10 Deleted Scenes That Radically Change Famous Films
2. Alien Eggs And An Alternate Ending
Ridley Scotts original Alien feels like such a taut, no-frills horror with an instantly iconic set of characters (including the eponymous xenomorph, of course) that it's hard to imagine anything was cut away. And yet the film went through a whole bunch of changes during its production, beginning as a script by Dan O'Bannon named Star Beast. Yeah, probably a good thing they changed that. Who would want to live in a world of Star Beasts, Start Beast 3 and Star Beast: Resurrection? And what would Prometheus be called?
Most importantly, the film features a couple of deleted scenes that have remained on the cutting room floor even after multiple director's cuts produced by Scott. The first involved Ripley happening upon crewmates Dallas and Brett, cocooned and being turned into facehugger eggs, which isn't a concept introduced properly until James Camerons sequel. Even more radical was the original ending, where the Alien on Ripley's escape craft killed her, then imitated her voice as it requested safe passage to Earth...