Alien released on May 25, 1979. In 2008, it was ranked by the American Film Institute as the seventh-best film in the science-fiction genre.
The cast’s reaction to the Chestburster is genuine
The actors in Alien were told “this thing emerges” but were given no information on how graphic the scene was. According to actor Yaphet Kotto, “We didn’t see that coming. We were freaked. The actors were all frightened.”
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