The Best Horror Movie Ever

Rating: Null/10 (20 October 2003)

I read the book before I saw the film. In the book the original creature is different. On first viewing I got so frightened that I wanted to escape, but I sat with eyes lowered through the most tense sequences. It was not untill my third viewing could I watch the movie all the way through. The apperance of the Alien as it lowers itself behind Brett is remarkable, because one cannot make out what the thing is. The way Scott shot the monster presented it as truely 'alien'. No one had ever seen anything like it before. Now of course we are used to it, but then it scared you. The sets, the acting and the wonderful eerie music all congealed to lift an otherwise routine movie into a work of art. Subliminal, sexual and terrifing. Must be seen on the big screen.