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  • Maybe not in space, but everyone else in the audience heard me scream.

  • Now this is what a trailer should be. It creates tension and got my heart pounding. I couldn't take my eyes off the trailer. And it did ALL that without giving much of the plot away, or even showing the alien. Most trailers today show way to much so there is no surprise when you go into the actual movie. This trailer sucked me in and made me want to see the movie, and I've already seen the movie more than once. Now, I want to see it again...all due to this trailer.

  • I've never understood why the egg in this trailer and the poster, is so different to the egg in the film. Is it meant to be symbolic, or was the design changed in production at some point?

  • My parents named me after this movie. :D

    "Hailey Anne" (yes I was a C-section baby)

  • Now THAT is a trailer.

  • the background music, so creepy.

  • damn this must've been scary as hell back in the day

  • They don't make trailers like that anymore...

  • lol at 1:45 hes getting tickled by the tickle monster

  • Listen to the noise at 1:09 then go to the Prometheus trailer and listen to 0:30. Sounds similar.

  • This trailer is creepy as nightmare.. Even more creepy than the movie.. :P

  • Can't wait for Prometheus

  • I like the alien trailer, but I have a question. how the fuck did the cat get involved??

  • @GOdZillaloverrr It was basically there to be like that one guy in ever horror movie who gets in the way and screws everything up.

  • @GOdZillaloverrr ah its just a pet for the long trips thats all.

  • @PhsykoOmen ITS A KITTY :3

  • 1:41 What happened to the meow meow? :(

  • @Rocketdream7 Eaten

  • @RsGoreChunk lier, I saw the movie. It survived.

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  • @Rocketdream7 Mr kitty is in the sequel with ripley and is a survivor well done jones the cat the little ginger shithead lol.

  • @leegend3004 ... jones the cat? Little Ginger shithead?

  • The greatest piece of science fiction and horror ever created, in my opinion.

  • @smetcher This and "The Thing"!

  • One of the greatest films of all time ! Saw it when it first came out..... WOW !!!

  • Anyone psyched for PROMETHEUS!

  • Your idiots. on its website it says it will have similar ideas but is not linked in any way to the aliens series whole fact

  • Kick ass movie.

  • ridley scott is coming out with his prequel to his alien movie, called prometheus

  • @luckyday465768 it aint a prequel it is conceived as one but has nothing to do with aliens

  • @KingRhiyo It's not a direct prequel, but will have something to do with the Space Jockey, as you can see from the trailer, with glimpses of the Space Jockey and the ship they discovered on LV 426 in Alien.

  • @WinstonSmith144 Yes, but Prometheus will contain strands of Alien DNA. So I think the Xenomorphs will make an appearance in SOME FORM in Prometheus, but they won't be the main focus of the film.

  • Hard to believe that Alien was released a little over three decades ago, and it still holds up well. It scared the crap out of me when I was young... and that's what made it so good.

  • @deathbastardable suuuuuuuuuuure ......

    lol... cant resist....

  • @TheBlueScarlet Nahhh i truly hate this movie.

    Perhaps I need to watch it again to "get" it. Would that satisfy you?

  • 1:23 WTF!! A CAT?!?!?!?!

  • @AlaskanSkimmer Not just any cat, it's Jonesy. The best character of the film.

  • THUMBS UP IF YOU LOVE THE ALIEN FILMS!!!!!!

  • @CutandPrintFilms

    You mean, Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) and possibly, Prometheus (2012)?? FUCK YA!

  • The "Prometheus" trailer is VERY similar.

  • @thegreengoliath Prometheus is the prequel

  • the trailers scary as hell. its even better that it doesnt give anything away. cant imagine what it would have been like to watch this when it came out in theatres.

  • @atmenan2012 My dad got to see it when it came out. He said it scared the shit outta him.

  • @atmenan2012 scared the living shit outta me. I was 15 years old when it came out and no one had ever made a film with that kind of visceral impact before.(other than"The Exorcist") Did'nt wanna eat an egg for about a month. lol

  • That movie was seriously made ahead of it's time, i love it

  • This trailer is more terrifying than most modern horror movies.

  • Alien was directed by Ridley Scott and if

    Prometheus is a prequel , well , is derected by Ridley Scott

  • Awesome movie!

  • OMG i'm so glad Ridley Scott is returning to the Alien universe with Prometheus. I was pumped when I heard they were doing a new "The Thing" movie, but when I heard Ridley Scott was doing a pre Alien story I was so pumped.

  • @DAY0FDOOM At least this is with it's original maker is returning, the Thing remake/prequel was poor and unnecessary.

  • @nostalgiatrip1 I knew "The Thing" wasn't from the original maker but I was still excited until it turned out like shit kinda. It wasn't the worst but it was typical hollywood spin off trash. Prometheus looks more promising then most films with Ridley Scott at the healm of it. I can't wait. It may not be a prequel but it's nature is in the original Alien realm. This has been so long in the making well since 1979, now if we could get James Camerson to return for another film as well haha doubt

  • @nostalgiatrip1

    Did you know the 1982 Thing was a remake of a 50's movie and a faithful true adaptation of the story by John Campbell called "Who Goes There"?

  • @Johnlindsey289 Yes I did know that but when I reference the Thing I'm ignoring the Hawks Thing From Another World movie and by remake I mean no matter what others might say movies that are "prequels" to movies from the 80s that are made now that are homages to the original movie with no props from the original writer or director in any are remakes. Having said that the Thing 2011 was a great example of that, its the same movie as The Thing 1982 but if not made by John Carpenter

  • came from prometheus

  • There here 

  • this is a real movie. not the garbage they are putting out today.

  • i dont know why ridley scott says prometheus is not a prequel to alien

    look at 0:57 its the same ship the was seen tumbling down in the trailer. and it has the same sound effects.

    Original or not this looks like a prequel

  • @MCEProd22 Point one: It isn't a prequel to ALIEN, because there is no ALIEN in it. Point two: The ship you see 'tumbling down' (FYI: It's not just a 'ship'. You say it like you've just seen it in the prometheus trailer. You see, this 'ship' as you so claim, is not just a 'ship'. The titanic is a ship.This, is an icon. Every single alien fan since the dawn of time (well, since 1979) will immediately inform that this is the 'Derelict' "space"craft.

  • @MCEProd22 (continuing my point one comment) This, is an icon. Every single alien fan since the dawn of time (well, since 1979) will immediately inform that this is the 'Derelict' "space"craft. It also sneaks its appearance in Aliens. Do you wish to know why? Because, IT IS THE DERELICT "SPACE"CRAFT!) is infact not a ship that belongs to the aliens. It belonged to the space jokceys. The aliens (I think) took control over them. (See 'Alien'. Please.)

  • Alien and Aliens, the true best science-fiction monster movies ever made.

    Though, John Carpenter's The Thing and Predator are a close second.

  • 2 people are actually xenomorphs 

  • I envy people in the 70's who were seeing whatever the hell they were seeing and this completely "alien" trailer comes and scares the fuck the outta them. Not only that, they got to see the movie months later and have the movie somehow exceed the hype. A quick google search for the best horror movies of 78 and 79 shows that this movie was on another level.

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  • @alotcrap LOL TROLL :D

  • @alotcrap well fuck u then, go watch Justin Bieber

  • Wow...this trailer was actually scary....

  • Ahhhhhh.

    The way trailers should be.

  • Yes one of the best trailer ever. And Dead space 2...

  • Wow...there's something so much more terrifying about this than any other overly produced and excessively gory horror movie today. This is just plain good old fashioned scary...refreshing in a way.

  • It is truly a timeless classic, and I can guarantee any1 who hasnt saw this film even today wud genuinely b terrified first time rnd.

  • The best one for many, many reasons, but mainly because they never found a non-alien villain to match the sublimely scary Ash. Also, the cat is a much better actor than Newt, and quieter.

  • I never had nightmares about this movie when I was a kid, I always wanted to watch these movies over and over and over.

  • I remember trying to watch this as a kid.

    nightmares for days. no matter what the old horror movies are the best of the best.

  • This and John Carpenter´s The Thing... best tagline´s ever!

  • Despite having seen the movie, from an outside prospective, this looks like a trailer to a Doctor Who episode.

    "And I know there's gonna be

    And awful lot of running to do.."

  • @rayx3025 ...

    well a sci fi fan may be looking forward to

    "Genesis Of The Alien"

  • This is prometheus trailer

    

  • This trailer, It's Alive (baby carriage ver.) and The Shining are easily the 3 scariest trailers in movie history.

  • one of the scariest trailers in motion picture history

  • the U shape spaceship from prometheus is in this trailer

  • I still think this is the best creepy trailer ever made! and when I was a kid, oh man!! the trailer alone made you scared to watch the film!!!

  • They dont make movies like this anymore.

  • @Gunner3210 Give it time, someone will make a movie like this again, just gotta wait a few years for it to mature like fine wine.

  • HOLY FUCKING GOD ARE YOU ALL RETARDED "HEY ANYONE NOTICE THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN THE TWO TRAILERS" HOLY FUCKBALLS

  • Is this the best trailer ever?

  • anyone notice that it has the same "scream" ambient noise as the promethius trailer?

  • damn damn damn! Deeply May 1979!

  • i'll never eat another boiled egg again

  • The "donut shaped thing" is the space jockey ship that was transporting the alien eggs or something like that and that noise is the alien trademark

  • That weird sound @0.55 is in the Prometheus trailer. Also whats up with that donut shaped thing that's also in the Prometheus trailer.

  • @charlesr456 all will be answered in 2012 my freind

  • One of the creepiest trailers for one of the most claustrophobic movies ever made. Alien is a disturbing ass movie. God how I love it.

  • That was actually a pretty fuckin good trailer considering it's from 1979 and the same creepy scream sound is used in the Prometheus trailer, cool!

  • "Approved for ALL audiences" haha, the world got so gay by now :)

  • ... and that is how you create a movie trailer. Give the audience some credit and let them decide if the want to see the film. Especially without showing the ending or the entire plot or every character arch and the thought that it may be something other than what it is...

  • As much as I love Alien, AlienS was better

  • hell yeah, i was just watching the Prometheus Trailor, Alien, best fucking movie ever.

  • 69, 9696

  • @SchutMeNow actually 69969

  • Look Ma!! No CGI!!!

  • @ZiotheZero your comment is the only one worth watching.

  • This is how all trailers should be made of. No single alien are shown in trailer and u re excited in wtf is going on. And the movie is about fucking aliens!

  • So... This is how Dead Space begins...

  • 1:37 so nice!

  • Now thats a real movie trailer  Intense

  • Damn Lolcats, they are even alien trailers from 1979

  • That was approved for all audiences?? lol

  • That was actually a pretty scary ass trailer.

    So wait--is Prometheus a prequel to Alien? I haven't seen it in a while but it had the same format in the trailer

  • @ChocolateAsian9000 yeah man ridley scott same ship same dude in the ship prequal same trailer music yeahhhh

  • @ChocolateAsian9000

    It is a prequel, but it won't feature the xenomorph. It explains what the ship is that crashed on LV426 and how it crashed. And probably what happened to the crew.

    Apparently it has to do with the origins of mankind as well.

    Anyway, xenomorph or not, I'm psyched out of my mind after seeing the Prometheus trailer.

  • @Cain353 No the xenomorph is said to be explained as well. From what I can gather, the humans turn into a creature like the xenomorph, and breed somehow, in turn making all the eggs. It's a very compelling story.

  • @Prettyboy3585

    Only the origins of the xenomorph. From what I've heard the Prometheus crew get 'punished' for taking something they shouldn't have. Much like the Prometheus mythology.

    Ridley Scott has said it will not feature the xenomorph because it (the xenomorph) has been milked dry.

  • Thumbs up if your watching this because if the "Prometheus" trailer!!

  • now in days you see movie trailers and feel you already have seen the movie

  • Can anyone link me to a video with the 'scream' sound effect used in this trailer, and the trailer for Prometheus? Think it'd make an awesome text message alert tone...

  • this was one of the best movies ever... :D

  • if you didnt shit your pants seeing this for the first time in 1979, you clearly had no soul.

  • This film was ground-breaking as it took horror to a level not yet explored. And I have to say it done it very, very well indeed. Probably second only to The Exorcist for 'shit in your pants' fear factor.

  • Why don't they make film trailers like this nowadays? If only to add a little variety. The new ones literally can't get me excited over a movie anymore - they all look exactly alike. I'm jaded.

  • thumbs up if watching the prometheus trailer made you wonder about the Alien trailer...

  • just like prometheus!!! :D

  • this trailer is still the scariest i have ever seen

  • The Alien movies never scared me, but I've had nightmares where I'm trapped on a spaceship with the Aliens and Predator...I wake up nearly shitting my pants every time I'm so scared.

  • wtf was there a cat in there?

  • @SpedalFlux go and see the movie...!!

  • @SpedalFlux see the movie tard!

  • @MrPrice2U it's like asking "wtf was there a robot in star wars?"

  • 1:48.....thumbs up if the spaceship in the middle of nowhere scares you shitless

  • "This Special Preview has been approved for ALL AUDIENCES by the MPAA."

  • This is one of the best trailers in my book. And Alien is still the scariest shit ever. Fucking Aliens haunt my dreams up to this date. But I love it!

  • Go to 1:36 for the best part of the movie... Ripley in panties.

  • @srmax13

    AAAAHHH....my eyes hurt now :S

  • Still the best movie trailer and film tag-line in history. Every time I watch this I feel the need to watch the movie.

  • they don't make trailers like this anymore!

  • The Prometheus teaser trailer is a homage to this one.

  • @rodkeys haha I see I'm not the only one who came to see this one after the Prometheus trailer

  • This is SO good.

  • ...In space no one can hear you scream...for Ice Cream!...

  • One of the creepiest trailers ever! Makes me want to watch the dvd right now...

  • 1:37

  • Ridley Scott is a genius, this and Blade Runner are masterpieces. HR Giger who designed all this incredible concept, alien creature and ship, will remain as a major artist of the 20th c. Go see some of his work on the web, if you like art, you'll love this.

  • @bsharporbflat Giger is a impressive artist, I'll fully admit that, but his fascination with penises(?) is strange. An example being; How many penises and/phalic shaped objects are there on the Alien? double figures at minimum!

  • @Xengarrith Giger uses both phallic and vaginal shapes, maybe you only see the phallic ones. Look closer at the openings on the side of the crashed alien ship for example, he also uses a lot of suggestive penetration scenes all over his work, also I think its a deeply anchored style, he probably does it without thinking, like a signature or like some musicians phrasing is recognizable but they don't play that way on purpose. But what do I know, I just like the style.

  • @bsharporbflat If what you say is true about him being unaware of what he's doing, then 2 things; 1) How many penises and vaginas did he draw to do it now without thinking? and 2) imagine him drawing a little sunflower, would possibly be the funniest and most thought provoking thing he'd do in years!

  • @Xengarrith There is probably over a hundred phallic shapes on a sunflower and surely a few vaginal symbols if Giger would look closely...But I am still sure he doesn't wake up in the morning thinking -Gee!!!I really feel like drawing a penis today.

  • @bsharporbflat that last sentence really made my day.

  • @Xengarrith My pleasure

  • thank god that ridley is the director of prometheus

  • NOW THAT'S A FUKIN TRAILER..AND A TAG LINE...

  • This trailer has the reputation of being the greatest movie trailer of all time.

    I can see why.

  • in space no one can hear you scream

    sounds like from a game

  • Thumbs up if your excited for Prometheus!

  • @MyTheprofessional

    "Excited" doesn't describe it!

  • @Nineteen1900Hundred true my friend.

  • @MyTheprofessional Yeah, especially since effin Ridley Scott is doing it himself. Its almost like 'Prometheus' is his answer to all these Remakes/Prequels/Sequels of the last few years... you can almost hear him say: "Damn! If you want that something is made right, make it yourself!"

  • @MyTheprofessional at 1:05 that same sound was used in the prometheus trailer :D

  • @BuellerBueller95 yeah they used the same sounds as of the alien movie because prometheus its in the same "universe" of the alien franchise ....i still believe we are going to see some alien stuff but not as much

  • That hight pitch noise at 0:55 scares the poop outa me! :(

  • this is really disturbin it's hard to believe this was made in 1979 woow ... still love the movie to this day ...

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  • that alien scream/siren is so creepy i love it

  • Okay have you seen how this teaser has been made? it must a reference for any trailer made nowadays. They don't show too much informations, it's all about suggestion... It's stupid to see all of these current trailer reveal everything about the movie.

  • @GoldGollum Too true. I wish the Prometheus trailer was like this; I've not seen it, but I've heard the background music for it, and though that siren noise is included in the Prometheus trailer, it sure doesn't sound the same, and probably doesn't feel the same. ):

  • @GoldGollum One of the best parts is that they don't even show you what they're running from.

  • @Brown115Productions Helps build the suspense. I heard people were actually puking in the theatres when it first came out. People were leaving it to and it almost killed the franchise. Hats off to Dan O'Bannon for having faith and standing behind it making it one of the best sci-fi horror franchises today. :)