10 Moments That Ruined Amazing Movie Scenes

10. Xenomorph Jazz Hands - Alien

The moment that we first catch a fleeting glimpse of the adult Xenomorph in Alien is one of the most pant-filling jump scares in horror history. Or it would be, if not for the fact that Ridley Scott opted to pose the grotesque creature in such a bloody daft way.

The Nostromo's intrepid captain Dallas (Tom Skerritt) ventures into the ship's air ducts to flush out the alien, and at the end of a gut-wrenchingly suspenseful sequence, he comes face to face with the Xenomorph, as it leaps out in front of him, a loud screech is heard, and Dallas' feed abruptly cuts off.

It's an almost perfect scene, except for the horrendously goofy shot where the alien thrusts out its jazz hands in front of Dallas while pulling a face which can be best compared to your average Saturday night reveller gurning when the good stuff kicks in.

That the Xenomorph just seems to be randomly reaching into the darkness without actually grabbing hold of Dallas makes it that much worse. With some sneaky editing magic, namely cutting away earlier, it probably wouldn't seem quite so silly.