
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Post by ravi02 on Apr 29, 2018 1:57:01 GMT
Still a classic horror/sci-fi film with great characters, an iconic movie monster, creepy sets, scary visuals and it takes its time setting up suspense.
I love both Alien & Aliens and like to think of them as one big film.
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Post by jamesbamesy on Apr 29, 2018 2:34:09 GMT
A horror classic. Gets better with each viewing.
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Post by ck100 on Apr 29, 2018 2:51:42 GMT
It's not a movie for the "Transformers" crowd, but if you like deliberately-paced, well-crafted, well-built-up suspense and terror, it works wonderfully.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 29, 2018 3:00:46 GMT
Sweet spectacle.  |
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Post by anthonyrocks on Apr 29, 2018 8:53:40 GMT
A horror classic. Gets better with each viewing. Agreed! |
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Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 29, 2018 14:31:10 GMT
I'm glad it's been embraced into the horror genre. A+ my #26 all time.
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Post by politicidal on Apr 29, 2018 17:23:16 GMT
The original LIFE (2017)
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Post by fangirl1975 on Apr 29, 2018 19:38:16 GMT
Tied with JAWS as my favorite monster movie.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Apr 29, 2018 23:35:28 GMT
Tied with JAWS as my favorite monster movie. My own Favorite is " John Carpenter's THE THING" but I absolutely like both " ALIEN" and " JAWS" as well. |
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Post by Eλευθερί on Apr 29, 2018 23:47:23 GMT
10/10
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Post by anthonyrocks on Apr 30, 2018 5:22:58 GMT
I actually think that it is more like 100/100. |
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Apr 30, 2018 13:32:32 GMT
I re-watched it last week for the first time in a while, and it's still fantastic. Showed the original trailer from 1979 to a co-worker who'd never even heard of the movie and she was..."unsettled" when it was over, and said "You actually saw that when you were only 15?!?" I told her to imagine feeling that way for two full hours, and that's how watching the movie felt; I also described the chest-burster scene and how audiences really hadn't seen anything like that before. She doesn't do horror or even suspenseful movies, but she admitted that the trailer did pique her interest. It's a trailer we wouldn't see today, as it doesn't give you the entire movie but instead just hints at what's in store for you.
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