20 Things You Somehow Missed In Alien
1. Four Minutes
Despite technically being the titular star of the movie (the word "alien" is never actually used anywhere, the creature is simply referred to as "it"), everyone's favourite rubber face-eater only manages a meager four minutes of screen-time.
This was deliberate on the part of Ridley Scott, who felt that the limited chances to see the creature would make its presence scarier for the audience. All-told, the facehugger actually receives more screen-time than the iconic movie monster that it later births.