JAWS IN SPACES

FORTY-FIVE YEARS ON FROM ITS ORIGINAL RELEASE, CONTINUES TO TERRIFY. WE DISSECT WHAT ARGUABLY REMAINS THE MOST CHILLING INSTALMENT IN THE SAGA

OLIVER PFEIFFER

THE SEVEN-STRONG CREW of the commercial mining spacecraft the Nostromo seal their fate after reluctantly responding to a mysterious distress signal on a hostile planet. Here, a face-hugging alien from a derelict ship impregnates and later kills executive officer Kane (John Hurt) after its offspring is birthed onboard. After being unleashed, the fearsome newborn with acid for blood proceeds to dispatch the remainder of the crew. Ridley Scott’s much more convoluted prequels have yet to reveal how the knowledge that led to this initial interception was acquired. However, the premise of the original Alien is perfect in its uncomplicated purity. “It’s an amazing script, very simple and beautifully written,” agrees Roger Christian, the Oscar-winning art director behind Alien who carried across the worn, lived-in look he perfected for the Millennium…

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