This movie is a master class in how to do suspense in a movie. The Alien is on screen for a total of 4 minutes.

When this movie came out, the alien in the chair, no one had ever seen anything like that before. H.R Geiger, the creator of the Alien, the ship, and all the concepts, became world famous after that. His Album Covers are also easily recognizable.

The guy who played the Alien was a guy called Bolaji Badejo. He was a 6 feet ,10 inch tall design student who was spotted in a London pub, and cast in the role.

What a great reaction! Amelia isn't one of those reactors that talks constantly throughout, but she doesn't have to- she clearly conveys what's going on with her facial expressions (and especially micro expressions)! Wow! Loved it!

I am a film maker and camera person and I say you are correct about the old practical camera moves. They are more organic and feel more natural to the eye and to the mind when trying to process a story visualy. Rock on. Cheers.

H.R Giger did such a good job designing the ship and the alien.

The set looks good for any time because it's not blurry CGI.

Fun movie fact - actor John Hurt (who plays Kane) spoofed his role from this movie later on in the Mel Brooks comedy film 'SPACEBALLS' (1987)...and they even poked fun at the alien in it as well....Now that fun comedy is definitely worth watching if you have seen it...

That was a much much better reaction than most I’ve seen,because it is a reaction and not an overreaction with a childish commmentary. Excellent.

One detail I like to point out is at the end when she is listing the crew dead in memoriam, she includes Ash. It seems odd as it tried to kill her but makes perfect sense that indicates she doesn't want the company to know she was on to Ash. It definitely points to the company (or at least a part of it) is criminal.

This is by far one of the scariest movies I have ever seen. It sends chills down your spine. The acting and the storyline was spot on! It can have you jumping at shadows!

"In space, no one can hear you scream."

Who in their right mind goes back for the ship's cat when an eight-foot acid-for-blood alien is hunting you down. The best Truckers in space film made.

Amelia is the best on the two channels. As stated, no overacting I mean reacting, looking, listening, conveying her emotions thru her eyes and facial expressions. Certainly will continue to watch. A genuine pleasure. Thanks for sharing.

Great reaction! And thank you for not calling the crew stupid. So many reactors do. These were smart people forced to do something beyond their usual skillset. They did it the best they could, bad things happened, and they kept making good decisions all through the movie. Except for Lambert panicking all the time and eventually getting Dallas killed. But 1 person out of 6 panicking in a situation like this is kind of more realistic, not less. And of course Ash was working against them all along. The fact that they did NOT do stupid things is a great part of why this movie is so good. Any talentless writer can make a monster or a psycho kill a bunch of stupid people making bad decisions. It is much harder to kill a bunch of smart people mostly making good decisions - but when you write that, people still watch and like it 45 years later.

I saw that when it came out in 1979. On a dark cinema, huge screen and surround sound system it was insane.

Everything about Alien is iconic. The grittiness of the Nostromo (a working space tanker), the crashed alien space vessel, the three-stage alien design. The realism of the crew working the ship; of people living and working in space. It is one of the greatest suspense thrillers ever made and this level of realism is a key component of the whole experience of the film, imho. Just as 2001 revolutionized science fiction as a genre, and Star Wars made science fiction (space opera) bankable, Alien paved the way for science fiction as a truly credible artistic and cinematic experience in the minds of cinema audiences. Without Alien, there is no Bladerunner, The Thing, Terminator, Predator ... no science fiction as we know it today.

You not only have to observe; you gotta listen! And your reaction to the air duct scene was perfect!

Amelia's reactions are my favorite because she doesn't talk through everything, she actually watches and listens. Plus she's really cute!

My first 18 certificate film I saw when I was 19. Scared the shit out of me 😁. A classic.

Hi Amelia, it's great you've seen this sci-fi classic and that it had the desired effect on you. Please react to it's incredible sequel Aliens (1986) next :)

Fun fact: Veronica Cartwright’s (Lambert) reaction during the chest buster scene was completely real. She hadn’t seen anything before hand and was hit with the largest amount of blood. Tom Skerrit was the only actor that had an idea of what to expect has he had seen some setup of the scene.

12:04 - "The fact that it's just stuck to him like that." - It's called a Face Hugger, for obvious reasons. 16:50 - "Oh my god!" - That one's called a Chest Burster. BTW, there's a persistent myth that the rest of the cast didn't know what was going to happen. This ignores the reality that it would be impossible to setup and film a scene like this if the rest of the cast didn't know what was going to happen. There's a deleted scene showing how the alien reproduced. After activating the self-destruct, Ripley climbs down a ladder and finds the captain and Brett (first guy taken) encased in cocoons, being transformed into eggs. The captain is still semi-conscious, but Brett hardly looks human anymore. Below his face, you can see the flaps of an alien egg forming. The captain begs Ripley to kill him and she torches the whole room. That was going to be the alien's life cycle until the scene was cut. As such, it's not canon, and James Cameron went in a different direction for the sequel, Aliens. Things to watch for on a second viewing: Ash tries to dissuade Ripley from going out and warning the others that the signal might be a warning, because he wants them to find the alien. When they're looking for the face hugger after it comes off Kane, it always looked to me like Ash knew where it was and poked it with the flashlight to make it fall on Ripley. When Ripley first enters the escape shuttle at the end of the movie, you can spot the alien's head among the pipes on the right side of the screen. If you watch the sequel, please watch the extended version.

I saw this movie in 1979 in a cinema, on the big screen, in the dark, with full Dolby stereo. It was total immersion and total suspence. Seeing it on TV just doesn't do it justice. It gave me the creeps for months. You've done a great review.

Veronica Cartwright's character is my favorite in this movie. Her performance makes me feel like the terror is real.

30:55 "She defeated that alien all on her own." Well, she had Jones, he was the true hero all along! :)

Great reaction Amelia! This is the first time I have watched you on this channel, and I have to say, you are fun to watch! You're the perfect reactor because you're focused on the film and not talking throughout, which I notice some reactors who talk too much, miss a lot of dialogue and fine details of the movie. So it was great watching you enjoy and absorb the details of the movie and characters! Good job, and I'm definitely looking forward to check out more of your reactions! 🎥🍿👍

Love watching her reactions! Besides pretty, she shows so much emotion, happy, fear, and is totally in to her reaction and u can tell its like she really believes everything she's watching, is happening!

A fun fact about this movie is that in the dinner scene when the alien does the first jump scare, the actors, with the exception of the one with the alien, didn't know what was going to happen so the scare was genuine, including the woman with short hair fainting when the ketchup flew in her face.

If you want more Jones the cat, there is a short graphic novel (more like a graphic novella) named "Josney: Nine Lives on the Nostromo." It tells the story of "Alien" from the cat's perspective.

Yes, see Aliens the 2nd movie. And seek out the director's extended version. Both versions are great, but the added scenes are great and develop the characters more.Well worth the extra running time. Like this video and am looking forward to more. Enjoy.

"It's got a great defense mechanism. You don't dare kill it." Classic sci-fi horror. The tension is so thick, you will need a sharp steak knife in order to cut it. The voice of "Mother" is so iconic, in my honest opinion. There's something unnerving about a cold feminine voice counting down to your death. It wasn't until GLaDOS that we rediscovered that a computerized female voice can be absolutely creepy. Fun Fact: In H.R. Giger's original illustrations that inspired the look of the Alien, the creature had eyes. For the movie, Giger insisted that the creature have no eyes, thus giving the bleak appearance of a cold and emotionless beast that hunts by smell. Real Guts Fact: The dead facehugger that Ash (Ian Holm) autopsies was made using fresh shellfish, four oysters, and a sheep kidney to re-create the internal organs. Filming had to be done quickly because the organic material would go bad very fast under the studio lights. Bloody Solution Fact: It was conceptual artist Ron Cobb who came up with the idea that the Alien should bleed acid. This came about when Dan O'Bannon ran into a wall with the screenplay on how to handle the last half of the movie. He needed a good reason for why the crew members don't just shoot the thing and kill it but still not make it an indestructible monster that can't be killed. The acid blood was the idea that solved this problem.

Huge cultural phenomena at the time. My dad took me, mom passed. I think it was my second rated-R film. Packed theater, popcorn flying at the jump scares, people yelling things at the screen. The audience had never seen anything like it compared to the aliens in Close Encounters, Star Wars and 2001. Totally different. "Jaws in space" as it was apparently described in development.

Loved your reaction. So genuine and stressed. 😂😂😂 Can't wait to see your reaction to Aliens.

I love how animated Amelia is watching this masterpiece :3

One of my favorite horror films, and now I have a new reactor to follow. Great reaction.

Great reaction, one of the best reactions to "Alien." I was afraid, however, that poor Amelia was going to hyperventilate a few times and pass out, or have a nervous breakdown! I have seen these movie dozens of times and the suspense is still nail-biting.

Great reaction Amelia! Your face did more than words could have to let us know exactly how you were feeling, and it was awesome! In the world of sci-fi in my lifetime (and I turn 56 this year), our first badass female lead was the erstwhile Princess Leia. She could fight, lead, and get stuff done when it needed doing. Princess or not, she was determined to be whatever kind of warrior was needed. Then came Ripley. Starting from third officer on the Nostromo, she ended up being not just a superior badass, but possibly the most superior badass in a close race. Ellen Ripley wasn't just the lucky female survivor in yet another horror movie (a common and dull trope of the era), she was a woman who fought hard to earn her survival in the most tense and intense horror movie I've ever seen, and one of only two horror movies I ever thought was good enough to watch more than once. The final chapter of this saga, Aliens, is even better on so many levels and I can't recommend it enough.

You´re the best movie reactor I´ve seen in a long time. You´re keeping your mouth shut during the film and really got into it. Well done. Just keep it that way 😍

Thanks for your reaction. Me and my cool dad went to see the film in 1979 when I was in high school. During the showing, someone screamed, "The cat ate the alien!". Excellent movie and performances. I highly recommend the sequel "Aliens". It's excellent as well and with the tone of an action film.

Amelia is so cute and I luv her excited and "sucked in" reaction! :) She was like part of the movie! :) A shy meow from Switzerland.

My favorite movie of all--time. Thanks for reacting to it.

Hi Amelia hope you are having an great and awesome day ❤️

16:00 the scene in the cafeteria was actually alot more bloody and gruesome that test audiences started throwing up, so they had to tone it down for the final cut lol

31:55 "I wouldn't let that drip onto you. You don't know what it is." No, YOU don't know what it is. HE does. Brett is the ship's mechanic. He knows every inch of the ship, how everything works, how to keep everything running and working, and how to fix anything that breaks. He knows that there are things on this ship that could kill him in a heartbeat, he knows what they are, and he stays safe with those. He also knows where this water comes from and the fact that he's willing to let it drip on him and even to drink it means he knows it's safe, clean, and harmless.

Bon Jovi reference was pure gold.

Thanks for getting creeped out for us watching "Alien." Along with "Aliens", both are must-watch for reaction channels, however. edit add: a locat theater sometimes will show these classics as a double-feature, a great treat on the big screen

Very good reaction Amelia…. Thank you for watching it ….. You seem very genuine😎👍

Beautiful reaction. Thank you.

Always thought Weaver could be Roland Orzabal’s older sister.

Just a note about "keeping cats in space", "smoking in space", et. cetera: It's possible that they wanted to convey the notion that humanity was so comfortable with space travel that these issues were now no longer an issue. In other words, the notion of "truckers in space" would be so commonplace as to not warrant questioning.

Ripley is one of the great film heroes-male or female-but definitely the first to spring to mind when you think of badass female protagonists. I can’t wait to see the reaction to the next one. Aliens always shows up on lists of sequels even better than the original.

Amelia, I would watch your reaction videos even if you never said a word. You are obviously engrossed in the movie and your reactions are genuine.

Great reaction to a great movie. Ripley is an absolute badass. It's just sad that we don't see much writing on this level nowadays.

Nice reaction. I saw this film when it was first released in the UK, when it had an X-certificate (when the rating system was revised a few years, the rating for an adult film became 18, a very recent example of an 18 film in the UK is "Poor Things"). Nobody had ever seen anything like it before, including the gore of the chest burster scene. The production design crew (including the model makers) did a fantastic job, and the fact that it was all practical means that it has aged very well indeed, when compared to more modern films that use a lot of CGI.

Awesome reaction! When this came out people screams and ran out of the theatre at the point, and more than one young man tried to hide behind his girlfriend. Jones is the ship's cat, he's part of the crew. Mice survive and it's have a cat or vent the ship to space before every landing. As for the magazine, it's a very effective way to choke someone without leaving external marks. But it's not a story of a "woman and her cat"- Ripley was written no gender in mind and men and women both auditioned for the role. Same for most of the crew.

I cant wait until you see Aliens. Its probably the most timeless movie in the franchise

I could see your anxiety level taking off😂 Don't worry it's a pretty normal reaction for ALIEN. I can't WAIT for you to do a react for ALIENS (My absolute favorite in the series)

Alien is an absolute classic, you really need to see Aliens next.

Now you have to watch Aliens, one of the best sequels ever made. Make sure you watch the Directors cut/Enhanced version for the complete experience. It does make a big difference. It is a less scary movie, but is action packed. Directed by one of the best James Cameron. Do not watch Alien 3 or the rest, they were just money grabs and didn't follow any of the story line involved with Aliens and just went off the deep end.

8:57 A trick they did to make the sets look bigger is using kids to play smaller versions of the Nostromo crew. They dressed the kids in scaled down spacesuits and it is very effective.

Excellent reaction to one of the giants of sci-fi horror. Now, you must watch _Aliens._ It is, no exaggeration, one of the best sequels ever made. If you do watch _Alien_ again, keep an eye on Ash. Watch how he subtly manipulates the crew to do what he and the company want them to do. Dallas may be the captain, but Ash is in charge all along. Ripley is the wild card Ash can't predict, and it saves her.

You should have watched it in the pitch dark like I did in the theater as a kid. I remember the audience screaming together lol.

I saw this in the theatre when it came out (I was about 18) - the breakfast scene was really, really shocking then.

Great reaction to watch and I am glad you seemed to enjoy this movie. At one point you said you were wondering what they are doing with a cat in space and smoking cigarettes in space and I am so glad you mentioned that. It may not necessarily be world building in this movie (I can not remember this particular detail), but in a lot of science fiction movies and shows they set up space travel as something that uses up limited resources and then they show pets in space, smoking and alcohol in abundance. I know it is probably a pet peeve of mine but things like that can ruin the immersion for me. Aliens is a worthy sequel to this movie and a must see in my opinion if you liked this one.

Such a classic this movie is. Happy that you're reacting to it Amelia. Definitely check out the sequel 'Aliens' (1986) directed by James (The Terminator 1 & 2, Avatar 1 & 2, Titanic, The Abyss, True Lies) Cameron 😉 . You may enjoy that next sequel every bit as this one...

I truly hope Ms Amelia is doin okay. I was stressing out watching her stress out 😂😢😂😢😂

10:13 : The 'blue haze' is created by using The Who's laser light show. They were testing it out on the sound stage next door at Shepperton studios and Ridley Scott thought it would be cool to borrow it.

Seeing this at home, VS in the theater is that you miss the subsonics they play in the theater to increase the stress of the viewers.

From the year I was born. Thus, a young movie.

I always here "For its time" This great in any time

Haha Amelia! A lady after my own heart. I'm never more relaxed than when I'm in a small confined area. So many people seem claustrophobic, but I guess we're the opposite... Claustrophiliac?

You have a very expressive face. Very good for movie reactions, this is one of my favorite reactions to this I have ever seen. Well done.

Movie suggestion - "The Birds'. Veronica Cartwright who played Lambert in "Alien" is in it. It''s a 1963 Alfred Hitchcock suspense classic.

Amelia, your reaction and observation to the visuals of Alien is due to the work of legendary artists. As an illustrator I was aware of some of them and their work before I saw the movie. Artist Ron Cobb (RIP) designed the Nostromo, the exterior and the interiors. He designed many of the Cantina aliens in Star Wars. French artist Jean Giraud (RIP), better known as Moebius, the spacesuits had his signature look. A big fan of his work in the magazine Heavy Metal. For the Alien and its environs, Swiss artist H.R. Giger (RIP) is the man to ‘blame’. Though I very much appreciate his otherworldly talent, I do not have the courage or stomach to immerse myself in his works. But his work on Alien is a tour de force masterpiece. Cobb’s, Moebius’, and Giger’s art live on with Alien. As for Jonesy the cat. Since ancient times it was considered wise to have cats on ships. By hunting vermins cats kept the crews free from disease. I guess it’s tradition to bring a cat on a space ‘ship’. Jonesy was just outmatched by the ‘vermin’ they let inside the ship….

One of the top horror/sci-fi flicks.

Fun Fact about the sets for Alien: If you point the camera at the ceiling on the starship Enterprise, you'll see stage lights. On the starship Nostromo you see a ceiling. None of the Nostromo sets are open topped or open sided. They were designed that way to make it more claustrophobic. It made it challenging to light and shoot some of the scenes- In the air vent scene, the tracks for the camera rig are clearly visible, but they look like part of the set, so they rolled with it.

Great reaction Amelia like aleways i love this movie, this movie from the legendary Ridley Scott start a all franchise of Space Horror, and there are some Fun-facts about it: The character played by Sigourney Weaver was written for a male character, O’Bannon and Shusett wrote the entire cast as men, but they left a note in the screenplay that “the crew is unisex and all parts are interchangeable for men or women.” Shusett admits they never dreamed of the lead being a woman, though. The producers made that call, believing a female Ripley would be more unique but also more palatable to their bankrollers. The actors were genuinely shocked by the chestburster scene for the iconic scene where a chestburster shoots out of John Hurt’s torso, Scott wanted the best possible reaction from his cast. So he deliberately kept details hidden from all the actors, aside from Hurt. They knew a creature would emerge, they had seen the puppet, and they were more than a little suspicious of the raincoats they’d been given. Remember that weird white goo that seeps out of Ash’s android head when he’s decapitated? Scott’s crew made that from a combination of milk, caviar, pasta, and glass marbles. It was especially unfortunate for the Holm, who hated milk. Keep up the amazing work.

The cat was in league with the alien.

Great Reaction, looking forward to Aliens

LAMBERT was put in movie to reflect what the audience would be feeling during the movie. I would suggest watching Aliens next, and watching it with the LIGHTS OFF, for the full effect.

Oh, she's absolutely adorable...

When the alien first comes out of the crew members chest during dinner, the director didn't tell the cast what would happen. So what you see is their real reaction.

I think the head design of the alien was inspired by the Moray eel. that eel has a small jaw inside its large jaw that flings out and grabs its prey.

Liked your reaction.

20:24 "Slime is always associated with ghosts and aliens." And hagfish. And mastiffs. And brachiosauruses (see Jurassic Park). And Mattel Toys who marketed "Slime" as a kid's toy in 1976.

Yes! Definitely an alien. Not a humanoid in a space suit. A fossilized alien. Even she sees it the way we all did.

observe, that's lost on so many movies now a days, now they have to explain it in detail, who is from where and what the villain is doing, the first two aliens movies and 2001 a space odyssey is another where you just observe the situation, you know no more then the people on the screen.

What a great film. See it on the big screen. FYI, this movie is tied to the Bladerunner AND Predator universe.

Great reaction Amelia. And who could blame you. That movie got me all disheveled! Theres a lot of great movies starring Sigourney. Fun fact... I cant disclose any. 😒

Can't wait for her to see the next one

Great reaction. If you watch the sequel, please watch the special edition cut. It adds some really good context and is the better version. The sequel is fabulous by the way.

You should dig this, as it’s a set designer’s dream. Hell, the set design is so distinctive, it's like a character in the movie, from the cavernous egg cave with giant alien corpse, to the innards of the ship--a truly new sci-fi vision, as most sci-fi representations of space travel depict clean, antiseptic ship interiors--mostly white, bright, no dirt, no clutter---but this one is gritty and industrial, like a factory, dovetailing with the ship’s commercial functions. The sequel is worthy of screening (the only good sequel in the series in my book), though you’ll quickly notice a difference in style between this film, made in the ‘70s, and “Aliens,” made in the blockbuster-friendly ‘80s (different directors too, as Ridley Scott is more about atmosphere, but James Cameron’s sequel, well, you’ll see….)

Make sure you watch the Special Edition of the sequel Aliens. That is all.

I love your reactions, I thought if mr. staypuft creeped you out, Alien had to be a good one for you.

1:55 The way the letters in the title appear a piece at a time was made to look like hashtags ## like when you are tallying up (or crossing off) a total- the first seven vertical and diagonal lines in the word ALIEN represent the seven crew members.

18:20 "Why is there a cat in space? Also "Why are they smoking cigarettes in space?" Same reason, at least partially. Relaxing the crew. It's the same reason that airplanes on Earth used to allow people to smoke: keeps them calm, or worse, smokers who are told they cannot smoke for hours at a time often get anxious, and since flying causes some people to be anxious enough, airlines thought letting the smokers smoke would help keep the whole flight calmer. It wasn't until 9 years after this movie was made that airlines in the US banned smoking in the airplane. Even California didn't ban indoor smoking until 1995. What about polluting the air? Even non-smokes pollute self-contained air with just their CO2 that they exhale. Air on the ship must be filtered ("scrubbed") to keep it clean and fresh. Taking out a little smoke at the same time is easy. Yeah, that means changing the filters a bit more often, say, 9 times a year instead of 8, but the benefits of a relaxed crew are worth a bit more cost - and the company probably sells them the cigarettes at a profit anyway. The cat is there as an emotional support animal for the crew, but also to catch rats. Why are there rats in space? Rats go everywhere humans go - they sneak into things and find a way to get everywhere.

According to Google. This is the exact timeline in order. AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) ... Aliens vs Predator: Requiem (2007) ... Prometheus (2012) ... Alien: Covenant (2017) ... Alien (1979) ... Aliens (1986) ... Alien 3 (1992) ... Alien Resurrection (1997)

Oh, you're going to have to watch them all now. But play the special editions whenever possible. Closer to the original plot that way.

Ellen Ripley (Alien) is one of the 2 names that usually pop out immediately when you ask people who've seen these older movies to name who is the greatest female bada** character in movies. 😉