10 Things You Learn Re-Watching Alien

In case you were wondering, yes, the iconic sequence in which the Nostromo crew's dinner is palpably ruined by Kane (John Hurt) being chest-bursted is still stomach-knottingly horrifying today.

Though nothing can ever live up to the first time you saw it for yourself, knowing what's coming brings its own level of fearful anticipation that makes the scene no less easy to bear.

Almost four decades later, there's still no single jump scare as terrifying, nor one as viscerally executed as this. While surprise scares like this can be so cheap and lazy (especially if they rely on loud noises and tension chords), Alien made an art out of it.