There Will Never Be an Alien as Terrifying

Rating: 8/10 (18 March 2015)

Alien is a classic, but that's not news. This movie was probably the first of its kind, meaning a bona fide horror that takes place in space. We'd seen slashers, monsters and specters, but a savage alien life form... never.
The sheer unfamiliarity of what they were up against, both for the audience and the characters, made Alien especially horrifying. Then to see it and its mouth full of dripping razor sharp teeth. Yikes!
Look, I was three years old when this movie came out and I probably saw it before I reached the age of ten; that alien was terrifying. Then the claustrophobic feeling of the ship only added to the suspense and danger. Watching that movie made me only think of one thing: don't let that thing reach Earth!!