Alien (1979) Transmission Distress - Extended Scene (2018) Screams © ctc

689K views. Beautiful. Muchas Gracias!
Not just a cut. A lifetime in the making. Rare edit, and created over 5 months with assembly footage.
I went with an editing theme of hierarchy transmissions between people, an extraterrestrial transmission signal received, and an old mechanical ship transmission with bad repair issues -- to make deleted scenes work within the main cut.
Did my best to time a repeated "12 seconds" of the acoustical beacon sound -- redesigned sample structure (something new, that I wanted to do for many years). So honored about the final result.
Dedicated to Ridley Scott and the ALIEN team. Enjoy! Sounds great on responsive headphones.
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Transformative original work for Section 107 fair use industry
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[@Incognito-vc9wj]

Sounds like a real conversation. Man I miss the older films.

[@Cortesevasive]

+no lesbians/gays and forced sex scenes

[@koolaidman6251]

@@winstondelaurier8239 It's funny to year you say this, because back in 1979 this movie was "PC marxism" by portraying not just 1, but 2 competent lady scientists (smart, not there to look pretty and show tits) and by having one of those women be the only survivor!

[@WALDENSOFTWARE]

If you write dialogue for a screenplay like this today, it will get edited af!

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes, it did sound like a real conversation, but in other movies from that time it is the same empty dialogue as today.

[@BlackSeranna]

Directors seem so intent on getting everyone to do the exact words on the script, and the personality is lost. I realize that going off script is risky, but the best movies have moments in there that were not planned. I just learned that the scene of Forrest Gump running across America was paid for by Tom Hanks himself, because he wanted it in the movie. Everyone else nixed it but since Tom paid for it, they went ahead and filmed it. That film has paid for itself over and over, and made millions for everyone. Tom Hanks took that scene and negotiated with the studio to pay him a higher percentage, and the gamble paid off.

[@danielbarrett5464]

After listening to a signal like that, screw the money.

[@goratgo1970]

Yup, i'd be voting no pay, staying on board, then job would be to defeat Ash's quarantine breach and bug out - call it even...

[@pierreweee7425]

They didnt know what was waiting down there

[@chateaupig826]

Well crafted film , suspenseful , great cast , luvit

[@satxguy71]

Let's not talk about the bonus situation, let's just go back to the freezerinos.

[@jaminova_1969]

What signal? I didn't hear anything. Lets go home!

[@holden6104]

Casting in this film was impeccable.

[@chriscorley6478]

Most definitely. Masterpiece film. 🏆

[@MrXaule]

What was great was that there were no « mega stars ». So we had no way of knowing who would survive.

[@Mark-td5ux]

Jon Finch was cast but got very sick with diabetes.

[@nickthx1138]

It was. Everything was perfect.

[@nickthx1138]

@@MrXauleas a kid i was SUPRISED the female was the lead and survivor and no romantic thing with Dallas.

[@BuzzKirill3D]

Characters realistically talking under their breath, talking over each other, interrupting, etc. From what I understand, it's very hard for audio engineers to work with this kind of dialogue, but it definitely lends more believability into a sci-fi situation.

[@chriscorley6478]

If you use a good audio set up, this realistic dialogue scene is quite simple to capture. Back then, it was perhaps "more difficult" without individual lav-microphones we'd use today. Good topic. 🎥👏

[@greasybumpkin1661]

With good prep and team work among the crew it's entirely possible to capture all those ranges of voice. You just need to not be lazy and think ahead.

[@wheresthelotion6734]

How did they make such a believable film even now

[@sanseverything900]

Yeah, the performances in this film felt so much more authentic compared to most other 70's sci-fi like Logan's Run, Soylent Green, Silent Running, etc. In those films the acting and dialogue felt very old school hollywood, if you know what I mean.

[@spaceflight1019]

​@@wheresthelotion6734Alien was the first film that treated space as a mere workplace instead of something awesome. These people spent most of their lives in the freezers, transporting cargo, and not looking out of the windows ala Star Trek. So, the conversation was between two competing interests: Brett and Parker were there to fix the ship, and if nothing needed fixing, they would go back to sleep. Ash and Dallas representing the company line. Ripley and Lambert watching the show.

[@frankpinmtl]

"Let's send Ash - he's the Science Officer" "Yah - great idea. Send Ash."

[@chriscorley6478]

Hilarious. I totally get it. ☕👏

[@frankpinmtl]

@G E T R E K T 905 Watch your fingers

[@frankpinmtl]

@G E T R E K T 905 In 19 minutes this area is going to be a cloud of vapour the size of Nebraska

[@paulg687]

Well. he's the only one qualified to remote the ship anyway, right?

[@mudbone3276]

Too funny!!!

[@madmicroscope]

That distress signal sounds genuinely upsetting. Amazing sound design.

[@cs7511]

If I heard that beacon, I'd head for Jupiter.

[@HenhousetheRed]

It sounds like an animal's scream you'd hear late at night. If you've ever heard a fox screaming at night, it's like that. Something primal about the fear it instills.

[@brandonb3174]

So you don’t buy that it was a warning signal to stay away?

[@stevepalpatine2828]

It sounds... alien.

[@michaelmoore1386]

A shrieking banshee comes to mind.

[@gbh_events]

I'm such a huge fan of the acting in this movie. Great actors. So natural and believable.

[@Thor_Underdunk_Caballerial]

The black guy amuses me in this scene when he's laughing and is like 'right!', and 'we're going in' and hitting the other guy in the chest. The contrast in characters is great.

[@makasete30]

Even just this scene drags you in.

[@MiroslavWD]

Thomas Dunkley Yeah, esp. the facial look of Lambert, so natural, that embarrassed fear~~

[@matty6848]

Yep each character had their own real personalities and flaws. Made all so much a real good movie. Nothing like the crap they produce today!

[@Primus.711]

@@Thor_Underdunk_Caballerial Yaphet Kotto is a great actor.

[@TheMisterGuy]

This movie was so good. The character interactions seemed believable and natural, the tension ratcheted up beautifully, and the director didn't flinch at having drawn-out, quiet sequences to create the atmosphere of isolation and mystery.

[@timothylee2772]

Yes...the acting was brilliantly done....everyone including Ripley.

[@johnjacobsen1915]

agreed - this was very believable and felt completely genuine and real

[@aldunlop4622]

Yeah modern film makers seem to have to fill every second with dialogue, overly loud music, or explosions. They lack atmosphere and tension, and always feel in a rush. Give the audience time to process the situation.

[@acerbicatheist2893]

@@zerodarkthirty1045 "Engineer". Dead Engineer. In the script, Dallas turned off the signal when they investigate the dead Engineer. Also in the graphic novel, which is amazing. ❤️👾🛸❗❤️

[@ThePunitiveDamages]

The audience in the 70s was a different breed as well. None of the fractured attention spans you see of most people today. They could tolerate sitting and watching a film develop it's atmosphere without feeling like they need a hit every few minutes.

[@saulcisneros1544]

Yeah, let's go investigate the beacon that sounds like a nightmare. You can count me out!

[@randyerb6839]

"Oh yeah, sure! With those things runnin' around? You can count me out!"

[@abbaszaidi8371]

“I guess we can count you out of everything!” “I’ll go.......I’ll go.....”

[@Thegamingground]

Even as a kid, I had the same exact thoughts...There is no way in hell that I would have gone there to check that signal out on site.

[@hellsonion514]

@@abbaszaidi8371 " I mean I'm the only one qualified to remote pilot the ship anyway."

[@abbaszaidi8371]

hells onion “yeah! Bishop should go. Good idea !!!”

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

That transmission is terrifying this is a masterful film

[@raminybhatti5740]

The more I watch Alien, the more I feel Parker is my favourite character in the film. Koto plays him brilliantly, and the way the other characters interact with him makes him even more compelling.

[@cschulzke26]

He really was a fantastic character actor.

[@charlesphillips430]

Yes. The movie was very spooky to me...esp entering the alien ship!

[@isabelag.]

He had a lot of good old common sense. I did stop to think he should've killed the baby alien right then and there, as he was the only one with the natural instinct to grab something to kill it.

[@ChrisSmith-kw4gn]

@@isabelag. The gum - smacking bandana - wearing flamethrower - fabricating blue collar engineer buddy also strongest human on the ship and the only one besides Ripley who gave the Xenomorph a good fight.

[@growinsane9123]

Mine was Veronica Cartwright, she was by far the most convincing for me in her portrayal of fear fighting with herself to keep it together and her character is consistent, she is the most uncomfortable even before the danger emerges and expresses it with her entire body language.

[@freddyfreirearagon8674]

John Hurt, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto... May all Rest In Peace.

[@knife-wieldingspidergod5059]

The sequence of their passing is the same as the sequence of how they were killed on the Nostromo.

[@weezer1109]

This is the sound we all associate with the Alien franchise. And yet… I never knew it was the sound of the signal they received. Unbelievable. I own every version of this film in extended format: dvd, Blu-ray, 40th in 4K. I own the soundtrack. I’ve never heard or seen this scene, anywhere. And it’s terrifying.

[@chriscorley6478]

I'm glad you enjoyed it so. ☕🐢

[@jrag1000]

Who set that distress signal?

[@stephenireland3816]

It was sent by those huge humanoids that were attacked by the aliens. The ones we see in Prometheus.

[@tonystefanoni1424]

Same!! I’ve been obsessed with the Alien franchise and have seen the movies over and over and over. And I never knew that was the distress transmission. So chilling. 😮

[@choc113]

@@jrag1000 according to the novelization its not a distress signal. Its a warning.

[@Alan-megan]

Old school sci fi stuff. No overload of ridiculous CGI's, just good old sci fi stuff at its best.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

CGI can be fantastic and phenomenal when used WELL as some movies have proven TO do, it's just some movies over use it too much where it becomes a big problem!

[@henrygonzalez8564]

Actors make characters.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@ lol just no. You don’t “cLosE yOu cAsE” AT ALL as everything that which you’re saying here makes nonsense. The audience aren’t at fault here AT ALL, it’s just you. You’re so blinded to the past or the things you once liked and can’t bother liking any of the wonderful and phenomenal movies and media that have came out NOWADAYS entirely so here. The audience tastes are NOT “jUsT sH!T” AT ALL. The DO have taste entirely so and they certainly don’t have “sh!T tAstE” AT ALL. Lol just no. It’s ALL just you who is being a shit right now. Not anyone else. You’re so upset that you’re not in the past that you can’t possibly get over yourself here that you have to comically blame the audience in the worst way possible. Movies are NOT “sH!T” these days AT ALL for the audience, lol that’s laughably bad to say and shows how conceited and arrogant you are here. Any movie that’s bad gets a bad responses from the audience, any movie that’s great gets a GREAT response to the audience. The fact that you can’t understand that and blame audiences and people shows how out of touch and backwards you really are. Audiences DO have tastes and know what quality is. You’re just stuck in the past, that’s literally it. Movies are NOT made on the “demands of the audiences” at all, that’s factually not true in the slightest as differing types of movies come out each year and they’re made for all types of people and age range. If the movies are successful or not, it just depends on if the movie is good, that’s it. NOT any of the nonsense you’re saying right now because you’re just badly trying to blame the people which shows that you don’t understand what you’re even saying at all! The movies are NOT “maDe tO acComMoDAtE tHOse tAstEs” AT ALL towards the audience, lol you literally made that nonsense up right now as it’s obvious that you’re just making up nonsense here as you’re JUST stuck in the past. Lol the only person whose life that you’re ruining right now is yourself because you failed to appreciate all the fantastic movies that have been coming out these years nonstop. You have such a bafflingly terrible narrow view on things, it’s embarrassing when you say anything. It’s NOT the “current audiences tastes” being “sH!T”, it’s JUST you being stuck in the past to NOT appreciate all the fantastic movies that have been coming out these years!

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@ lol just no. Everything you said here is just factually wrong and reeks of arrogance. You don’t “close YOUR case” AT ALL as everything that which you’re saying here makes nonsense. The audience aren’t at fault here AT ALL, it’s just you. You’re so stuck to the past or the things you once liked and can’t bother liking any of the wonderful and phenomenal movies and media that have came out NOWADAYS entirely so here. The audience tastes are NOT “just sh!t” AT ALL. The DO have taste entirely so and they certainly don’t have “sh!t taste” AT ALL. Lol just no. It’s ALL just you who is being a sh ! T right now. Not anyone else. You’re so upset that you’re not in the past that you can’t possibly get over yourself here that you have to comically blame the audience in the worst way possible. Movies are NOT “sH!T” these days AT ALL for the audience, lol that’s laughably bad to say and shows how conceited and arrogant you are here. Any movie that’s bad gets a bad responses from the audience, any movie that’s great gets a GREAT response to the audience. The fact that you can’t understand that and blame audiences and people shows how out of touch and backwards you really are. Audiences DO have tastes and know what quality is. You’re just stuck in the past, that’s literally it. Movies are NOT made on the “demands of the audiences” at all, that’s factually not true in the slightest as differing types of movies come out each year and they’re made for all types of people and age range. If the movies are successful or not, it just depends on if the movie is good, that’s it. NOT any of the nonsense you’re saying right now because you’re just badly trying to blame the people which shows that you don’t understand what you’re even saying at all! The movies are NOT “maDe tO acComMoDAtE tHOse tAstEs” AT ALL towards the audience, lol you literally made that nonsense up right now as it’s obvious that you’re just making up nonsense here as you’re JUST stuck in the past. Lol the only person whose life that you’re ruining right now is yourself because you failed to appreciate all the fantastic movies that have been coming out these years nonstop. You have such a bafflingly terrible narrow view on things, it’s embarrassing when you say anything. It’s NOT the “current audiences tastes” being “sH!T”, it’s JUST you being stuck in the past to NOT appreciate all the fantastic movies that have been coming out these years!

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

@ lol just no. Everything you said here is just factually wrong and reeks of arrogance. You don’t “close YOUR case” AT ALL as everything that which you’re saying here makes nonsense. The audience aren’t at fault here AT ALL, it’s just you. You’re so stuck to the past or the things you once liked and can’t bother liking any of the wonderful and phenomenal movies and media that have came out NOWADAYS entirely so here. The audience tastes are NOT “just sh!t” AT ALL. The DO have taste entirely so and they certainly don’t have “s! t taste” AT ALL. Lol just no. It’s ALL just you who is being a s! T right now. Not anyone else. You’re so upset that you’re not in the past that you can’t possibly get over yourself here that you have to comically blame the audience in the worst way possible. Movies are NOT “s !T” these days AT ALL for the audience, lol that’s laughably bad to say and shows how conceited and arrogant you are here. Any movie that’s bad gets a bad responses from the audience, any movie that’s great gets a GREAT response to the audience. The fact that you can’t understand that and blame audiences and people shows how out of touch and backwards you really are. Audiences DO have tastes and know what quality is. You’re just stuck in the past, that’s literally it. Movies are NOT made on the “demands of the audiences” at all, that’s factually not true in the slightest as differing types of movies come out each year and they’re made for all types of people and age range. If the movies are successful or not, it just depends on if the movie is good, that’s it. NOT any of the nonsense you’re saying right now because you’re just badly trying to blame the people which shows that you don’t understand what you’re even saying at all! The movies are NOT “made to accommodate those tastes” AT ALL towards the audience, lol you literally made that nonsense up right now as it’s obvious that you’re just making up nonsense here as you’re JUST stuck in the past. Lol the only person whose life that you’re ruining right now is yourself because you failed to appreciate all the fantastic movies that have been coming out these years nonstop. You have such a bafflingly terrible narrow view on things, it’s embarrassing when you say anything. It’s NOT the “current audiences tastes” being “s!T”, it’s JUST you being stuck in the past to NOT appreciate all the fantastic movies that have been coming out these years!

[@mj6258]

I absolutely love the way Brett says "So what?" with parkers accompanying laughter. Also that transmission sounds absolutely terrifying.

[@oradba168]

1979 Alien and 1986 Aliens are still best horror and Sc-Fi movies ever made and will remain classic and iconic forever ...

[@chriscorley6478]

Totally agree. Very well said! 👏

[@SanjaySingh-oh7hv]

I agree 100% that they Alien is one of the absolute best sci-fi horror movies ever made. But let's hope that eventually a movie comes along that might rival it. Alien is almost Lovecraftian in that the nature of the terror is universal and timeless, no question. But that is literature, where the imagination fills in the details. In terms of the silver screen, what people found scary in the 1950s is not scary today. Is it possible that biotech and genetic engineering would make Alien not as scary in a few decades? What sort of onscreen terror might one day rival the Alien xenomorph?

[@surfdocer103]

In your very humble opinion

[@michaelmoore1386]

Mostly agree. 2001 was pretty good.

[@maralinekozial9131]

Alien 3 is just as iconic & interesting!!!! It's underrated IDC what u idiots say about it

[@tarantulagirl]

What is amazing about this film is once Brett is taken and you realise the alien is huge it never lets you relax for a second, the feeling of helplessness and terror from the crew is palpable, they don’t get a break so the audience doesn’t get one either. It is an absolute masterpiece.

[@chriscorley6478]

Wholeheartedly agree. Bravo! 👏

[@JnEricsonx]

Want something creepier? John Hurt died, THEN Harry Dean Stanton. Remind you of anything?

[@chriscorley6478]

@@JnEricsonx Great actors. 👏

[@JnEricsonx]

@Evilmike42 Yeah. If he'd died in November that would have been utterly creepy.

[@anah3864]

I'll never forget the first time I saw this movie. By the final scenes, I was actually sweating bullets and my breathing was erratic. I've never been so stressed out by any film before or since. This is truly a masterpiece of suspenseful filmmaking. I always cite it as the perfect example of a sci-fi/horror/suspense blend in film.

[@RikerLovesWorf]

This is exactly what it should have been in the original film cut, that beacon sound.

[@AlejandroIslas-pl9py]

is this not on the directors cut either?? feel like somehow have seen this but ever since hollywood videos and blockbusters have closed, only get to see what they put on certain streaming platforms. But that sound since can remember back in the early tv first trailers, where the egg hatched open and this sound got more intense while Ripley was running down the halls of the Nostromo, that shall always be the foundation of what made it so amazing and have always searched for it but only seems to be on this video now and want to thank you for sharing this video with the world X) Hope you have a good one

[@bonglesnodkins329]

@@lamueldagon7618It isn’t. That sound has been dubbed over the scene here deliberately. The actual original scene and its sound can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4bain2In5eNl9E

[@WilfNetherton]

@@lamueldagon7618 It was used in the Prometheus trailer near the end kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4aop2NpnJpkobc. I didn't realize either until seeing this scene.

[@MrCarpen7er]

@@bonglesnodkins329 Finally someone with a damn brain here. That´s what i´ve just commented. And all the Alien "fans" here that said they´ve never heard this sound before. What a bunch of fake i diots !!!

[@davidmcdonnell767]

Best film, direction, cast, design, acting, sound, music and script ever - even Jonesy the cat puts in the performance of a lifetime :)

[@johnschaefer2238]

Loved the fact that Ripley wasn’t the only survivor of Alien as Jonesy got out as well. So with 8 lives left Jonesy could have ridden out the whole franchise!

[@scottknode898]

Rip John Hurt, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, and Harry Dean Stanton. I enjoy watching Alien and grown to like it more as get older now that I am 36 years old.

[@Percival-kl9yy]

@DanielBarrett5464 "After listening to a signal like that, screw the money." *It's just Engineer language.*

[@philversion1383]

I always felt the dialogue and the way the crew/actors interact with each other felt so natural and real. Maybe its the use of silence and obviously a testament to what are amazing actors, but I really felt like I was watching real conversations.

[@danielevans9379]

This film is part of the last “golden age of cinema” the 1970’s. When film making was a true art form and they had a bevy of brilliant young actors to carry these character driven films.

[@danyoutube7491]

@@danielevans9379 More and more as I've gotten older I've become convinced that the 70s has more great movies than other decades, and characteristics that I prefer over those from other decades. For the information of potential sceptics, I was born in '81 and have seen most of the 1970s movies I'm referring to as an adult, so it isn't nostalgia :)

[@danielevans9379]

@@danyoutube7491 When you look at the list of movies that were made in the 1970’s it is a remarkable collection of masterpieces with the greatest actors of the 20th century all in their prime. A studio putting out “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” or “Taxi Driver” was just another day at the office. I recommend an awesome book that explains the history of that unique era of film making. “Easy Riders, Raging Bulls:How the drugs, sex, and rock and roll generation saved Hollywood” Great read. 👍

[@ferghalmolloy8450]

Look at Lambert's face during the distress call - she's absolutely terrified. She's thinking 'Please don't make us go down there and check this out'. Wonderful acting in this film from everyone. Start to finish.

[@markgonzales8778]

Poor Lambert probably the smartest of them all but noone will listen to her

[@argonwheatbelly637]

@@markgonzales8778 : Veronica Cartwright was excellent in this role, although they did screw around with her a bit to make things even more frightening.

[@michaeltamada1461]

@@markgonzales8778 It's been decades since I've seen Alien, but wasn't Lambert the one who insisted to Ripley that she let them back on board, even though they were carrying a clearly dangerous alien and that would violate quarantine regulations?

[@markgonzales8778]

@@michaeltamada1461 no it was Dallas but if they're of listened to her they're of got the hell out of there before anything happened but then we wouldn't of had the movie lol

[@rainer1980]

Lambert is kind of an architype like Cassandra in The Illiad, who could see danger, and destruction in the future, but was cursed to never be listened to, nor believed. It's a very old trope character.

[@Hossak]

This is what I loved about Alien, making everyone a real person. The maintenance guys are concerned about their pay cheques as they know doing anything special will end up furthering the officers careers, not the grease monkeys. Needless to say, they also know they will be the ones catching the broken bits as they fall off and putting them back on. More work, no glory. Thanks for posting!

[@chriscorley6478]

God bless Yaphet Kotto and Harry Dean Stanton. Those two actors really rounded out this stellar cast, unlike any other duo.

[@strangeplacestv]

The script gives away Shusett and O'Bannon must have hated Unions 😉

[@chateaupig826]

A whole lot of thought gone into fleshing out every character

[@charlesrast4235]

@@chriscorley6478 I agree. They had great chemistry together.

[@hiawathabray885]

Absolutely. How many horror films have you watched dozens of times? This one holds up so well because it's also a very effective and credible human drama, because so much work went into creating such engaging characters.

[@ennius42]

Sounds like a warning to me.

[@chriscorley6478]

Ripley was right... ☕

[@hype12345]

Ripley was the only one with common sense !

[@offmarketinvestments9770]

@@hype12345 Even today it shows the dumbasses are the one that destroy everything...

[@c0t0d0s7]

Hudson may be right.

[@Stiitchjones]

It was...

[@gordondavis6168]

From the Alien’s perspective, this movie is “Die Hard”

[@sparrow56able]

on easy mode ;)

[@richardm3023]

So it's a Christmas movie?

[@Orgruk]

Yippee-ki-yay, Ripley.

[@em23]

we're going to need more weyland yutani guys i guess.

[@TheNervousnation]

haha that is so true! Barefoot and everything..

[@utube9000]

The sound of that transmission signal is BONE CHILLING...

[@NotMorganFreeman.]

This movie is timeless. Every actor is completely believable in this film. I love it, and the score is amazing.

[@offmarketinvestments9770]

Imagine it now. Everyone would be a steroid bursting action man women...There would be one in wheelchair, two homosexuals one lesbian and the robot would side with IS**IS. F**** up politics should stay away from movies!!!

[@AlexanderYamada]

I love how Lambert always looks mildly annoyed by literally everything and everyone around her at all times.

[@anthonylegore1517]

Well, she should be. Her little sister has been lost in space since the mid-1960's

[@checkoutmyyoutubepage]

@@anthonylegore1517I see what ya did there haha.

[@Dans_Garage_Media]

She's been in space too long, she probably just needs to get laid

[@Three_Random_Words]

She's a good screamer too, in the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers she finds her hubby's duplicate body forming and freaks out.

[@toAdmiller]

She actually has a line in the film, "I like griping..."

[@haimbenavraham1502]

Back in 1979 they were way ahead of us.

[@Kelly14UK]

They are talking about earthly Contracts waaaaaaay out in the Boondocks, decades well beyond anyone reading our comments in 2020 will ever live.

[@Kelly14UK]

@dyy Fethiiyhn Bugger it man, just get some kind of helium or whatever thingy with a camera on it that goes 25 miles up and stick on this website.

[@ulysses2162]

@@Kelly14UK Yup, the first Alien movie takes place 102 years from now in the year 2122.

[@theexplosionist2019]

@@ulysses2162 I think 2122 is highly optimistic given the direction western countries are going. Unless there's another world war, technology isn't progressing fast enough.

[@Kelly14UK]

@@ulysses2162 I think you may be right. Aliens is set in the 2170s or so, when Ripley got picked up after decades adrift.

[@jeremyr62]

A 20 second deleted scene in Alien is more compelling than most of the entire catalogue of made for kids "sci-fi" we get these days.

[@chriscorley6478]

I'd recommend all Cloverfield movies, Underwater (2020), Upgrade (2018), and KIN (2018) as of late. Pretty good sci-fi. Many more. But, Alien (1979) and Aliens (1986) can't ever be beat. 🎥🤔

[@PieAndChips]

This deleted scene is better than the entirety of the Star Trek and Star Wars remakes.

[@MikinessAnalog]

@@chriscorley6478 john goodman as a villain wow thats a mind bender isnt it lmao

[@music4dages]

Spot on.

[@backcenter2]

Just saw the director's cut. Feels completely different

[@DaveMcleanJr]

No CGI. Just movie making by innovation, care and effort. And THAT'S why it's special.

[@chriscorley6478]

Years before its time. Masterpiece.

[@davidc5191]

No CGI in the 1970s - same with Star Wars - but it's hilarious seeing interstellar travel run by DOS computers.

[@LateNightViddys]

Such memorable characters, every one. This movie is brilliant.

[@antonboludo8886]

I agree.

[@dima.jiharev]

@Spencer Lao Brett lol

[@andrewsealey2236]

Well done. The distress call really adds to the atmosphere. Chilling.

[@rapid13]

I saw this movie when I was 11, scared me near to death. Still the scariest movie I've ever seen 40 years later.

[@chriscorley6478]

I agree. It's such a shocking, intelligent sci-fi film to get scared by.

[@gammon1183]

Nothing comes close 😎

[@wolfgangnz3]

I was 8 when I saw this (in 1979).

[@georgeneuman488]

My older brother was 9 when Alien came out (I was only 2), he snuck into the theater with his friends. Said it nearly actually scared the shit right outta him, the opening title music alone he knew it was gonna be intense. The first time I saw it I felt the exact same way!

[@alansalgado2740]

That’s how i feel about The Exorcist

[@OVI-Wan-Kenobi-8]

That scream sound is scary af, no one in their rightful mind would go check that out, especially in the deep unknown darkness that is outer space.

[@chriscorley6478]

Don't go inside the haunted house. ☕

[@ivoe1574]

That is the sound that warns you to avoid LV426 at all costs!

[@cesarsolis5449]

Contractual obligation plus they though there will be some reward money

[@UberKrispy]

No shit, when you hear that you turn the ship the other way and stomp on the gas

[@glenwoodreid5910]

It works perfectly in the movie trailer

THE ACTING, THE SOUNDS, EVERYTHING

[@Horusisone]

Man, it's awesome! It changes everything. The crew is terrified. Lambert's eyes say so much... As a 1979 hardcore fan, I thank you for this goosebumps moment. You got me !

[@aldunlop4622]

Nobody in the history of film has played terrified better than Veronica Cartwright.

[@JohnnyM_]

You recognize a truly great film when 40 years on, someone spends 5 months on re-editing & piecing together with assembly footage 12 seconds of brilliant acting, direction, scoring, lighting & sound effects.

[@chriscorley6478]

Oh, I edited much more than just "12 seconds" in this revised scene. You're getting it correct though. -- Like many fans, I grew up with this masterpiece classic, then I graduated from film college in order to reach a professional career within our very complicated Guilded Industry. I do appreciate your kind recognition. 🎥🐈

[@aldunlop4622]

@@chriscorley6478 Thanks for doing it.

[@ug674]

Damn....now I wanna watch this movie..for the 10 millionith time again..Its so good.

[@demirdemirbag3194]

Plat Alien Isolation game. Really captures the mood...

[@demirdemirbag3194]

I meant to write "Play" :)

[@chateaupig826]

Totally , it's a keeper

[@andrewsealey2236]

Great movie to watch late at night before bed. Sweet dreams!

[@davidrowe9402]

It’s power has not diminished. I can’t think of any other film that holds up so well.....41 years .....wow...✌️

[@maralinekozial9131]

Night Of The Living Dead , JAWS & Alien all hold up perfectly to this day especially because they are all basically period pieces & two out of the tree were actually filmed in those time periods so they are perfect & completely realistic & plausible the way they are so there's no need to remake them ever👍

[@heavymike3248]

Jonesy the cat was a great actor.

[@ivankadump2539]

Loved the way he kept pawsing between his lines.

[@jaydugger3291]

Smartest character in the entire franchise one of two to survive the first movie, and smart enough not to get back on the ship.

[@offmarketinvestments9770]

@fat cabbage He went back with Ripley in Aliens and stayed on earth...died a happy Cat some 60 years later (50 years cryo sleep) fathering 1,000+ kittens..

[@nickirmen6671]

This isn't even a joke, I mean considering the 70s had some weird tv shows including trained dolphins and bears, Jonesy probably paved the way for trained cats, and to me and my dad Jonesy stole scenes from the alien just cuz how dang cute he was

[@tomburzan4738]

There were apparently 4 cats.....When Sigourney Weaver seemed to be allergic to the cats...they considered replacing her....not the cats!.....Turned out she was allergic to the makeup.

[@Banana_Split_Cream_Buns]

It's amazing how different the two movies are from each other. _Alien_ really emphasizes the vastness, isolation, loneliness and terror of space.

[@chriscorley6478]

Two excellent films, indeed.

[@_mathtutor3334]

By far in my top 5 sci-fi movies ever made… the actors, she sets, music you name it… still watch this movie from time to time..

[@shelster9967]

I’m terrified all over again just watching this clip.

[@mk84ldb]

Shivers

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes, indeed.

[@lizarddude8003]

They should’ve kept that scene in, the signal sounded so unsettling

[@SteveBonario]

I'm actually glad they didn't. By revealing the "unknown signal" that simply "repeats", especially with this "screaming" signal that was so prevalent in the trailers and tv ads, it foreshadows too much. I love the quiet slow build of the mystery, so that when Kane (Hurt) touches the egg we can believe he's willing to do so because he hasn't heard anything that would have hinted at a warning.

[@DrWhom]

@@SteveBonario on the other hand, the script has them pretty unsettled by what they hear

[@marloc2019]

Masterclass in directing/acting: Veronica Cartwright blocking, slightly out of focus and then, just started the distressing call, gets the focus on her discomfort. What a scene...

[@maxmonzon1]

The plot of this movie is just awesome

[@deerheart87]

I agree 💯

[@Sebastianmaz615]

This movie was before video games and cellphones reduced humanity's attention span to that of a 2 yr old or a gnat. Nowadays it's loud music, CGI and sequences that are edited to only be 2 or 3 secs long; images on the screen which constantly change giving us no patience ultimately. This movie grabbed and held my attention from beg to end and managed to frighten the shit out of me!! Same for the sequel. I was 12 and 19 respectively. 😀

[@chriscorley6478]

ALIEN 3 is excellent fun, both cuts.

[@Ragsta]

This sets the scene so much nicer for me. And that infernal sound they used in the trailers now has a context! Thank you for the hard work!

[@chriscorley6478]

You're welcome. Thank you so much for your appreciation. More work is on the way.

[@hendrsb33]

Now THAT"S the "Sound" I felt should have been used in the movie as the alien distress signal! I was 15 when ALIEN came out and I could not mistake that Sound when the commercial aired on TV. I would hear that from another room and go in to see the commercial, was that hyped to see it. That Sound alone was brilliant because it's so disturbing. I think if the Nostromo crew heard THAT, there would have been NO movie! I've never been a horror fan, but ALIEN is one of my all-time faves.

[@chriscorley6478]

Much appreciated. The "Sound" fills the crew's environment with more anxiety -- and foreshadow. You get a sense of dread, thereby making it a truly horrifying experience. I'm glad you enjoyed it. ☕

[@bauke-LV426]

I just found that out too! I recognized it from the trailer as well, but I never knew it was the message itself. So cool. Why did they leave that out in the first place?? That scene is brilliant. I was watching the scene and I thought to myself: "this is still all in the original movie... this too... oh wait, this is not in it!". Good to find more Alien geeks :) Happy alien day! (almost)

[@music4dages]

I saw this when I was in my early 20s and when the chestburster appeared I almost lost my lunch. But I do agree, this scene should be put back into the film. The utter creepiness of the sound of the beacon is just unnerving.

[@marccru]

It would have been awesome. Man they missed one here

[@rogerg0834]

the lead ups of this film are SO terrifying. The sounds, visuals... NIGHTMARES!!!

[@saltygrunt6740]

rogerg0834 in space... no one can hear you scream 😱

[@georgeferonas799]

I saw the movie when I was 19 year old that night didn't sleep at all,I was still hearing that distress signal in my head.

[@SirAndacar]

Even over 40 years after i first saw this the big buttons and clicky tech just works perfectly in this setting. So much more interesting than the stuff in new films.

[@chriscorley6478]

Agreed.

[@Creasy5678]

I'd almost forgotten the "Nostromo" picked up a distress call completely out of the black, I thought they were most of the way home when this happened. Excellent work.

[@chriscorley6478]

Worst wake-up call EVER!!! ☕

[@hosswindu166]

My theory is that Weyland-Yutani mapped out course routes for its ships with the underlying goal of finding the signal. The Nostromo and her crew just happened to draw the short straw. Would also fit why the investigation clause was in their contracts.

[@chriscorley6478]

@@hosswindu166 I prefer the sheer mystery of it all. It's much more frightening that way. ☕😄

[@argonwheatbelly637]

@@hosswindu166 : It's simply a way to build better worlds. Corporate 101.

[@DrWhom]

halfway home, they say

[@metalltitan]

Sigourney Weaver, Ian Holm and John Hurt. Jesus. By today's standards this would be an extremely high-profile cast.

[@doctortubes1]

By 1979 standards too..

[@antonboludo8886]

Sigourney was just starting her career, so she was a beginner compared to the other six, who were all experienced actors. Nonetheless they all did a great job.

[@jss78_abc123]

Also the legend Harry Dean Stanton. But some of the cast weren't huge names at the time -- rather became later.

[@antonboludo8886]

@@jss78_abc123 Yes, an excellent cast overall. That chest bursting scene scared the Hell out of me while I was watching it in the theatre. I was 16. We all thought everything was OK, but it was not.

[@gaynzz6841]

@@antonboludo8886 it's so realistic it's scary

[@strangeplacestv]

Alien. The Thing. Aliens. Predator. The Mount Rushmore of Sci Fi horror.

[@sak1237]

Agree with the first three. Not sure Predator belongs in that list. A good flick for sure but a little schmaltzy...

[@phillipicus7446]

Those are the tops but I would include Event Horizon

[@afrose71]

@@phillipicus7446 Event Horizon was universally panned for good reason. The acting and writing in that doesn't come close to any of the four mentioned. Hell, I'd put Sphere ahead of EH.

[@VoIPPortland]

This was more like a Hitchcock film while Aliens was more like Rambo. I loved both. Each had their merits. Bill Paxton and other new characters really helped make Aliens a great film. Back when character development meant something. Now there is none at all, just CGI.

[@chriscorley6478]

These films are masterful, but there's still plenty of good character development in modern film too -- even those with CGI. 🐦

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes, they called Ripley a Rambette.

[@TheJeruvian]

Here after Alien Romulus trailer. Can't wait for August.

[@chriscorley6478]

Hey thanks! Me too.

[@Seriousgreeen]

I want a tshirt with parkers face on it with the phrase " let's talk about the bonus situation"

[@steveproctor1748]

What a great and horrifying movie. And what an awesome cast. I've been a Ridley Scott fan ever since!

[@ladiesgentswegothim]

That's what Giger's art SOUNDS like......

[@antonboludo8886]

Indeed.

[@TheJosep70]

Great comment.

[@mar10ssj1]

Giger was messed up in the head. His art clearly shows it.

[@consubandon]

Oddly, it's also very much what last night's migraine headache sounded like. Ugh.

[@derlich09]

I always thought it would sound like an erect penis knocking on anything in the room.

[@filasophies4423]

This signal actually matches up the best with how disturbed and unsettled Lambert looks

[@janhammekenbuch142]

That signal just screams "Stay Away"...

[@leeinwis]

I got scared and hid under the covers !

[@joanmelnick1704]

Listening to that gave shivers up and down my spine. Screw the space guidelines.

[@7xshadowxerox7]

I felt like Sigourney's wide eyes and Dallas' unsettled look fits better with this transmission. They look genuinely disturbed. I could see them being "whatever" with the other two transmission versions. Wish they went with this version!!

[@terryhughes7349]

Ridley is a great director, he just let the actors do their job and filmed it.

[@FlavioMarceloSousa35]

Perfect cast (incl. Jonesy!)

[@antonboludo8886]

Yes, they all did a great job.

[@GK1976A]

I would've loved to have met John Hurt. Amazing actor.

[@pelimies1818]

Alien. What a charming delight of a movie.

[@davidbergin2086]

it's the sense of foreboding unknowing within that transmission. The less you know and see, the more terrifying Alien becomes. Love this movie. It's still the best one

[@chriscorley6478]

Aliens (1986) the best sequel!!!

[@heilong79]

Still the best movie ever made, it took its time and was dripping with atmosphere, the signal in this changes the feeling somewhat into one of fear.

[@aaronbreeds5132]

music is perfect... just tells you theyre alone, theyre thousands of light years away from anything, and theyre drifting into horror through a black empty sea

[@melindahall5062]

I like “Aliens” as well.

[@sweetpea3795]

One of the best sci-fi movies ever made, still gives me the creeps to this day.Brilliant. Don't make them like that anymore.😱💀👀

[@eiohnanananunu9871]

Why would they not include this. It's hauntingly beautiful and sets the tone perfectly.

[@prathapcharan]

They added this in the trailer

[@unholyrevenger72]

Because everybody's gut reaction to hearing it would be "Nope. Fuck this. Dallas, purge the logs and lets get back to sleep" and further investigation would make them seem dumb AF.

[@maxipazz8214]

Veronica Cartwright is always brilliant

[@bobthebuilder9553]

This is an awesome cut of these scenes!

[@chriscorley6478]

Thank you so much dude. Your kindness means the world to me. It was a ton of editorial work. ☕👏

[@johnnymnemonic6986]

OMG, I never knew that was the sound of the beacon, wow. that makes it SSSSOOOOO much better and intriguing

[@chriscorley6478]

Thank you. A compliment for me, is a compliment for all the great talent that made this legendary film. I feel so lucky to have made these audio-video revisions a new reality for dedicated fans..."Not bad, for a human". 🎥☕ _c.

[@brendansfx5644]

It wasnt the original alien broadcast

[@chriscorley6478]

@@brendansfx5644 Exactly. As a film college certified editor, I updated an old assembly scene I had on a deleted index by breathing new life into it with original source audio. For me, the "old transmission" had to go. _c.

[@VitorRibeiro1990]

Now i understand why Kane says Good God... Never understood why he said that in the regular version...

[@MrUndersolo]

Using the sounds from the original trailer. Nice one!

[@chriscorley6478]

Thank you. 40 years in the making. Came together last year, after I finished my college film editing classes. This is just a rough draft. And thank you 20th Century Fox, as well. ☕

[@ninjaman1138]

thats what i thought. i thought this was an original deleted scene and that the distress call was the noise featured in the trailer and that you were meant to hear it in this scene. clever idea, adds alot.

[@galaxytraveler5779]

@@chriscorley6478 wow 40?! Ive been working on a film based on looters from Alien Isolation that's been going on for 3 and i thought that was a long time LOL

[@chriscorley6478]

@@galaxytraveler5779 Well, it's a long story lol.

[@Jeffrey314159]

That's the scam here! The real sound effects of the Alien xmission in this extended scene are far scarier. Checkout the 20th anniversary DVD

[@ClaudeMagicbox]

Just look at how more “real” the entire situation seems in respect of today’s stupid CGI filled crap.

[@chriscorley6478]

The practical effects and filmmaking of Alien (1979) are exceptional. Although, there are some really good CGI studios and CGI based films we all love too. But, I hear what you are saying -- some films do have crappy CGI, where "practical techniques" would work much better. 🎥😄

[@seanmtak7573]

It’s like practical effects are becoming a lost art

[@chuckmcdiscs4586]

CGI just doesn't scare me. This movie did. When shes running through the halls with the self destruct signal, her footsteps and panicked breathing....damn. I know what I'm watching tonight.

[@chriscorley6478]

@keith cunningham Correction. It was a big budget for its time. The equivalent of about $48 million today. A significant amount back in 1978, when produced. 🎥🤔

[@nunocarvalhoguerra7190]

Have you seen PROSPECT? A recent sci-fi with a lot of practical believable effects? (ALIEN and ALIENS are GREAT)

[@NeedsEvidence]

Awesome! First time I actually heard the "acoustic beacon" distress signal!

[@Spacebaby21]

Terrifying, and much more accurate than the original, thank you.

[@chriscorley6478]

You are welcome. Thank you for your support and intelligent words. More stuff on the way...

[@antonboludo8886]

@@chriscorley6478 Yes, it was very scary. I would not want to go down and investigate that at all.

[@oldfriend327]

This is excellent thank you so much for this. 🏁🏁🏁❣💯

[@chriscorley6478]

Thank you, for your very awesome support.

[@Psydrre]

Thank you Chris for putting this together and sharing it with us!

[@maidros85]

*hears the signal Ripley: Well, that was absolutely fucking terrifying. Can we go back to our pods now?

[@chriscorley6478]

Ripley: C'mon. It's sleep-in Saturday. 😴

[@Dushess]

But Ash: Actually no, you are contracted to obey section 52: Any systematic signs of intelligence life as this call is, being probably a distress call, must be investigated. You will loose money, the salary you just live on. Nobody gonna pay you for this trip. I will be compelled to report it, you know, company doesn't like such things...

[@antongoykhman]

The soundtrack in this movie is so amazing, eerie and mysterious. I love it.

[@quiksix25]

Such a great slow build, don't even see the alien until over an hour in I believe and even then they're just as worried about the acid reaching the outer layer of the ship as the alien, not many movies today would care about details so much

[@Schoki99]

the alien has 5 minutes screen-time. and it works well.

[@teufelhunden3606]

They don't make movies like this anymore. Great movie!

[@chriscorley6478]

Alien (1979) is a true masterpiece.

[@stevensonDonnie]

For 1979 the future technology depiction is still very good.

[@Apjooz]

Why would future screens display ones and zeros though.

[@aaronbreeds5132]

its early star wars good... gritty and believable

[@jussikankinen9409]

Same humans, devo said devolution

[@cthrekgoru]

Commodore forever !

[@antonboludo8886]

What about A Space Odyssey from 1968?

[@evenstrength]

WAY creepier than the transmission in the movie.

[@blackholerainbow3029]

I would listen to an entire album of that distress sound. Bad ass!

[@vast634]

Maybe I use it as my ringtone

[@billhillify4924]

Lambert knew instantly this was bad news

[@brewt1mer]

This movie came out when I was 8...I didn't see it until the early 80s on vhs ...it had had a huge impact on me and its one of the few films I just couldn't live without.

[@thiscorrosion900]

"I wanna go home and party" Like it's 2049.

[@chriscorley6478]

Beware of dangerous Replicants. ☕

[@magusblack512]

Me in Harold at the Regency Theater Chestnut Street Philadelphia June 1979. I still remember we having the greatest time watching this movie. Never knowing at the time it was going to be the greatest sci-fi horror of all time. I'm taking care of myself like you told me to. Thank you buddy for such great memories in my life.

[@luislizard2626]

The cat was like.. fuck that guys!!! don’t go!!!

[@miguelayala428]

thank for sharing this video. A movie so incredibly far ahead of its time.

[@errolstewart2910]

Wicked movie no CGI back then

[@chriscorley6478]

Right on brother! Alien (1979) is a classic masterpiece, using solid practical filmmaking methods. ☕

[@FabledGentleman]

Wrong. CGI (Computer generated Imagery) Has been used in various ways since the 1960's. This movie included.

[@galaxytraveler5779]

@@FabledGentleman It wasn't as good or widely used as it is now. CGI is depended upon way too much these days..

[@FabledGentleman]

@@galaxytraveler5779 Of course. But that does not make his statement correct. There were CGI back then.

[@msarek4100]

Sublime use of the original teaser trailer. It makes perfect sense this was why the sound was originally created, then dropped after Ridley edited the scene out. So the sound we associate as the "79 beacon" was most likely an on-set placeholder so the actors had something to react to, which was a common method and something Ridley was doing througout the production to get natural performances. Remember - the tagline on the original teaser poster is "fair warning"

[@chriscorley6478]

Your theory is appreciated. They put me into a cryo-freeze sleeper, to awake and edit this together nearly 40 years later. I immediately said, "yes" to the mission.

[@MarcoGosatti43]

Two of the greatest/scariest films ever made, shocking tbh. I watched them far too young, thinking no problem Lol. They done it's job to scare the hell out of me. The terror, fear, tension, realism makes it pure horror. Both are groundbreaking masterpieces way ahead of it's time.

[@ChristopherDillman]

Such a ground-breaking sci fi film. Made even more compelling with these edit gems. Thanks for sharing.

[@chriscorley6478]

You are very welcome. I'm working on some new additional pieces for 2020, so please stay tuned. ☕😄

[@mirazusta2002]

Verónica Cartwright is a great actress, and a very sexy and attractive woman, too. I like how she portrays Lambert as a pretty vulnerable and scared woman, foreseeing more than anyone in the Nostromo the dangers lying ahead for her and the entire crew. Excellent movie. Thank you for posting.

[@chriscorley6478]

Lambert is certainly a role she will always be remembered. Absolutely fantastic. I love how reluctant she is, before going out on LV-426, because she knows something is VERY WRONG with this planet. ☕👏

[@mirazusta2002]

@@chriscorley6478 Exactly, Veronica Cartwright nails it as Lambert.