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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 6211537" data-attributes="member: 9213">I was around 11 when I saw Alien in a theatrical re-release I think. It's all well and good to see a movie after the fact, after it's been around for years, decades even and declare that it's not this or that. It's another to see it at the time of release or close to the release when there were no easily accessed documentaries or the Internet. Im someone that really believe that movies, that film needs to be EXPERIENCED. Not through proxy but you should go in as cold as possible. No hype, no spoilers. When I saw Alien in grade school I only had a few friends and their parents tell me how terrifiying it was and that made me want to see it. When I saw it, well I can tell you that to this day one of the only movie monsters that scares the dogsh*t out of me is the original Xenomorph from ALIEN. Alot of it is the way the Scott builds from a place of normalcy and routine with these working class stiffs to dread to outright horror. For me the true mark of a horror film is the point where the audience realizes that the protagonists are well and truly screwed before the protagonists do. For me that point is after the sequence with Dallas and the vents. That coupled with's Ash's revelation and his final words to the others always haunts me no matter how many times that I've seen this movie. and I've seen it PLENTY. ALIEN is still effing terrifying to me because it's a solid movie with a great cast with characters who are put in a truly horrible situation with no real way out. They are dealing with something that is beyond them in every possible way. I'll also point out that the Xenomorph is a miracle of modern monster design. It's alternate bipedal / Quardraped form is alternatively familiar yet not. The pure invasiveness of it's form ( the prehensile tail, the second inner mouth, the idea that the facehugger basically mouth rapes you) and the fact that it's first victim is male and is effectively face raped and impregnated doesn't help. Yeah this movie hits you in all the right bad touch places if you think about it for more than half a minute.</blockquote>

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