Alien, May 25 1979, Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott’s uses the elements of the Alien to create horror as he focuses in on certain scenes where the the monster itself isn’t in to create both tension and build up to the monsters reveal. Some examples of this is with the saliva of the alien what occurs throughout the the franchise and with the chest bursting scene where the small alien becomes apart of the foreground as the focus is on it. This is again used throughout the franchise such as in Alien 3 where the monster and Ripley become the main focus when the monster is approaching her. However it works better in this movie as you don’t know what’s coming unlike the sequels where you know what the monster is and what its like.

Alien 3