A spooky time

Rating: 10/10 (29 July 2003)

I was ten when I first saw this. It was amazing. I'd been pestering my dad to let me watch it after I got hooked on the comics. Then i saw it.
Being ten, I thought it was slow until the chestburster came. I remember saying "Can we rewind that?" The first time you see the Alien is supurb. A slick head with a detailed mouth of tendons. I jumped up to try and get a closer look.
Then the movie really started. The Alien pops up suddenly and it takes you a while to get over it. When you see Ash we jumped even though we knew he was there.
Even though I'd read the "Making of" book (Dissecting Aliens: Terror in Space), I thought it was over when Ripley got into the shuttle. Then after a few minutes of watching it was over.
If you haven't already seen it, you're missing out on one of the best films ever.