Everything has already been said about this great film n there seems to be little left to say but lemme contribute a lil more by praising how good this film is.
I first saw this in the late 80s on a vhs n as a kid i found it to be a bit slow but was shaken by the chestburster scene.
The facehugger terrified me as a kid.
Revisited all the four parts in the early 2k on dvds which i own.
Revisited this part again few days back as i am on Alien movie marathon n very impatient to check out Prometheus n Covenant.
I feel that this part is inspired by Bava's Planet of the Vampires.
The ruins with the skeletal remains, the design and shots of the ship itself does have the deja vu effect.
This one is atmospheric n dark, gory at times, it has enuff stuff for sci fi fans, it also has slasher n war like tone.
But the best thing is the feminist tone where in this part the women are not being cast as the helpless victims.
I first saw this in the late 80s on a vhs n as a kid i found it to be a bit slow but was shaken by the chestburster scene.
The facehugger terrified me as a kid.
Revisited all the four parts in the early 2k on dvds which i own.
Revisited this part again few days back as i am on Alien movie marathon n very impatient to check out Prometheus n Covenant.
I feel that this part is inspired by Bava's Planet of the Vampires.
The ruins with the skeletal remains, the design and shots of the ship itself does have the deja vu effect.
This one is atmospheric n dark, gory at times, it has enuff stuff for sci fi fans, it also has slasher n war like tone.
But the best thing is the feminist tone where in this part the women are not being cast as the helpless victims.