From Dallas being mutilated to Parker being impaled, the character deaths in Ridley Scott’s 1979 original Foreign The movies, especially those at the hands of the annoying xenomorph, are horribly gory. In subsequent years, the Foreign The franchise has explored everything in the genre space, from the high-octane action thriller to the philosophical sci-fi epic. But Scott’s original film is a mix of haunted house movie and horror movie. It’s an Agatha Christie crime novel crossed with a monster movie. And as such, it is constructed as a series of gruesome deaths in which the crew of the Nostromo are brutally wiped out.
Foreign is responsible for some of the bloodiest deaths in the history of the horror genre. The infamous chest explosion is one of the bloodiest (and most unforgettable) sequences ever filmed. But in some cases, Scott leaves the blood off-screen, because leaving it to the audience’s imagination is often more gruesome than anything that can be created with special effects. There are some surprisingly gory deaths in Foreignlike Parker in tatters and Brett with his head caved in, but others aren’t as bad, like Dallas disappearing off-camera.
7 xenomorph
Not even rocket boosters can break the xenomorph’s skin.
Alien: Romulus He recently revealed that Ripley didn’t actually kill the xenomorph when she threw it into space. He wrapped himself in a cocoon to protect him from the harsh environment of outer space, but he did not actually die. Years later, he was recovered by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation, who brought him aboard the Renaissance station and nicknamed him “Big Chap.” There, he wreaked havoc, created a nest and wiped out the entire crew. But when the first Foreign When the movie was released, as far as everyone knew, Ripley killed the xenomorph when she shot it into space.
While it’s certainly a triumphant moment to see Ripley eject the xenomorph into space after all the death and destruction it’s caused, it’s not a particularly gory death. Once it exits the ship, it’s still clinging to the outside, so Ripley has to fire the thrusters to get rid of it once and for all, and even the rocket thrusters aren’t powerful enough to break the black rubber. and rubbery of this perfect organism. fur. Not a single drop of acidic blood is spilled as the xenomorph is launched into the void of space.
6 Lambert
Lambert is impaled on the xenomorph’s tail off-screen.
Lambert’s death is supposed to be really horrible, but fortunately, the most horrible part happens off-screen. Scott masterfully ramps up the tension as he cuts between the xenomorph ominously approaching a terrified Lambert and an armed Ripley desperately trying to arrive in time to save her. As Ripley gets closer and closer to the room where the xenomorph has Lambert cornered, the xenomorph gets closer and closer to Lambert, who is frozen in fear. When the xenomorph finally reaches Lambert, its spiked tail slowly approaches behind her to impale her.
Luckily, Scott cuts it off before the xenomorph uses its tail to pierce Lambert’s skin and tear it apart. The shot of the tail trailing behind Lambert does more than enough to create a terrifying image in the audience’s heads, but Scott doesn’t actually put that image on screen. Lambert’s corpse is seen hanging and dripping with blood when Ripley finally arrives in the room, a few seconds too late to save her from the xenomorph’s wrath, but the mangled corpse is out of focus in the foreground, so it’s not especially gory.
5 ash
Ash’s death is horrible, but fortunately he has no human blood
Ash is initially introduced as a regular member of the crew, but later turns out to be an android who has the company’s best interests at heart. Weyland-Yutani has told Ash to bring the xenomorph back to Earth to study it, and that the lives of his crewmates are expendable. When he finds out, those crewmates aren’t very happy. Ripley confronts Ash about his plans, and when he tries to kill her, Ripley and her crewmates fight him. Ripley disconnects Ash and Parker comes in and incinerates him with a flamethrower.
By the time the team is done with him, Ash has been decapitated and torn apart, with his artificial organs scattered all over the table. This would be really scary if it had the red human blood that inherently makes people squeamish. But the androids in the Foreign universe have milky white artificial blood running through their artificial veins. This makes Ash’s death a little less horrible, because it doesn’t provoke the visceral response that red blood does. When Ash dies, it looks like spilled milk, which isn’t particularly unpleasant.
4Dallas
Most of Dallas’ demise thankfully happens off-screen.
Dallas’ death is one of the most shocking shocks in Foreignbut it’s not particularly gory. Scott masterfully builds suspense as Dallas heads into the dark, narrow tunnels to search for the xenomorph, with only the flame at the end of his flamethrower to light the way. Meanwhile, the rest of the team watches Dallas on a screen. Both Dallas and the xenomorph are represented by dots on the screen, and the xenomorph’s dot quickly approaches Dallas’ dot, which is a really simple but effective way to build tension and fear.
But when the xenomorph finally catches up with Dallas, most of his death happens, thankfully, off-screen. Dallas turns just in time to see the xenomorph charging at him, but then the film cuts to the screen and the team reacts to his disappearance with horror. This is a classic case that is even scarier if the movie doesn’t show it. Like most shark attacks in JawsDallas’ gruesome death is far worse in the audience’s head than anything Scott could show on screen.
3Brett
Brett gets his head caved in before being taken off screen
After the xenomorph hatches and escapes to the ship, Brett is the first to be eliminated. As Brett and his crewmates search for the xenomorph, Brett sees Jones the cat curled up in the corner. He follows the cat to the corner, where he is horrified to discover that, in a matter of hours, the tiny baby that came out of Kane’s chest has grown into a full-sized adult. It towers over Brett at two meters tall. Brett barely has time to look up and comprehend the bloodthirsty monster before him before he is killed.
In a flurry of quick cuts, the xenomorph sinks into Brett’s head, knocking him to the ground, then lifting him up and off-screen. The truly gruesome part of Brett’s death occurs off-screen when the xenomorph takes him to its lair. But it’s horrible enough when Brett looks up and sees the alien withdraw its various mouths before the inner jaw shoots back into his skull. Unlike some of ForeignIn the goriest kills, this shot is thankfully brief, but plenty of blood spurts from Brett’s head before he’s ripped off.
2Parker
Poor Parker is torn to shreds
As the xenomorph approaches the petrified Lambert, Parker bravely jumps in to save her. But as soon as he approaches the alien, it pushes him away with its tail. If Parker had stayed down and let the xenomorph kill Lambert, he could have avoided its wrath. But Parker cares too much about his crewmates to do that. When Ash attacked Ripley, Parker intervened with a flamethrower to save her. And when Lambert was attacked by the xenomorph, Parker didn’t stop trying to fight him until he killed him.
When it becomes clear that Parker won’t leave him alone to kill Lambert in peace, the xenomorph briefly turns his attention to Parker to kill him first. Just like when the xenomorph killed Brett, it fires its inner jaw into Parker’s skull in a disconcerting extreme close-up, killing him in an instant. There is a horrible burst of crimson blood as Parker’s head bursts open. Parker’s death is even bloodier than Brett’s, because after caving in his skull, the xenomorph doesn’t drag him off-screen to finish the job; smashes it on the screen.
1 kane
Kane’s death in Chestburster is one of the most iconic horror movie moments of all time
The first death on screen in Foreign It is also by far the bloodiest. When some crew members descend to the alien world to check for a mysterious signal, they find a sunken freighter filled with slimy eggs. One of those eggs opens and spits out a facehugger on Kane. They take him back aboard the ship and place him on a table in the medical bay, where they attempt to remove the facehugger. Once they take it off and he seems fine, everyone has a party to celebrate.
There’s a bit of morbid irony in this party scene, because it turns out that Kane is not well and there is no reason to celebrate. Halfway through their celebratory dinner, Kane begins to convulse and collapses onto the table, where an alien baby emerges from his chest. The fishbreaker has become one of the most iconic moments in horror cinema; It is one of the most disturbing sequences ever filmed. There is more blood in this scene than all ForeignThe other death scenes combine: it gushes in all directions like a frightening fountain.
Your rating
10 stars9 stars8 stars7 stars6 stars5 stars4 stars3 stars2 stars1 star Rate now 0/10 Leave a review
Your comment has not been saved.
10/10 10/10 Extraterrestrial (1979) R
Alien, directed by Ridley Scott, is a science fiction horror film that follows the crew of the commercial spaceship Nostromo. Investigating a distress signal on a distant moon, they discover a deadly extraterrestrial life form. The film stars Sigourney Weaver as Ripley and became a seminal work in both the science fiction and horror genres, known for its atmospheric tension and groundbreaking visual effects.
Director Ridley Scott Writers Dan O’Bannon, Ronald Shusett Cast Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Bolaji Badejo Running time 117 minutes