Alien 1979

Format: Teaser Trailer
Released: May 1979
Director: Ridley Scott
Distributor: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

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[McLarenMercedes]

How times have changed.

Back in 1979 a simple but effective trailer like this made people scared and interested at the same time.

Would this kind of trailer work today?? Nope. Because today's brainless movie audience want everything spoonfed to them. A deep voice telling the plot, lots of shots of sex, bad jokes and overly dramatic music.

There's even some youtube personality who does "modern version" trailers for classic movies. They are entertaining at least. Highligting our time.

[TheBebelehaut]

The trailer works - Among other things, it captures the INTENSE DESPERATION that builds up in the story.

[grace blackman]

Alien will always Rock... Then & NOW!!!!!!

[CaptainRumi]

Yeah, but there is an other person who makes retro trailers for new movies too :)

[Viperzep]

brainless movie audience?, wtf man.

[legokid0801]

The music is soooo creepy!!!!!!

[Joshua Hall]

oh please

[Novasky2007]

I love that they used an ordinary chicken egg at 0:35 and still made it scary, gotta luv the budget these people had back then XD

[Novasky2007]

57 years in hyper-sleep will do that to a woman XD

[Nanz Calrissian]

Those bastards ripped off Prometheus!!!

[RedBull554]

not sure if you're trolling or stupid.. xD

[DBCOOPER888]

This is false. A whole bunch of people who didn't watch Alien thought Prometheus had a badass trailer. The Alien connection had nothing to do with making that an effective trailer.