One of the most memorable moments in Alien will always be when an embryonic xenomorph bursts out of John Hurt’s character Kane’s chest. However, Ridley Scott recently revealed that filming that ...

But back in the 1970s, this was anything but a sure thing. Nobody knew whether HR Giger's horrific alien creature would hit big with audiences and it's fair to say that very few would have pegged this ...

14:22, Thu, May 1, 2025 Updated: 14:31, Thu, May 1, 2025 Fans of the iconic sci-fi horror film Alien have unearthed an unnerving truth about one of its most famous scenes. Director Ridley Scott’s epic ...

Alien's chestburster sequence remains one of cinema's most shocking, and the legend of how it was filmed has become almost as infamous as the scene itself. Here, in an excerpt from his book, Cinema ...

A scene showing an alien bursting out of John Hurt was apparently shown on ITV’s morning news (Picture: 20th Century Fox) ITV have reportedly come under fire for showing a horrifying clip from Alien ...

Bursting… Ofcom rules that ITV broke broadcasting codes by showing the chest-bursting scene during a news report, just after kid’s programmes – Credit: Fox ...

In the scene Sir John Hurt’s character is being held down by colleagues as an alien explodes from his chest. Dan Spong‏ wrote on Twitter: “How on earth do you justify showing the scene from Alien on ...

Ridley Scott has revealed the iconic chestburster scene in Alien almost went very wrong, in an interview marking the 40th anniversary of the classic sci-fi film. The director spoke with The Hollywood ...

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