Alien, "a haunted-house movie in outter space"

Alien Autopsy rather self explanatory I would say. Michael Agger does an excellant job disecting the movie, sharing his thoughts on each big scene and character. Agger goes on to explain why Alien directed by Ridely Scott is so "unnerving". First off audiences couldn't resist the taunting tag from the trailer "in space no one can hear you scream". Right there that's enough to scare me. Yet people still went, it actually attracted more people. Agger goes on to explain why Alien differs from other horror movies and actually makes it better then the rest. Unlike other films Alien does not offer any super gory scenes, but the actual alien is a picture that coud stay with you for months. The following quote gives an exact example of how Alien differs from others, "The late-'70s pitch meeting is all too easy to imagine: "Star Wars meets Jaws!" Yet Alien does something neither of those movies does: For the first 45 minutes, nothing happens, just like some European art-house films. It's all buildup, all prologue. Scott shows the crew waking up from hypersleep and exchanging pithy banter. He feeds you details about how a commercial towing starship operates."