Bluemoon's Official Top 100 Films

[jimharri]

Which actors been killed by an alien , terminator and the predator
Bit unlucky really lol

Michael Biehn?

 

[Double R]

The casting is excellent with a variety of actors who all play their role well, and by having only a small cast not one character is wasted.

Having a small cast is key. And a patient build up. Problem these days, producers want instant deaths to apease the fast food culture.
In films like Alien and The Thing, it takes 45 minutes before anyone dies, by then you are on first name terms with them, know what their jobs are, know who they trust and just care more about who dies/survives. In Alien Covenant, Prometheus and The Thing prequel, I had no idea who was dying or who was left alive.

 

[pluto]

Oh yes, him aswell.

Yep bishop and Paxton
Technically not sure bishop died being an android
Not bad three films to have on your cv

 

[Blue_eyes]

Most sci-fi has an element of horror, although usually it was aliens coming to Earth rather than being set in space. The only one I can think of is 2001 A Spacy Odyssey, which isn't horror, but does have a creepy AI computer. I'm sure there must be others, but nothing I can think of off the top of my head. Alien definitely did it best.

Actually, I've found one. Basically the same rough plot as Alien.

Nice one, I hadnt really considered any of those 1950s scifi films, but wasnt "The Thing" one of those originally, taken from a novel called "Who Goes There"? Thinking about it wasnt one of the Quatermass films based on the crew of a space mission returning with an alien of sorts?

Still not in the same league as this Alien though for frights and adult gore.

 

[urban genie]

One film I cannot believe didn't make it into the top 100. It made my top 20:

Was 5th in mine

 

[OB1]

It cant be. Not if there is a god and a modicum of taste. I have seen it a couple of times since the first time and bloody hell that shark looks more and more ridiculous the more you see it.

Best to discuss when it appears but it will more than deserve its place in the top 10: it's easily one of the greatest movies ever made. The shark is really only an issue at the very end when its chomping on Quint but the absolute brilliance of the rest of the movie more than compensates. You have to judge it in the context of the time the film was made and not against the CGI world of today.

 

[citizen_maine]

Having a small cast is key. And a patient build up. Problem these days, producers want instant deaths to apease the fast food culture.
In films like Alien and The Thing, it takes 45 minutes before anyone dies, by then you are on first name terms with them, know what their jobs are, know who they trust and just care more about who dies/survives. In Alien Covenant, Prometheus and The Thing prequel, I had no idea who was dying or who was left alive.

and cared even less

 

[Boo or Boo-urns]

I love the opening scene with the Nostromo ship computer panels becoming active.

 

[citizen_maine]

I love the opening scene with the ship computer panels becoming active.

and to think, those were state of the art graphics at the time

 

[Aphex]

I love the opening scene with the Nostromo ship computer panels becoming active.

You need to give Alien Isolation a try if you like games. It's a love letter to the original film.