Alien (1979) test footage featuring actor Bolaj Badejo

[@davidsimmons6812]

The fact that this footage by itself is unnerving is a testament to the actor, the movement classes that he took, the cinematography and the production design.

[@jennynim1978]

One of the all time great films, so interesting to see behind the scenes, was ahead of its time in special effects

[@johnclark926]

Anyone looking to make another Alien film should use this video as inspiration for how it should feel when you look at the Alien

[@DaddyHensei]

Are they sure the actor isn't really an alien? These movements seem natural to him. Great acting.

[@HomiesBrownies]

It's 2023 and this is still amazing.

[@JambopaulGamerInPJs]

This test footage is scarier than the actual film

[@geff4122]

I agree

[@fighthighlights2201]

It's the music. Don't let yourself get fooled. Like the movies you find extremely sad or deep. It's always the music.

[@blairp6275]

@@fighthighlights2201 watch without sound, it's still unnerving.

[@akshayhere]

​@@blairp6275 mute and run Mario music in the background. It's funny AF.

[@teawrecks1243]

Aliens was great but this was something the later films lacked. They made the alien fast, cunning and agile in basically every other film, and we never saw it again behaving this way, a sort of slow-moving, unsettling creepiness as opposed to vicious, in-your-face kind of scariness.

[@as52343]

Yes i totally agree! The alien from the first film seems almost like a different creature. It was more slow moving, more cunning and cruel, and had a different posture aswell. It was the scariest the alien will ever be. Its much more frightening seeing this alien slowly moving towards you on two legs, other than the xenomoprhs from Aliens crawling fast and agile towards you.

[@katiedid27]

Two very good reasons for this. 1) Alien was a different genre from later films, leaning into sci-fi horror instead of sci-fi action. Slower movements help build the suspense needed for the horror genre. 2) In universe, the aliens are social creatures that usually grow up with lots of other aliens around them. This one was born isolated, therefore his behavior was different than if he'd grown up with other aliens. He can most easily be described as being autistic. He's just a bit different.

[@enrique6335]

One of the reasons I like the original Big Chap design so much: it truly resembles an unholy mix of human and the creepiest alien creature out there.

[@phoenixdown5181]

@katiedid27 This xenomorph is autistic? That is the weirdest fucking analogy I've ever heard LMAO.

[@dannyboi5887]

I disagree, Alien Isolation is proof you can absolutely have fast Xenos and still have them be just as terrifying as Big Chap was. The actual issue is that almost all Alien media after the first movie has them crawling around on all fours most of the time instead of upright on two legs which makes them look more animistic and less scary as a result since they no longer have the "uncanny valley" aspect the original had.

[@esh3325]

Walking so slowly and so normal is even more unsettling and creepy than the fast movements of the aliens of later movies. Imagine big chap walking toward you like a human being in slow pace like this.

[@jarviswinston5562]

I can't believe I'm actually watching this again..... at 2:00 AM!!!

[@joelchurchill6297]

omg same

[@enrique6335]

​@@joelchurchill6297It's okay, I didn't feel like sleeping either.

[@jarviswinston5562]

Congrats, Mr. Scott and Mr. Giger. Of all the monsters, aliens, animals, and hybrids in comics, movies, and elsewhere the one that may actually keep me up tonight is TEST FOOTAGE.

[@korbadar9771]

so creepy the way he moves

[@rayrecordings]

As far as I know Ridley Scott found the guy somewhere in a pub in London. The rest is movie history.

[@jarviswinston5562]

Well, it didn't keep me awake but it definitely inspired a dream that woke me up sweating. It took 10 minutes before I felt safe enough to go back to sleep. And it was daylight at that point.

[@zacmcadam5823]

Where my sardonicast chums

[@JewelShain]

What is that?

[@thomasnelissen1310]

Here I am

[@bobbytattoo751]

awesome.

[@leszekhalama1173]

Wonderful.

[@robquin1525]

Case anyone's wondering his height was 6'10

[@MegaTitan73]

LOL!! He hit his head at the end!!!

[@scottieturner.]

Hah he does

[@twinvasion7798]

Lol yep he got so engrossed he forgot he had a huge wiener-shaped alien head

[@ClintonMatos]

Who's here from the latest Sardonicast?

[@JewelShain]

What is that?

[@flippert0]

This is amazing, but I think it was a wise idea of Ridley Scott to show very little actual footage of the Xenomorph in the finished movie. This is still just a "guy in a rubber suit" as they used to joke on the set.

[@volkswag12]

Your 11 years old at home in middle of the night watching this footage and then you hear a noise in the basement.

[@evieenrose]

L o n g b oi ❤

[@james87367]

Jesus. This is even more frightening than the actual film!

[@enrique6335]

This is what makes the Big Chap the scariest design for me. It actually resembles a human/alien hybrid instead of the more bestial designs that followed.

[@anarchohelenism]

This is so fucking cool

[@ControkNonen]

My idea for an Alien5 movie is as follows: It takes place after alien4 and takes places on an earth in ruins. TheRipleyClone has transformed into an entity that is producing eggs,and a lot of humans are affected,and a war breaks out.They have to use a nuke on the swarms of xenomorphs and decidedes to travel to the planet where they think the xenomorphs orginate from.There they find there are multiple forms of xenomorphs.They manages to form a clone of a xenomorph that is able to communicate with the the help of a microship surgerized into its brain. After this a peace is established. But as allways Weyland-Yutani has spies that want the xenomorph for their biological weapon program. And it is a surprice who the spy is. And that Weyland-Yutami has a lab on a spacestation not far from the xenomorph planet. Where they finds forms of xenomorphs that noone has seen before. And that's makes a cliffhanger for a possible Alien6 movie ?

[@RaikenXion]

Hats off to that guy though still, I wonder if he ever got paid for this.

[@NeuroAst-eg9cg]

Me at 3 am going to make chilli oil noodles:

[@noahludwig9240]

That‘s the thing: the scary thing about it, was that it was an actual guy in a real suit. No CGI. No bullshit.

[@benlongstreth]

Pretty sure I had this exact nightmare after seeing Alien when I was 8

[@1kjosiahh]

The fact this man is 6'10 and I thought he was at least 7'3

[@SnOtwagon123]

Um sorry but you are aware that you have a canoe on your head (Alien) yheeeeeeee screammmmm

[@jasonregan365]

😮

[@karmelodion]

Wonder where that mask is now..

[@GabrielLacombe-k5n]

This is super creepy

[@岩崎雄輝-b6f]

making

[@pauljacques9697]

Sirenhead

[@Captaintoymantis]

You’ve ruined Alien for me I will forever be scared now.