My favorite movie of all

Rating: 10/10 (3 July 2007)

This was not the first movie in the series I saw ("Aliens" was the first one I saw), but it is my favorite, in the series and out of all movies I've seen. "Alien" caused more scares than most of the other horror movies of the 70's and 80's. I cannot remember hearing about the other horror movie classics, such as "Halloween" or "Nightmare on Elm Street", creating some of the reactions this one did right in the middle of the theater. It still scared me, even after I knew what I was in for after watching "Aliens" and "Alien Resurrection," (facehuggers and chestbursters considered mind you). Not many movies can do that. Certainly not some of the classic slasher films could. This film is far better than "Star Wars" or "Raiders of the Lost Ark." It makes sense, it could possibly happen in the future, and it has an actual story to it, not just some people trapped in an area getting knocked off one-by-one (it didn't rip off Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians," thank you). The scene where Kane has the alien fetus burst out of his chest was probably the most visually disturbing moment in the whole movie. They never did that in "Friday the 13th!" "Halloween" never had a creature who had a second mouth that snapped out and bit chunks off of you. Freddy Krueger never bled acid for blood and laid an alien embryo inside your chest.