"She's gonna die in her underwear!" ...that was the most hilarious comment on that particular scene I ever heard 😅 LOVE IT!

Now you know why us old timers always say good practical effects always look better than CGI. Side note things seem more claustrophobic the farther into the film you get. That's because Ripley Scott had the crew move the walls in a little bit each day on the set. Basically squeezing the actors into closer and closer proximity.

it's great that a movie more than 40 years old still has the power to shock, that chest bursting scene is one for the ages

I saw this in a small town theater when I was 18 years old. We had never seen anything like it. There were people who fled in tears from the theater during the roughest parts. You can't imagine what it's like seeing this movie on a big screen in a big dark theater with 200 other terrified people LOL

A true Sci-fi classic. Great story, great practical effects and a great score by Jerry Goldsmith (over 250 films). Sigorney Weaver hits a grand slam in her film debut. Nice reaction 👍

Ripley was almost played by Meryl Streep. She was mourning the loss of a partner at the time so the role went to her roommate, Sigourney Weaver

This movie was terrifying and groundbreaking when it came out. And for a while, nobody talked about it, so all we knew going in was the egg on the poster, and the tag line: "No one in space can hear you scream." The trailers were very minimal and extremely vague before it came out. I was 15 at the time, and only knew that one of my friends had an asthma attack during the movie. ETA: I have also loved the music since the day I saw it.

I always loved the tagline from this film. "In space no one can hear you scream." Also if you enjoyed this film you should look at the artwork by H.R. Giger, who was a major influence in the overall look of this world as well as some of the creatures.

"I'm not sure if she's going to make it" There were actually several planned versions of the ending where Ripley doesn't make it- including one where the alien kills her rather gruesomely, then the last shot is the alien sending a message back to Earth in Dallas's voice. (The studio threatened to fire Ridley Scott if he shot that ending) There was a bit of indecision on a couple of other characters' death scenes, too; There were two versions of Brett's death scene- The other one is used in the director's cut. And they kept changing their minds about how Lambert was going to die until they ran out of time and ended up just fudging it, leaving the details to your imagination. (We don't see how she dies in the book, either, but in the book the alien disappears with her and Parker's bodies, and we later find out that it ate them.)

For those who made it through all the stress and terror we are rewarded at the very end narration with the soothing and serene background music of Howard Hansen Symphony No. 4.

Fun fact: 15:50 was not acting. Ridley Scott and the late John Hurt did not tell the other actors that, that was going to happen and the other actors are really panicking there.

LOL, I love how your tightly hold the blanket around you like a shield.

Great reaction. It's always a pet peeve of mine when young people watch an old classic and automatically assume that the film will look dated" in some way , filmmaking technology has changed a lot over the years making the ability to create imagery easier in many cases but it hasn't necessarily improved the vision of film makers , especially from the era when films like Star Wars and Alien were made. , a time that set the visual standard that is still being chased after today often with less than improved results. Technology may have improved the ability to create visuals but it sure hasn't helped creative storytelling much.

Superb reaction, Alien is one of the all time best sci/fi Horror movies. Perfectly paced and phenomenal levels of suspense and perfectly limiting actually seeing the alien to only a handful of minutes.

Back here after watching Aliens with a friend. Love some classic Murray with 'Sunflowers' in the background and the ever-present purple security blanket

Don't bother with the director's cut, the studios wanted another cut and Ridley Scott obliged but then said afterwards that he actually prefers his 1979 version, so the original film is already basically the 'directors cut'.

This is my favorite film of all time. It took the "slasher" genre and took out the cheesy dialog and unnecessary nudity and flipped the script. To this day, this film and the Thing have the best practical effects I've ever seen. Great reaction!

The alien can be seen when Ripley enters the shuttle for the last time. He's definitely there if you know what to look for, but obviously hard to recognize if you don't know he's there, both for Ripley and the audience.

I saw this movie when it was released with the impression that it was just another sci-fi movie. It was my introduction to the concept of a sci-fi horror movie, and it freaked me out!

As someone who's been a huge fan of this classic for almost 40 years, it's good to watch reactions from those viewing it for the first time. Good on you for watching a classic that is still as good as it was in 1979. Trivia: the chestburster scene was filmed in one take and only actor John Hurt knew what was going to happen. Idea behind this was to get genuine reactions from the actors.

This movie is a classic Haunted House horror film. Just set in space. I saw this movie in a packed movie theater the day after it opened. I remember the teaser preview tag line. "In space, no one can hear you scream."

"Get that thing off!" Once you know the role of the facehugger, that's definitely the last thing you want to do. Heh.

Jen, I've watched a number of reactions to this film, but yours is the only one to worry there's an alien in the cat. So funny, because I was in college when this came out, and I saw it in a large lecture auditorium filled with students. Your reaction awakened a long-dormant memory: coeds screaming, "It's in the cat! It's in the cat!"

Lamberts scream and the abrupt stop is still one of the most haunting sounds in cinema

One of the best scifi horror suspense movies ever made

Jen: "I feel like something is going to pop out!" Me: LOL! Excellent intuition, Jen. That's the premise of the whole movie.

I saw this 2nd day out in the theater when I was 14. The line went around the building. It's still one of my favorite films. Of course now, you know you have to react to 'Aliens' (1986).

I remember seeing this when it came out. The special effects were quite good and other than the computer screens - and basically the overall interaction with the computer - I think they've held up very well. Actually the use of old school and practical effects in some ways gives a little more "real" feel to it than the heavy use of CGI we tend to see nowadays. Excellent movie.

This movie holds up very well even to this day, and the music is perfectly adapted to the genre: It fills you with dread and loneliness from the very first frame. It's the first sci-fi movie of this type and set the stage for many copy cats in the future, some good some bad. The direct sequel to this, Aliens, is honestly the only one worth seeing beyond the original. Don't waste your time with any of the others (but do watch Aliens. It is also excellent but in a completely different way). The sequel Aliens is awesome and tons of fun, but Alien is a masterpiece.

This is my favorite space and horror film ever and I'm so glad you got to watch it for the first time now 😂😃 great reaction

I just subscribed to your channel. I saw this movie when it was in the theater and halfway through the projector stopped and for almost 5 minutes in a dark theater, someone yelled the alien got the projector guy.

I saw this in the theater when it was released and it scared the crap out of me. (Admittedly, I was 14 and it was only the second R rated movie I'd seen and the first without parental approval.) But I don't think I was only scared because of that. This is just an awesome suspenseful movie. I saw the sequel in the theater, too, when I was a young Marine and felt an affinity with many of the characters, but that's a story for another day.

That reaction to the face hugger attack and chest burster scenes were priceless. I remember being 12 when i saw this on tv and reacting much the same way. Movie scared the crap out of me for months afterward. As to who is right and wrong, Ash lecturing Ripley about doing her job and letting him do his is the epitome of nonsense, considering he overrode her job for no reason. Turns out that they could have left Cain in 24 hour quarantine and he would have been fine because the face hugger was keeping him alive. Granted they still would have let the Aline on board. But Ash's "you do your job," line is BS, she can't do her job when some sketchy douche-monkey under cuts her. So team Ellen all the way on that one. LOL love the ticking off items on the laundry list tone at 23:03 when predicting Lambert and Parker's fate; "so these guys are gonna die for suuuuuure. A gallon of Milk and a stick of butter; all done" ROTFLMAO "oh my god she's gonna die in her underwear." Have to say first time I think anyone has had that reaction to that scene.

"I just feel like something's gonna pop out." NOT WRONG 😅

We had to wait from 1979 until 1986 to see if Ripley makes it home.. Thankfully you don't have to. :) -- Suggest the directors cut of Aliens because that fills in more of the story..

There's an excellent documentary about the making of Alien, "The Beast Within", that's well worth watching. The movie's cinematographer said that when he saw it in a theater for the first time, an audience member yelled out "Leave the f*cking cat!" when Ripley went back for Jonesy. Poor kitty! 😾 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fbuIqa2Hv-CzfJ8.html

The very eccentric artist who designed the Aliens was named H.R. Giger. He channeled that general aesthetic for most of his career and was convinced of its reality, in this dimension or some other. There are some good documentaries about him. One called Dark Star follows him towards the very end of his life and is fascinating.

Fun Fact: Arthur C. Clarke referenced this movie in the book 2010. 2 astronauts board the abandoned Discovery. The ship is dark and creepy. One of the astronauts says, "Just watch out for the cat." The other responds with, "Who thought that would make a good movie to put on a real spaceship? Clearly they were referring to this movie.

Best plot twist was Ash revealed as a robot! The gruesome factor is much much worse in The Thing, with Kurt Russel.

Yes, it was "mind blowing...at the time." And absolutely terrifying.

I own an original film print of Alien and it's even prettier than the 4k, fun to watch in the dark!

This scene was parodied by Mel Brooks in Spaceballs, he even got John Hurt to reprise his role as Kane. And if you have seen Harry Potter he played Mr. Ollivander where Harry got his first wand and yes that is Bilbo playing Ash. The character was played by the late Ian Holm he was also in The Fifth Element as Father Vito Cornelius.

Your opening comment about technology made me chuckle. I was like "the technology of having a face-hugger use your body as a host then having a xenomorph burst through your chest/abdomen is . . . timeless". 😂 Great reaction, keep it up.

I watched Alien at a local cinema (sadly long gone) when it was released in the UK, if I remember rightly it was an X rated film (adults only). I managed to break a tooth while watching it, I was eating a hard chewy mint when the face hugger exploded from the egg and an involuntary reaction caused me to bite down including the mint. Unbeknownst to me at the time this had caused part of a molar to break off and embed itself in the mint which I subsequently swallowed, however I didn't realise this had occurred because the interior of the cinema was warm, only when I left and went out into cold air remember this was around September/October time and took a breath did I have a sharp pain! So next day had to get some emergency dental treatment and then later when I visited my NHS dentist, did I get follow up treatment, resulting in a gold crown put in place. So you could say that my first viewing of Alien was rather eventful! 😀 In relation to Aliens it's certainly worthwhile watching the Director's cut, as it does add a lot more to the film. Indeed, if you intend to watch other James Cameron films I would always recommend that you watch the directors cut, if one is available.

I decided to give this one and Aliens a rewatch for you, Jen.

Clearly horror makes you uneasy, which makes this review extra amazing. Keep it up Jen, I definitely want to see more horror reviews!

ALIEN is a class sci-fi movie...And sci-fi being my fav genre of movie.....With saying that...the follow up movie ALIENS is my ALLTIME fav movie. I have seen hundreds of times..no exaggeration. Seen it on the big screen and watch it everytime it's on tv despite having it on video and DVD. I also have a script from ALIEN 3 somewhere. I got it from a friend who had a friend on the inside before the movie even came out. He also got me a rough video copy of the movie itself. Though unfortunately, the film it's self didn't live up to the first 2 movies. People try to compare it to movies of today pointing with the old "man in a suit" line. But they forget..this came out in 1979, and back then..this was AWESOME!....Just like the first people to see a movie of a moving train a hundred years before that when they though it was gonna come out of the screen and crash into them!. ALIENS is more of an action sc-fi movie than horror...which I prefer.

You sure got your money's worth of suspense, surprise, blood, gross stuff and horror in this one, right? It is such a well-done classic. Treat yourself to the sequel, Aliens. Plural for a reason. Different, just as good.

One of the greatest films of all time!

Every time when they search for the face hugger and he kicks the bin (off camera) it shocks me. Every single time 😀

27:16 "She's gonna die in her underwear" LOL

Along with the first Terminator, it’s my favourite film of all time. First saw it when I was 15-16, and it holds a special place in my heart as the first film I watched where I really appreciated it on a filmmaking level, the way the horror is crafted and comes across through because of the direction, grimy industrial set design, minimal music, it’s all top tier. It was my baptism in being a movie buff. That and I just really dig science fiction horror as a genre, since I was young and played the Half Life video games I find plots involving isolated locations and something scary happening that we have to destroy or kill here and now whatever it takes because it poses a threat to civilisation really thrilling and engaging. Then I learned it was originally intended to be a B movie, like a proper low budget sci fi schlock because the plot on paper is pretty “haunted house in space” it takes from a 50s sci fi movie called It! The Terror from Beyond Space. But after Star Wars took off two years beforehand, the script for Alien was sitting on the desks at Fox and they immediately doubled its budget from 4.2 million to 8.4 million, possibly 11 million, and it went on to gross with subsequent rereleases over 100 million.

The woman that played Lambert played the little girl in Hitchcock's The Birds.

One of the first true slasher films, as well as one of the first sci-fi spaceship movies where it's not a futuristic space opera like Flash Gordon, Buck Rogers, Forbidden Planet, Star Trek, etc. They're just regular working folk on a freighter. You could set the movie on earth and make the Nostromo an actual ore ship on Lake Superior and the result would be exactly the same. So there's a gritty realism to both the setting and the characters. And everyone in it is a professional lead or character actor who had long careers. The only big time genre-type character actor this is missing is probably Dick Miller. Tom Skerritt and Sigourney Weaver, of course, were major lead actors with long careers. Others, like Ian Holm and Harry Dean Stanton, and all the others, had long careers as notable character actors. And Ridley Scott, of course, has become a legendary director. It could be argued that Alien is among the 100 best movies ever made. It is extremely well produced and acted and has had a huge impact on the horror/sci-fi genres.

I remember seeing the coming attractions for this movie was "In Space no one can hear you scream" . Saw this in the drive-in when it came out. Good movie. Aliens I like as well.

Hi Jen. It was so enjoyable watching your reaction, apparently a real one. I can't tell you how many times I've watched this with reactors who've seen memes and posters and other things that clued them in about what was going to happen. It was an interesting transition from your "...this movie is slow..." to holding your hands in front of your face in the more intense scenes. I so much enjoy reactors who go into a movie fresh, so this was a true joy watching you.

The scariest part is the sizzling noise when the face hugger jumps on Kane because it implies it melts through his helmet to get to him. That then means those little buggers could melt through any door to get to you. No other alien movie touches on that aspect of the face huggers.

I am very glad you saw the theatrical cut. Now please see the theatrical cut for Aliens.

The Alien tag line is always worth repeating, "In space, no one can hear you scream." I like how Jen called out the variable audio levels and the poor audio quality at times. She was spot on! Theater goers complained about this when the movie was first released, and the film makers revealed they had messed with the audio to create more tension in the audience. Sci-fi psy-ops!

I saw this movie when I was really little in a packed movie theater with my family. I love the sound effects in this movie. Whatever gadgets and other things that they used, it sounds organic.

Ripley is 100% right about the quarantine issue

OH...your expression when the chestburster came out 🤣 (subbed)

Some woman did a hilarious summary of the movie: Alien is a movie where nobody listens to the smart woman, and in the end everyone dies except for the smart woman and her cat. 5 out of 5 stars.

Don't worry about watching the Theatrical Cut; it's what we all watched when it was released, and we thought it was pretty darned good.

I guess they had no way of knowing for sure that Jones (the cat) didn't have a baby alien in it, but there was only one "facehugger" they knew of, and it seemed to be how baby aliens got implanted, so Jones was probably OK (he was).

This sure is a blast from the past, no pun intended, been so long since I have seen this film

Sigourney Weaver's Ripley was Hollywood's first truly badass, commanding female character.

Somebody make a T-shirt "I like that guy, so he's probably gonna die!" Bwahaha...Jen, you are everything. ❤ Also, I've been following you for years and somehow JUST getting around to this. 😢

"SHE'S GOING TO DIE IN HER UNDERWEAR!" One of the BEST reactions ever, that was such a good laugh. Yes you are correct this is very much a horror movie. I saw it in the movie theatre when I was 12 years old!

The artist HR Giger did a magnificent job of creating the various life forms/stages of the Alien

I've watched these movies so many times; i like to watch people's reactions to watching it for the first time!

19:47 I see the jazz hands got you lol Nice reaction! :)

"She's gonna die in her underwear" Epic quote. Love your reactions!

The second aliens movie is def the best in my opinion. If you can get past the acid blood and drool. And the goo. Oh my god so much goo.

A few fun facts. The dinner table scene, the other actors had no idea that was going to happen. So their looks if you notice are genuine "WTF!!??" Looks. Secondly the scene with Parker and Lambert toward the end, while Parker was killed, its implied the Alien sexually assaults Lambert, so when Ripley finds them, Lamberts legs and feet are bare when before she was wearing pants and shoes. One of the original drafts actually has the creature doing just that before killing her.

The way I heard it, Veronica Cartwright was supposed to play Ripley but Weaver's parents had pull with the studio. Cartwright turned up on set, saw her notes and said, "Am I not Ripley, now?" Sigourney was good though! Try 'American Werewolf in London'!

(Not-So)Fun Fact: The other actors didn't know they were using real (animal) blood & guts during the Kane chestburster scene, so as to get a genuine reaction.

This and John Carpenter's THE THING are my fave sci-fi horror films (I don't know why both universes have not converged for a movie - both feature ass-kicking flamethrower toting bad-asses) - Sigourney Weaver's iconic Ellen Ripley is my fave ass-kicking cat lady leading a stellar cast with expert direction by Ridley Scott (you got it Jen - slow cooker pressure to build characters and tension simultaneously) - pretty much a haunted house film in space. HR Giger's reviled beauty in the xenomorph is the perfectly terrifying cinematic monster to date IMO. Fun facts - Ripley was supposed to be a man but studio head Alan Ladd, Jr. (who passed away this year) suggested a sex change (wise decision) and I read recently Lambert was supposedly non-binary. Loosely based in the 50s B-film IT! THE TERROR FROM BEYOND SPACE. The chestburster scene Scott employed several cameras to get all the cast's reactions (they were clueless of what exactly was to transpire) and Veronica Cartwright got the brunt of it (note all the blood on her - the device used to shoot it out was like a firehose and in outtakes she was literally blown ass over teakettle of the sofa unit on the set!)

I saw this movie with a friend. When the face hugger leapt from the egg he got up and quickly left the theater and never came back, was waiting for me in the lobby. One of the best Sci Fi horror films ever.

A directors masterpiece, he doesnt need the alien to appear to give us chills

The design in this movie is insanely good. You may want to look-up HR Giger's involvement and intentions; they're very interesting, if quite disturbing. Of course, that describes a lot of Giger's work, particularly his "biomechanics" concepts. When Ripley's looking for Jones, I think she'd already completed shuttle prep. Getting the oxygen supplies seemed a 2-person job, so she was sorta at loose ends. Staying in one place seemed as dangerous as moving about, so fetching the cat is both "humanitarian", so to speak, and, to a degree, rational. 24:45 Ripley couldn't engage the auto-destruct until the last minute before departure, in order to give the best chance to get clear of the blast (she's actually shutting-down the cooling system for the Nostromo's nuclear generators, which is why the auto-destruct is impossible to reverse after a certain time; once a given temperature is reached, criticality is inevitable, at least without huge external cooling capacities). This movie, while sci-fi, was definitely also intended as a horror. Scott described it as "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" in space.

Aww Jen you’re so brave! I’m a 29 year old dude and I could NOT watch these alone hahaha. When you said ‘WHAT DO YOU MEAN where is it?!?’ I died haha. Probably a good person to have on a zombie survival team :) anyway you’re a good person and a badass and keep having fun!

This movie I mainly appreciate for it's retro futuristic aesthetics. I think it looks awesome, and the Nostromo is so cool. It's not the only thing I like of course, it's a great movie. Though the true masterpiece in this series is the sequel. Unusual that, but Aliens easily takes a spot somewhere on my list of top ten movies of all times.

The surprise reaction upon seeing the chestburster was like a church lady meeting a demon. Perhaps the best one on YT yet.

19:47. The xeno just wanted to give Dallas a hug. LOL.

This movie it's a masterpiece

“I like that guy so he is probably going to die.” “Look at this space cat.” “Why is he so strong?” “She’s going to die in her underwear.” 😂🤣😂 Your commentary is the best. Over 2k now!!! Woot woot!

After watching this movie a couple hundred times you start watching it and keeping a CLOSE EYE on Ian Holm (Ash) in EVERY scene, just to see if you can notice anything.

22:12 - Ian Holm has come a long way. From outer space android to 'Middle Earth' resident, back to outer space as protector of a 'Fifth Element'.

Oh man it feels like forever a go since i watched that movie and im only 26 lol, still good movies worth watching, i might rewatch them now. Great reaction!

This is what happens when you take all the classic horror movie tropes (people splitting up, thinking it is over when it isn’t, dark lighting, jump scares, spooky music, the relentless bad guy chasing you, etc.) and turn it into a big budget sci-fi movie.

22:38 - The flame-thrower scene hasn't sat right with me since the first time I watched 'Alien,' at the cinema on its first week of release. On most sci-fi shows & movies I'd seen up until that point, spaceship crews will go nuts (figuratively) attempting to extinguish fires to avoid door seals rupturing, flammable materials catching alight, or excessive oxygen depletion. So, imagine my surprise, seeing this guy, without hesitation, begin venting his anger and frustration by activating a flame-thrower in a confined space onboard a spacecraft. He could've so easily chosen to eject the 'synthetic person' through an airlock door instead.

The design of the Alien was so incredibly well done. It's still great to this day.

Your anxiety is through the roof in this one jen but truly made for a wonderful reaction , think you needed a nice lay down after this one and hope you did 🙂

The Xenomorph is shown so little in the movie mainly because the model was very basic and couldn't move very well plus it was one of the first of its kind in movie history so they had to figure things out on the fly. The side effect of it was/is that it enhances the tension plus the mere "presence" of it somewhere on the ship adds up as well.

"She's going to die in her underwear. " Jen, you're hilarious. 😂

whenever I get heartburn, I think of this movie. I don't know what that says of my stomach, but it speaks loads of my brain! 👽

Excellent! ♥ The thumbnail pic for this video is hilarious, well chosen.

I'd like make a case for the old tech in the ship. Of course you'd have flat led screens and all the bells and whistles, but see it from a practical side: This is a mining vessel traveling decades from start to destination. You'd want to have the most basic, reliable and easy to maintain/replaceable equipment. Even the mother the main AI seems to be nothing but very low tech computing. It's all made to last with minimal need for replacement components.

Fun Fact: During the chest burster scene, no one knew how Kane (John Hurt's character) was going to die. So the when Alien bursted from the chest, that was their genuine reaction.