Superb film

Rating: 10/10 (21 March 2007)

For me,Ridley Scott has to be one of the most prolific directors of our time.Directing Alien to be the scariest film of 1979 brought the crowd something new.One that doesn't use antennas or blobs that ooze to move the people.But brings forth the raw power of terrible suffering at the hands or teeth of an alien creature that uses no remorse or mercy in the way it kills.The cast was fantastic in their portrayal of ore mining personnel turned re-con team to bring back an alien for their company to use as they see fit.But when the audience sees what and why the creature kills the way it does,it tells us that not all aliens kill alike.No ray guns,no blasters to disintegrate,but just sheer strength,and absolutely no feeling by the way it kills.Gory is the horror of life,in everyday things like accidents or mishaps resulting in loss of limbs or other,but here the creature does it for survival not realizing that its actions are by far from normal.But the result is total anarchy.Ridley Scott uses power combined with terror to give the audience a feeling of what if?,making them think i wonder what that feels like?especially by the alien using its teeth to rip apart a skull or chest.To us this is real classic horror at its best,and ridley scott knows how to deliver and give us the willies.Fantastic work.