A commercial towing vehicle called the Nostromo is on its way back to Earth.

The ship's computer, mother, awakens the crew from Stasis after it detects a transmission

from a nearby moon called LV-426. Upon investigating, the ship's executive officer,

Kane discovers a strange derelict alien ship. Deep in the bowels of this ship is a

hot, humid chamber filled with hundreds of eggs. As Kane approaches one of these eggs,

it slowly opens up and a creature springs out, breaks through his helmet and attaches

to his face. Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of alien horror as we discuss

Ridley Scott's terrifying masterpiece, Alien.

Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munter and as ever, I am your host.

If you're tuning in for the first time, then welcome. In this podcast, we explore and

dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre by looking at a particular

sub-jummer as one series at a time. We are currently in the middle of our seventh series

exploring the evolution of alien sci-fi and cosmic horror, and this is part 11. And in

this week's episode, as that intro suggested, we are going to be talking about the biggest,

the most iconic alien movie of all time, called, of course, Alien. Ridley Scott's classic

from 1979. This will be, of course, a spoilerific review. If you haven't seen Ridley Scott's

Alien, what the hell? Do you think you're doing? Go away and watch Alien immediately and

then come back and listen to our discussion. So, joining me to discuss all things Alien,

a long time friend of the pod, she's been here before discussing such classics with me

as Rosemary's Baby, which find a general dawn of the dead eyes without a face and the

innocence. And she's back to discuss another classic horror film producer and filmmaker.

Welcome back to the podcast, Jen Handolf. Hello. Hello. How are you, Jen? How's life?

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