10 Sci-Fi Movie Deaths That Came Out Of Nowhere

10. Kane - Alien

The death of Kane (John Hurt) in Ridley Scott's original Alien is the film's unassailable "s**t just got real" moment, where viewers learn the grim ultimate outcome of him being attacked by a facehugger earlier on.

Kane initially appears to be recovering well once the creature is coaxed away from him, but shortly after sitting down to eat dinner with the rest of the Nostromo's crew, he begins coughing and convulsing.

After Kane briefly writhes around on the dinner table, the infant Xenomorph forcefully bursts out of his chest, killing him instantly.

It remains one of the most brilliantly traumatic and unexpected deaths in general movie history, and is made all the more effective by the cast not being told exactly what was about to happen - their shocked reactions are at least semi-genuine.

Proving himself quite the sport, however, John Hurt memorably parodied Kane's death in Mel Brooks' classic sci-fi spoof Spaceballs.