I remember the day this film opened. I was walking in the mall near my home one night, and as I came up to the theater, I started reading over the movie posters. The way this theater displayed its posters, they had the posters for older films first up, and Dawn of the Dead was still playing--I remembered instantly that it was the tag line on that poster 'When there is no more room in Hell the dead will walk the earth' that had mad me go and see the film. So, as I came up to the Alien film poster, and saw the tag line 'In Space No One Can Hear You Scream', that got me instantly interested. It was the cracked egg that made me check the show times. I saw that a new showing was going to start in 5 minutes. I paid and went it. I bought my popcorn, and a soda and made my way to a seat in the middle near the top (back) of the rows of seating. I will never forget this because I had set my soda down, and was munching my popcorn when the chest burster appeared, and I jumped so hard I slung my popcorn all across the people in the rows in front of (below) me. One guy looked angerly back at me, and I shrugged and said, 'Hey, sorry, but at least it was not my coke.'. He laughed, nodded and we went back to watching the film.

my mom took me to the movies when i was 7, she thought we were going to see close encounters of the 3rd kind. boy, she was wrong....scared the shit out of me, and gave me a life long love of sci fi. Thanks Minty, this one was great!!!

Maybe the best merging of sci-fi and horror ever. Still in my all-time top 5. Perfect casting, perfect SFX, perfect mood/set pieces.

I never clicked on a video so fast. The Alien franchise is by far the best sci-fi horror creature feature. For me this is not just a film but a piece of art.

It’s crazy that this movie is more than 40 years old! The special effects still look amazing to this day!

Along with John Carpenter's The THING, ALIEN is one of the best Lovecraftian movies ever made. It goes above and beyond meeting all the necessary elements required for telling the best possible "weird tale".

As a 10 year old in '79 I didn't get to see it back then, but my mom bought me the movie comic that came out at the same time. I remember seeing the first pic of the Alien and I was even afraid of that. I kept opening and closing the comic at the page with the creature, facinated and scared at the same time. As a 53 year old I love this movie and it is in my top 10 of best movies ever. The design of the Alien is just so iconic.

My parents went to see this when it first came out. My dad said this was the only movie that scared the monkey outta him. He loved it.

Great presentation but a truly golden nugget of trivia was overlooked. "Alien" was shooting at Shepperton Studios the same time as The Who were on a neighboring soundstage filming live performances of "Baba O'Riley" and "Won't Get Fooled Again" for their documentary feature, "The Kids Are Alright" (1979). The "Alien" crew wound up borrowing the band's laser beam-splitter for the bowels of the derelict craft (where Kane becomes impregnated). The laser served as the electronic "thin layer of mist" blanketing the alien egg farm.

Great video. Fun fact: it was Alan Ladd Jr (then president of 20th Century Fox and the guy who greenlit _Star Wars_ & _Blade Runner_ ) who said to Ridley Scott when casting, 'Why can’t Ripley be a woman?'

When I first watched this movie what scared me the most was Ash. I had no idea he was a android and when that milky fluid bursts of him after being pummeled by Parker my mind was warped. Ash still just creeps me out as I watch this film at least once a year. So cold and manipulative with superhuman strength. Willing to sacrifice the entire crew to get the Alien cargo back to the corporation. he admired the creature seeing it as better than human more like him, though we never know if his "thoughts" went beyond his programming

I was an usher in Chicago at the time Alien came out. I would go in the back of the theater at certain given moments in the movie that I was aware of to watch the audience's reaction to them. it was like a wave of people's bodies jerking back from the screen. I throughly enjoyed those times. It was funny seeing this unison of the whole auditorium attendance move in one direction. P.S. So, Minty, you have your own video store shelve displays with vintage video tapes. Right on, dude! Talk about nostalgia. Keep up the good work. Hoping one day you'll do "Dragonslayer" and "Young Sherlock Holmes".

I was 11 in 1979 and my mom took me and my brother to this. Such a great film. Great work on this one!

One of the greatest horror movies ever made IMO. Good horror films take themselves seriously and star talented actors.

I find Alien to be one of the most beautiful looking films ever made. Blade Runner is another one....and actually, Prometheus is another. The cinematography in all these films is just gorgeous and immersive!

What a beautiful nostalgiacave! I saw Alien for the first time as six year old, in 1987, when mum wasn't home and dad with his friends wanted to drink beer without me buzzing around, so they put me in front of the tv, and put Alien in the vcr. Naturally, I sat right there transfixed for 100 minutes. Ash scared me more than the xenomorph, because a monster I could understand, but this fake human thing I could not.

The first two Alien films remind me of the first two Terminator films in a way: The initial films were both masterclasses in horror, one being sci-fi and the other being sci-fi noir (the first Terminator IS horror, fight me); the second films were also masterclasses but in action. All good but for different reasons. I could praise those four films for days, ugh. When sci-fi is good, it's so damn good.

I love getting a new Minty video during my morning dump at work. Thank you sir.

I was 6 years old when this movie came out. My Dad took me to go see it because that's what cool Dad's did back in those days. It was beyond awesome even though I had nightmares for the next few weeks. I even had the toy which I still have to this day. Good times.

When Kane gets jumped by a face hugger he is clearly wearing his helmet and a sizzling sound is heard the same sound as their acid blood. Later his helmet is seen melted implying the face huggers can use acid at will to get to their victims. A truly terrifying aspect of the aliens that to my knowledge is never seen again.

Picture this - a balmy summer night in December 1979, two 9 year old best friends, and a dad watching Alien at the Starlight Twin Drive-in at Aspley in Brisbane. An electrical storm was all around us shooting BALL lightning across the sky. That added an extra creepy dimension to Alien, an experience I’ll never forget. It was months before i could sleep with the light off again.

Ms. Weaver did an outstanding job as Ripley. Such a great character!

I was 9 years old when Alien came out. I had seen Star Wars a few times, but when I saw the trailer for Alien, “In space, no one can hear you scream”, I did NOT want to see it. A while later, when it came on HBO, I did watch it, and I loved it. When they re-released it in theaters a couple of years ago for the 40th anniversary, my wife and I went to see it. It was awesome!

As much as I love the boldness of deciding to kill off the lead character at the end of Alien, I prefer the ending we got. I also can't believe that the better ending was the idea of a studio. Normally studio give nothing but bad ideas that ruin movies.

When I was a kid in the 80s I went to a yard sale and found Dan Obannon's novelization hardcover and bought it for $1. It's awesome, still in great condition, too. 🖤

The works of H.R. Giger are beautifully unsettling. Alejandro Jodorowsky's Dune probably would have flopped at the time, but go on to be a sci-fi masterpiece like Metropolis and 2001.

I am 69 yrs old. When this movie came out it was innovative. No one had made a movie like this before. Ever. We were all shocked by the effects. And nobody on the cast knew what was coming except John Hurt. I’ll never forget the explosion out of his chest. One of the Great Movies . Ever.

Fun fact: a high school in New Jersey created and performed an adaptation of Alien as a play! The entire show got filmed and put on KZfaq but it may have been removed. Anyway, Alien and Aliens are two of my fav movies of all time

That's one thing about the movie Alien it's all about the suspense. That's what make such an excellent movie.

I was 11 when this came out and scared the 💩 out of me. I’m 54 and I’d say it’s still one of the scariest movies ever made. Thank you for your awesome channel.

An absolute masterpiece, one of the greatest films of all time regardless of genre & my favorite movie. Very seminal in many ways. It’s more of an event, than just a film. Bravo! to all involved!

Ripely is the heart of the film. It’s the thing that keeps the audience from feeling “betrayed” at the end. She has to live.

Is this gonna be a stand-up fight, sir, or another bug hunt? Hudson. (Aliens 1986).

i just wanted to take a minute and just say how much i really enjoy your videos. your delivery, editing, your fantastic endings ("see ya!") just always makes for an enjoyable experience.

Wow! Mark, I think that was the best editing for any of your recent videos. Making the video look like the message is corrupted = genius. And the jump scares were great! Thanks for another great video! Keep ‘em coming!

This movie holds a special place in my heart. Besides being one of the best movies I’ve ever seen, it was one of the few films that my mom and I saw without any other family members. She liked it a lot, while she kind of hated Star Wars (as SW: A New Hope was known then.) I loved seeing your collection of memorabilia; maybe you could do a video showing more of it?

I remember my Momma telling me about her and my dad going to the movies to see this while she was pregnant with me. She told me that when the alien burst out of Cains chest, she had to waddle as fast as she could to the bathroom cause it freaked her out and made her throw up. She never finished watching the movie until it came out on vhs and we got a vcr in the early 80s, lol.

That was the coolest plush I’ve ever seen. Thanks for showing us your collectibles. Random fact: the first DVD I ever saw in this world was I Know What You Did Last Summer. Remember the older paper dvd cases! 🐲🐲

Excellent job as always. It was a pleasure to interview you!

Great video, Minty! You manage to give a perfect and concise chronological overview of the production and impact of this classic. Impeccable!

Been saving so many videos from my favourite content creators as workout videos. Will catch this one later but you always make great videos. Funny, well researched and when appropriate you give true respect to the individuals and situations. A great balance. Thanks Minty.

Timeless work of art!

Saw this one as a kid in the early 80's on VHS. Been in love with it ever since. One of the best movies of all time. Way too many adults thinks kids are not interested in adult movies or can't handle them. Those silly and fun kids movies are ok but kids want adult content too and know they are far better and more serious movies even as kids. I always did. Not that we watched a lot of non family movies growing up but when we did, I always valued them much more than the silly kids movies.

I loved Alien and Aliens as a kid. I saw them when I was 8 or 9 and fell in love. I never found it scary like a supernatural spirits and horror. Im a baby when it comes to those kinds of movies, but Alien and Aliens I was totally down with for some reason.

I'm 46 years old and even now Giger's Alien haunts my dreams. Even last night of an uneasy sleep I still dreamt of the creature hunting me. I outwitted it, but it still lurks on my subconscious.

When you think about it, this movie is about safety , if everyone on the Nostromo followed the corporate protocol, they would have survived.

Absolutely great movie and definitely one of my all time favorite. Such a classic!!!

This movie is flawless. Absolutely classic

Great to see another wonderful movie clip up :) Dude, this may not mean much, but you helped me through a divorce.

I first saw Alien at my cousins house on TV when I was 5 or 6 years old. We saw the movie at my cousins house in Los Angeles, California before we went to Universal Studios Hollywood

I remember watching Alien with my best friend, during the VHS era in his home. Aliens had already been released, which as a 13-year-old I’d seen at the movies. Anyway, I remember how scared I was with Aliens, I thought, Alien can’t be any “worse”. Oh how wrong I was! One of my all-time favourite movies.

I was twelve when it came out and I was fascinated by the Trailer which drag me to the movie itself, needless to say I didn't sleep for months but, at the same time, it made me fall in love with this masterpiece. To this day I lost count of how many times I have watched this film in theaters, on VHS, DVD and TV reruns but it's just like an addiction, I can't resist. My three top movies of all times are Joung Frankenstein, Jaws and Alien which I watch each one at least once a year, I am truly starting to think I'm sick in some way.

From one Alien fan to another, great video Minty. I appreciate you taking the time to show us your movie mancave and would love to see more of it. So nostalgic!

The "haunted house in space" is more appropriate for Event Horizon, as far as I'm concerned. Still, another great and informative video. Thanks !

I just wanna tell you man. I didn't like your channel at first for some reason, but now I can't get enough of it. Thank you.

We can see the love you put into your collection just as we can hear it in how you always break down the behind the scenes shenanigans with more humor than bitterness.😎👍

I'm not gonna lie. We can all agree that the Alien franchise (like Terminator) ended with the 2nd installment, Aliens. Whenever I see the Alien franchise, I always question myself: "Why would they continue the franchise even though the story is already wrapped up with Ellen Ripley destroying the Alien species in Aliens?"

Very good review. Yes, word-of- mouth back in May 1979 was "...don't miss this." I attended one of the very first showings with my girlfriend at the Bay Shore Theater, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco. The line wrapped around the block. When the Alien creature burst from the chest, about 6-8 women shrieked and fled the theater as if their hair were on fire. Other theaters reported similar reactions. 20th Century Fox knew they had hit a home run. BTW, I became a fan of Yaphet Kotto (RIP) due to his presence in "Blue Collar"(1978) along with Harvey Kettle and Richard Pryor, filmed in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the Checker Cab factory. Another top movie buy Paul Schraeder.

Well done, Minty. This is my favorite movie. As a truck driver, I love the idea of space trucking, dirty greasy boring with moments of total terror. 10-4 old chap. we down we out, we gone. Cheerio,!

I can't believe how committed you are to these movies. It's freaking awesome!!!

The greatest movie monster design of all time.

I LOVED the movie Dark Star. That movie is HILARIOUS. The main scene with the beach ball alien where it beats the Hairy guy in the head with a broomstick had me in stitches. I was 12 years old in 1979 and thought it was so cool that my mother would let me go see the Dark Star movie because I saw it as a "grown up" movie and I didn't want to see Alien because the trailer played on TV back then scared the daylights out of me. There was a sound played during the Alien trailer that terrified me. It sounded like the synthesizer version of an alien screaming. Now it's just funny to me. So the Dark Star movie was more what I wanted to see because of it being a comedy. As always, Minty, your presentation is excellent and I always enjoy your videos. 😁👌

When this came out, in 1979, I was 10 years old. I went to the little movie theatre in my little home town to see it. At that time (and in that town) they didn't care how old you were. In fact, the girl that worked the ticket booth was a friend of my older sister. Anyway, there was nothing else to do in town, so every weekend my friend Keith and I would go see whatever was playing. I made it to the chest burster scene and that was enough for me. I was way too young to be watching it and it scared me pretty badly. I had trouble sleeping for weeks after that. Anyway, I left the theatre after that scene and went home. I didn't see the rest of the movie until it came out on video years later. Great film!

Been entertained by your vids for yrs now, Minty! This was another great vid and the tour of your collection was a great teaser. Would love a slow-mo tour. Very cool, our brother from Down Under! Keep doing what you're doing and thank you!

damn never got in so early. im literally the second viewing. nice. love the reviews minty

I was 11 when my parents to me to see Alien. Back then some parents (especially mine!!) weren’t very good at picking family friendly movies. Alien wasn’t the first horror film I saw as a little kid . I remember very clearly not being able to sleep well because I kept “seeing” the Alien in the dark shadows of my room at night 😳😰. My parents got what they deserved because I’d often sobbingly crawl into bed with them until I was 13. On the flip side, they also took me to see STAR WARS in ‘77 and I’ve been a geek ever since 🤓 At 9 yrs old I decided that some day I’d name my son Luke. My son Luke is 27 now 😏lol *You incorrectly said little figurine was of Ash when alien came out of his stomach - it was Kane. Come on!! Lol

That mini video store in your home is one of the coolest things I have ever seen someone do with a space in their home. It was just amazing!

The visuals, music and the mood of the film are first class. The “Jaws In Space” concept makes total sense. What doesn’t make sense is why did the Corporation care so much about the Monster’s safety? What value did this species have to them? Were they like Spice Worms perhaps? And why did these monsters have such an animus against humans? We’re they sentient?

I talked my dad into taking me to see this when it came out. I was 13, and it was probably the scariest movie I have ever seen in a theater to this day. One little bit of trivia, John Hurt redid the chestburster scene, minus the blood of course, in "Spaceballs". If I remember right Mel Brooks had a hard time convincing him to do it.

Love your videos! Keep up the good work 👍

I love Alien such a classic horror movie that I can watch over and over again. I own all 4 Alien Movies on a 4-Disc Blu-ray Set it is awesome!!!

Perfect presentation Minty. Thank YOU. Really wonderfully done, laid out, and shown all those hidden facts that I never knew about. Fun and really cool! Thanks! SammyC

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Comedy or not, I've always thought Ripley's panties were hilarious!! {0.o} 🤣

Yes this movie was a great film and it came out in a good year, the year I was born!!!! Yehhh..... and it came out a month before I was born! Love the special effects as well! Great job Mr. Minty!

I vividly remember sitting in the theater as a 17 year old and jumping for the first time in my life instead of laughing at the monster reveal. A truly riveting, low key, movie.

So glad they didn't kill off Ripley. If they had, there wouldn't have been one of my favorite sequels of all time! It would've been...game over man 😏

I liked the walkthrough of your Alien stuff, but what about a full tour? You have some really cool and unique stuff there. Stuff I didn't even know existed. It's a really fun set up. Love the Blockbuster vibe! Great vid today too!

We may not have gotten to see it in theaters, but my dad made sure he always got the good stuff. Of course we'd sit and watch it with him!!

Minty you are truly a gem! Thank you for covering one of my favourite films with such enthusiasm and appreciation! Cheers!

If you haven't yet, you should do one on O'Bannon's directorial debut (I think) The Return of the Living Dead! A great underrated zombie movie IMO! Nice work as always Minty! My Dad bought me that 18" Alien figure (I was 7 yrs old) - it was awesome! Wish I would have kept it - probably worth some money now!

The xenomorph doesn't have 2 mouths, it has 2 sets of teeth.

My most watched movie. Over 90 times. Just a visceral classic!!!

Love it! No CG bullsh*t … just great imagination + movie magic

Sigourney Weaver is brilliant as Ripley. 😀👍👽

I love your AC/DC Shirt

Great movie and great list of 'things you didn't know'. Really, some were definitely new to me! And then came Aliens...another hit. I got to see that with 72 mm film on a big screen (it was huge for the time).

You did an EXCELLENT JOB TALKING ABOUT THIS FILM. IT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE SCI-FI MOVIES A CLASSIC

I'm shocked, this time around he didn't include a lot of facts about the making of the special effects and animatronics

I really wanted one of those 18" Alien figures, but as I recall, they were expensive and hard to find. As I was only 12 at the time, I didn't have the money to buy it myself and my parents either deemed it too expensive or couldn't find one when Christmas rolled around. I do have the Kenner Scorpion Alien (I thought it was the only one that didn't look silly) as well as their Alien vs. Predator 2-pack. Strangely, the alien figure in that pack is dark green, but if you got the same figure separately, it was light blue! From McFarlane's Movie Maniacs series, I have the Warrior Alien from Aliens as well as the Aliens vs. Predator box set. I never got the individual original Alien figure, but it's the same as the one in the box set. Nor did I ever get any of the figures from Alien Resurrection or AvP, as I really didn't care for their designs. Some of the later figures from other companies look great, but I'm not going to pay $30-40 for an action figure. I have the Alien model kit from MPC, although I just slapped the pieces together and didn't spend any time "finishing" it. One of the arms is broken off now. And I have the novelization of the movie by Alan Dean Foster. I got it through the school book club, so it's likely been somewhat censored. Oh, and I also have a majority of the trading cards, although I never managed to get a full set in any of the series I was collecting.

Lol! They burned down the space jockey prop because they thought it was “The Devil!”? Only here in ‘Murica! Great job, Minty!

I swear this is the most under rated channel. How this guy doesn't have millions of subs I don't get it. I love this channel!!!

The greatest sci-fi suspense movie ever

3:21 - Fun fact: This is Ron Jeremy's first cousin.

I like it when you show your stuff related to the movie you are talking about

To say serendipity played a huge role in the film's success doesn't diminish it's achievements; from MY point of view, it's as if the film was MEANT to be made. All the right people were involved in it's creation... All "rowing in the same direction", so to speak. NICELY done video, Sir!

I absolutely love this film. It's also my favorite of the series followed by Alien 3.

I've always wanted a plush facehugger but only ever got the plush chestburster. Would annoy my gf reenacting the birth scene for family around holidays.

Hard to fathom Sigourney Weaver was an 'inexperienced' actress in the Alien role, yet pulled it off like a veteran. Reminds me of Tricia Helfer in the 2004 BSG as Number 6.

Thank you. Love this channel. So entertaining