Not as scary as I had hoped

Rating: 9/10 (21 September 2002)

Without a doubt 'Alien' is a great film, however after reading other user's reviews I did expect it to be lots scarier than it was. I wasn't scared once, except for a few moment that made one jump - if that counts?
I can't really flaw the film. The cast do a fairly good job, although maybe the main character was a little unlikable (she was a tad miserable, no?). The Alien itself was good, we don't see too much of it which is probably a good thing. I can't say *POSSIBLE SPOILER* I was overly impressed by the look of the alien as a baby in the famous chest-bursting scene. The face-attacher alien was very well done. The spaceship looked quite impressive for it's time, and the general look of the film hasn't dated too much.
I think that the director should have left the 'cocoon sequence' in the film, that was a bit creepy. Very good, but not really very scary.