‘Alien’ Film Review: 45th Anniversary (Hip Hop Heads Talk Horror) | Ep. 175

Yo yo yo, welcome to another episode of Hip Hop Heads Talking Horror, and this time round we celebrate 45 years of 1979’s sci-fi horror film monument - ‘Alien’ 🛸

 

Join Kam, Thomas Hobbs, Alaska Atoms and Myke-C Town for their takes on this classic, as well contributions from Shotgun the Aux’s Tom Comey and Atoms Family member, Cryptic One.

 

Show Notes

• How we fell in love with the film (00:00)
• Why has this film’s allure held up (13:20)
• 5-Mic Moments: Chest-burster scene (23:30)
• Alien poster, trailer and tagline (48:30)
• What Ifs (51:00)
• Hip Hop Horror Categories (59:00)
• Where does Company Flow fit into this horror film? (1:04:50)

 

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