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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bursting… Ofcom rules that ITV broke broadcasting codes by showing the chest-bursting scene during a news report, just after kid’s ...

The iconic chestburster moment in Alien, where we got our first look at a baby Xenomorph as it violently emerged from John Hurt’s thrashing torso, has managed to stand the test of time. It’s a scene ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Director Fede Álvarez said filming the scene felt like "the best theme park ride." Álvarez wanted to apply that same attitude to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sigourney Weaver became a horror icon with her performance in Alien. (20th Century Studios/Brandywine Productions/Alamy) But back ...

With Alien: Romulus hitting our screens soon, it is as good a time as any to cast a discerning eye over the history of this at times breath-taking and always fascinating franchise and remind ourselves ...

They are one of the most terrifying monsters in cinema history. Cinema-goers shrieked with fright in 1979 when, out of nowhere, an alien burst out of John Hurt's chest, beginning the start of one of ...

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 ...

Muddled between the planned Prometheus sequel's constantly shifting name (Alien: Paradise Lost became Alien: Covenant) and Neill Blomkamp's own Alien sequel; it's hard to keep any enthusiasm for the ...