14 Most Terrifying Moments From Alien Films

Even though Kane seems to have made a miraculous recovery, you still get the unnerving feeling that there's something not quite right. Surely there's more to it than a grotesquely massive spider-like creature latching itself onto a man's face, kindly supplying oxygen to its victim then - off camera - detaching itself and end up dying without so much as a whimper?

The horror continues afterwards when the crew of the Nostromo enjoy a final dinner before the long trip back to Earth. It looks like any regular sight of friends enjoying a meal out together, chatting, laughing and generally having a good time. Heck, even Dallas says he's paying for it. The cliche restaurant scene is complete when Kane begins choking. Hang about! Well, you know what happens next.

The iconic chestburster scene works on so many terrifying levels. Ridley Scott desired genuinely horrified reactions from the cast and therefore decided not to tell them as to how it would play out. True enough because you can see it in the actors' faces when you pause the scene at various intervals, especially Veronica Cartwright's blood-splattered squeamishness.

It's also the ominous way the just-emerged bloodied, oblong-shaped creature with sharp silvery teeth looks about the humans and the android Ash as if mocking their inferiority.

Shout out below if there are any other scary scenes from the Alien films that belong on this list of terrors.