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Podcast: Comfort Films Podcast
Episode: Comfort Films 62: Alien (1979)
Description: It's the second week of our sci-fi series, and we're going back into space, but this time it's scary! Â Don't scream - no one can hear you anyway. Â We talk about Ridley Scott's 1979 sci-fi horror/thriller Alien, a landmark movie which has spawned a whole lot of sequels and a unique lore around its xenomorph creature. Â We also explore the links to John Carpenter, through writer Dan O'Bannon and also through the thematic connections to The Thing. Â Also, why bad guys drink milk, interpreting the characters through the seven deadly sins, John's personal brush with a xenomorph, and how horr...