Stands the test of time

Rating: 8/10 (30 September 2002)

Just watched this again for the first time in years (after playing the console game,hahaha) and I agree with the overwhelming consensus on these pages that it is an overlooked masterpiece. My movie book claims it delivers shocks at the expense of 'mood and virtually everything else' - WHAT?! What film were these guys watching? It's one of the moodiest, atmospheric films out there, (slight spoiler coming up I suppose) let down slightly only by the blatantly superimposed scenes around the UFO. I hereby join the fanclub - fantastic ideas well executed. Everyone goes on about Alien/Aliens, but this is only slightly behind, and it certainly wipes the floor with Predator. IMHO.