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Originally Posted by Roderick Usher
ugh - HATE Event Horizon
But LOVE Alien. Not to take anything away from Cameron's blistering sequel, but it is far more difficult to craft a truly scary horror movie that it is to make an action flick.
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I agree 100%, even though you aren't reading this... Alien is flawless! It is a truly scary film, which is hard to come by, ESPECIALLY a monster movie. Alien has atmosphere, especially near the end with the lights, hallways, and beeping sounds. Plus the shaky camera. It has a few of the most sudden jump outs of all time, and it has lots of backstory if you look into it. Get the special edition dvd to know what I mean, a lot of added stuff in there. Plus, it isn't just the alien. The facehugger is almost as scary, and totally disgusting! That first scene is so infamous for the screaming in the audience when it attacked. Aliens is a great film, but it isn't scary. Hardly at all. There are a few scenes with some scariness, like the facehugger at night in the room with sigourney, but nothing that really stands out. Although, I will always jump at the part where they barricade the door, only to look up and see the aliens rushing toward them in the ventilation! Ooohhh. Plus, aliens takes too long to get into it. It's good from start to finish, but I watch the special edition, and 2 and a half hours is a while to fill with aliens! However, it gets perfect when it gets down to the final strip of alien stuff. Alien wins by far.
The ONLY thing that I would change in Alien, is that the alien's tail needed to be more sideways to the camera (the scene where it attacks the man when it is first full grown), the tail is too in line with the camera's view, so you can't see the spiky, creepy tail as well.