everyday is halloween

alien [1979] was released in june of 1979, a summer film.  yet, like many a great horror movie this flick is perfect viewing for the scary season.  i don't remember when this teaser trailer was released.  i grew up at the movies.  i remember this particular trailer.  nothing about the plot of the movie is revealed.  rather we see the camera pan over a rocky surface leading to a leathery egg that cracks open revealing a ray of light with the tag line, font size smaller in relation to the dimension of the frame, in space no one can hear you scream.  the soundtrack is brilliant, rolling whistling like a ship's alarm, rising in pitch to match the crack of the egg.  i was both weirded out & extremely excited by this teaser trailer.  & i, with my family, made sure we saw this pic on its first release.  which was a viewing experience that cannot be replicated.  seeing it for the very first time in 1979 was like being shot into low earth orbit.  it all started with this teaser trailer that i think is a masterpiece of dread, fear & excitement.  proof that sometimes seeing less in a trailer is scarier than a well made jump scare.

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