Does the dog die?
472 supporters
Alien
Movie • 1979 • Horror
ReportDuring its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew discovers a chamber containing thousands of eggs on the planet, a creature inside one of the eggs attacks an explorer. The entire crew is unaware of the impending nightmare set to descend upon them when the alien parasite planted inside its unfortunate host is birthed.
This movie contains 39 potentially triggering events.
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SadieRebeccaLaHote
There is no dog in this movie.
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Abandonment
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31
Yes
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39
Is an animal abandoned?
104 supporters
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2
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39
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Vagary
There is a cat who is sometimes in danger and thought to be lost, but he makes it out safe and sound with no injuries!
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
58 supporters
Yes
1
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37
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Corellon
The ship AI is referred to as Mother, but aside from that, nobody even mentions having parents.
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31
Is someone stalked?
23 supporters
Yes
95
No
16
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LadyPendragon
Most of the movie is spent with the characters being hunted by the titular Alien, being found and then killed, which while not quite stalking, could be potentially triggering
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
86 supporters
Add comment
Yes
6
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83
Yes
3
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30
Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
32 supporters
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36
Is someone gaslighted?
34 supporters
Yes
19
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66
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Mommagranate
There is some deception that could be triggering, but mainly Ripley is brushed off.
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28
Yes
2
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NearEastMugwump
You can't have child abuse in a movie if there are no children in the movie.
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Addiction
Yes
22
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74
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Mommagranate
Self-rolled smoking, presumably tobacco
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Is there addiction?
23 supporters
Yes
6
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82
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geoKgaming
No, but there is smoking
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Yes
1
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90
Animal
Yes
2
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Does a horse die?
107 supporters
Yes
1
No
131
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NearEastMugwump
Not a single horse in this movie. I don't know what the Yes-voter is thinking.
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Yes
6
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Anonymous
Jonsey is OK.
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Are animals abused?
215 supporters
Yes
12
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100
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CatoKitty
Not necessarily abuse, but Jones’ cage is flung by the alien and then thrown around a bit by Ripley during her escape. Can make cat owners uncomfortable.
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NearEastMugwump
There are no dogs, thus no dog fighting.
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Is there a dead animal?
118 supporters
Yes
13
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Mommagranate
The facehugger (one of the alien lifestages) is shown autopsied. Very realistic special effects.
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Is an animal sad?
93 supporters
Yes
11
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22
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Corellon
Various distressed "mrrrrw" noises and hisses from Jonesy the cat as he faces issues such as the alien and even worse: humans trying to get him to move!
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Does a cat die?
187 supporters
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5
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181
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yummyfur94321
In the third act of the film Ripley makes it a point to recover Jones the Cat to evacuate him with her before the ship self-destructs. There's a moment of suspense when she has to abandon him when she catches sight of the monster but ultimately she gets herself and Jones off the ship. He's sleeping peacefully in her lap in the final scene.
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Does a dragon die?
34 supporters
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4
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NearEastMugwump
There are NO dragons or anything dragon-like in this film.
(Did someone just go down the line pressing "yes" for everything!?)
(Did someone just go down the line pressing "yes" for everything!?)
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Are there spiders?
54 supporters
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33
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Anonymous
The crew's attempts to remove an alien parasite latched onto a crew member's face involve a number of close-ups of the creature, showing it in full detail. The prop, made of various seafood bits among other things, is realistic-looking and may be unnerving for some.
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Are there snakes?
19 supporters
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9
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89
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PhillipSRaptor
The chestburster is very snake like but still not a snake
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Are there bugs?
1 supporters
Yes
42
No
67
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WillyFTW
The facehugger is incredibly buglike.
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Assault
Yes
25
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3
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NearEastMugwump
In the director's cut Lambert slaps Ripley.
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Yes
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Yes
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Is rape mentioned?
95 supporters
Yes
0
No
32
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Anonymous
Not directly, but theAlien is designed as a r!pe metaphor.
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Is someone beaten up by a bully?
20 supporters
Yes
3
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26
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Corellon
An android is badly beaten up.
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44
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1
Yes
67
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notgoingtoaddcomments
There is no literal sexual assault, but there are enough horrific metaphorical allusions to it that a sexual assault survivor would probably have their trauma triggered. Phallic objects being forcibly shoved down throats is a recurring element.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
14 supporters
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32
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MoonJellyfish
Someone’s entire face is covered by a crab-like creature.
3 comments | Add comment
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30
Yes
6
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RowanOakley
No human-on-human rape, but the Aliens pretty much entirely reproduce via sexual assault.
1 comment | Add comment
Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
33 supporters
Yes
28
No
55
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Katie Clements Gillis
Alien explodes through mans chest
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20
Yes
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Yes
30
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
29 supporters
Yes
97
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Anonymous
Cain begins choking horribly when the alien larvae exits his chest.
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Is there decapitation?
1 supporters
Yes
34
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Corellon
Yes, an android. Then there's a scene where human characters talk to the head. (Actor with his body hidden under the table.) His face is smeared with white coolant "blood" and it's gurgling out of his mouth.
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Is there cannibalism?
38 supporters
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1
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76
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NearEastMugwump
No creature eats another of its kind.
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Yes
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30
Is someone choked?
19 supporters
Yes
35
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1
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Insertnamehere
A bug-like creature sticks a tentacle into a man's neck and chokes him if it is moved.
2 comments | Add comment
Is someone burned alive?
47 supporters
Yes
79
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CharlieCharlie
The android is burned and you see his flesh melting off. Pretty graphic and gross.
5 comments | Add comment
Is someone buried alive?
31 supporters
Yes
3
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75
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NearEastMugwump
No one gets buried, alive or otherwise.
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Is there body horror?
66 supporters
Yes
45
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0
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Oxenfree
Major Spoilers: an alien creature bursts out of a character’s chest in a bloody mess. Another character turns out to be an android, and their head is knocked off and fluid sprays everywhere (not blood but something else inhuman).
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Is there amputation?
30 supporters
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28
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30
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sarahcastic
Decapitation off a cyborg crewmember
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Does a head get squashed?
58 supporters
Yes
86
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CharlieCharlie
An android's head is squashed and knocked off of his body. His white "blood" is very visible and gets everywhere. A pretty gross scene.
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Is there a hanging?
31 supporters
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7
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73
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Mommagranate
Somebody's body discovery is indicated by hanging/swinging feet, but it is not suicide, and doesn't involve any rope or choking.
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Does someone asphyxiate?
25 supporters
Yes
26
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6
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Anonymous
People are choked, but do not choke do death. Therefore, no one asphyxiates.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
89 supporters
Yes
57
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9
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sarahcastic
It’s implied that the alien penetrates a crewmember vaginally with its tail, but it happens off screen
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Does someone become unconscious?
5 supporters
Yes
36
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2
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RoseannaBrigham
Very briefly during a fight scene the main character is knocked out, but comes to when the antagonist tries to kill her.
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Does someone break a bone?
23 supporters
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94
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Anonymous
The alien's larval form breaks out of a man's sternum.
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Does someone have a seizure?
10 supporters
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104
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4
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Anonymous
Cain goes into spasms when the alien larva exits his body.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
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79
Is there finger/toe mutilation?
58 supporters
Yes
13
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61
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sarahcastic
They try to cut off the “face-aliens” digit, aka finger
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Is someone tortured?
93 supporters
Yes
23
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58
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gtovis
Ripley is attacked and is pinned down by another crewmate and he tries to shove a magazine down her throat. Can be very disturbing.
1 comment | Add comment
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Does someone fall to their death?
12 supporters
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4
No
70
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CharlieCharlie
The alien is shown falling out of the space shuttle to its death. More of a blown into space scene than a typical falling scene.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there eye mutilation?
102 supporters
Yes
1
No
86
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NearEastMugwump
None that we can see.
Pun not intended.
Pun not intended.
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Is someone stabbed?
16 supporters
Yes
21
No
5
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Corellon
Yes the Alien has a stabby attack.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there excessive gore?
1 supporters
Yes
49
No
10
5
Agentreality
There are multiple violent murders including an infamous “chestburster” scene in which an alien rips apart a character’s ribcage while leaving his body. There is a lot of blood.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
65 supporters
Yes
1
No
88
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NearEastMugwump
The alien is at most only a few days old but...
1 comment | Add comment
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0
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35
Creepy Crawly
Yes
0
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23
Death
Yes
32
No
1
Yes
34
No
0
Does a non-human character die?
29 supporters
Yes
40
No
0
4
kabigon
An android/robot dies
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
39
No
0
Disability
Yes
0
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21
Yes
0
No
42
Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
0
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37
Family
Yes
0
No
25
Does a parent die?
24 supporters
Yes
2
No
75
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NearEastMugwump
The only confirmed parent survives the movie.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
31 supporters
Yes
2
No
67
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NearEastMugwump
There are no toys in this film.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone kidnapped?
8 supporters
Yes
9
No
60
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sarahcastic
The alien takes off with a crewmember, but he is presumed dead
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone cheat?
22 supporters
Yes
1
No
78
3
NearEastMugwump
There are no romantic relationships, adulterous or otherwise.
1 comment | Add comment
Fear
Yes
1
No
81
Are there jump scares?
69 supporters
Yes
124
No
1
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Anonymous
Well gee, the cover's only used as the emblem for jumpscares...
In all seriousness, the Facehugger leaps from its egg violently, and Davis is attacked by the Alien suddenly when searching the airvents.
In all seriousness, the Facehugger leaps from its egg violently, and Davis is attacked by the Alien suddenly when searching the airvents.
4 comments | Add comment
Is there a shower scene?
6 supporters
Yes
1
No
79
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mossraven
One of the crewmembers is shown, fully clothed, under dripping water, like rain.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
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19
Are there clowns?
16 supporters
Yes
1
No
90
3
NearEastMugwump
Not a single clown appears in ALIEN.
1 comment | Add comment
Is someone possessed?
14 supporters
Yes
3
No
71
4
passerby
not a spiritual possession, but someone’s body is removed from their control resulting in a seizure and gore
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Yes
1
No
23
Are there mannequins?
6 supporters
Yes
0
No
23
0
Kellygator
Not specifically mannequins but a hyper realistic robot is “killed “
1 comment | Add comment
Gross
Does someone vomit?
112 supporters
Yes
104
No
11
22
Mawile
As spoiler free as possible: a character attacks Ripley. At first his sweat looks weirdly white. As he is trying to suffocate her other characters come in to stop him and hit him. He starts to spew white fluid of his mouth a little bit. Later when the crew wakes him back up the same white fluid leaks out of his mouth before he is able to talk.
5 comments | Add comment
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Yes
0
No
21
Yes
1
No
18
Yes
0
No
16
Does someone spit?
1 supporters
Yes
80
No
4
6
CharlieCharlie
Yes the android spits up liquid during its fight with Ripley.
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
17
No
36
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
5 supporters
Yes
0
No
32
4
Anonymous
There cannot be 9/11 depictions if 9/11 hadn’t happened yet. Aka, if the movie was released before 9/11, 2001.
1 comment | Add comment
Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
35 supporters
Yes
2
No
50
2
NearEastMugwump
No cops, thus no copaganda.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
LGBTQ+
Yes
0
No
26
Yes
0
No
18
Yes
0
No
25
Yes
0
No
25
Yes
0
No
17
Loss
Yes
0
No
19
Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
21 supporters
Yes
1
No
77
6
sarahcastic
No, but they try to zap the alien
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
4
No
65
Is there a mental institution scene?
30 supporters
Yes
1
No
83
5
NearEastMugwump
They. Are. On. A. Space. Ship. No institutions, mental or otherwise appear in this movie.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a hospital scene?
13 supporters
Yes
84
No
3
10
Anonymous
Cain is placed in Sickbay when the Facehugger attacks him. There is also an endoscopy (a camera inserted into the stomach) video shown.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
18
Yes
1
No
78
Mental Health
Does someone have a mental illness?
10 supporters
Yes
1
No
18
0
m4xine
Ripley has PTSD
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
72
Yes
0
No
18
Yes
1
No
43
Yes
1
No
12
Yes
0
No
23
Is there autism specific abuse?
55 supporters
Yes
2
No
69
1
Insertnamehere
Autism isn't even mentioned
1 comment | Add comment
Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
80 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
26
Yes
0
No
21
Does someone have a meltdown?
9 supporters
Yes
5
No
13
2
Corellon
Ripley breaks down crying upon discovering a bleak plot twist.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there misophonia?
33 supporters
Yes
37
No
3
4
Corellon
The various fantastical sci-fi sound effects can be very jarring and grating (beeps, whirrs, alarms, etc)
1 comment | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
24 supporters
Yes
76
No
10
8
Little_Xenomorph
I‘d say it could be triggering that Lambert panicks all the time, especially when the Xenomorph is in front of her before she dies
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
20
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
31 supporters
Yes
1
No
46
6
NearEastMugwump
When in the movie, Yes-Voter? Give us the timestamp.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
23
Is there body dysmorphia?
27 supporters
Yes
2
No
69
4
TheDreammweaver
Body horror elements. No body dysmorphia.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
18 supporters
Yes
89
No
1
7
Anonymous
Davis searching the air vents for the alien
6 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
73
Yes
11
No
57
8
porridgegoats
Assisted suicide in the 2003 edition (the director's cut), but not in the original.
3 comments | Add comment
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
1 supporters
Yes
6
No
25
2
Insertnamehere
Nobody is shown to suffer PTSD until the end... if you see the final moments and all of Aliens, then Ripley suffers from it
1 comment | Add comment
Noxious
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
25
No
0
Is there shakey cam?
47 supporters
Yes
69
No
12
4
SmuttyBerry
Shakey cam is used several times through out the movie. Most chase and fight scenes have a lot of shaking effects
2 comments | Add comment
Does a baby cry?
20 supporters
Yes
2
No
41
3
NearEastMugwump
Unless you count the noise the freshly "hatched" alien.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
25
No
0
Yes
5
No
17
Are there flashing lights or images?
50 supporters
Yes
108
No
1
24
captainoliimar
There is extreme strobe effects throughout the majority of the end of the film that were uncomfortable even for someone without epilepsy
4 comments | Add comment
Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
15 supporters
Yes
26
No
3
5
Insertnamehere
Yes. How does this have more "no" than "yes". The Alien is watching the crew for the entire film, even at times when they don't know it.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
0
No
32
Pregnancy
Yes
0
No
29
Does someone miscarry?
1 supporters
Yes
5
No
67
5
NearEastMugwump
No, the alien is successfully "born."
2 comments | Add comment
Are there babies or unborn children?
18 supporters
Yes
3
No
27
2
Corellon
An alien egg hatches.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there childbirth?
28 supporters
Yes
50
No
32
33
Anonymous
If you count 'having an extraterrestrial larvae gnaw its way out of your chest cavity' to be 'giving birth,' then yes, there is a birthing scene.
4 comments | Add comment
Are there abortions?
18 supporters
Yes
1
No
68
0
NearEastMugwump
No pregnancies in this movie. Thus, there can be no abortions.
1 comment | Add comment
Does a pregnant person die?
28 supporters
Yes
7
No
58
4
geoKgaming
Not a woman, but a man has a chest burster kill him, almost like child birth, could be triggering
1 comment | Add comment
Prejudice
Yes
1
No
56
Yes
1
No
59
Yes
1
No
59
Yes
1
No
62
4
NearEastMugwump
Judaism is not mentioned in any context, negative or otherwise.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
42
Yes
1
No
80
Does an LGBT person die?
36 supporters
Yes
50
No
32
28
3liza
Lambert is trans! This is not addressed in the script other than in a brief view of her personnel file.
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
64
Yes
0
No
20
Is a minority is misrepresented?
26 supporters
Yes
2
No
23
2
jdpamv
The only Black character self-sacrifices while trying to save a white. Trans woman portrayed as hysterical but not invalidated.
1 comment | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
22 supporters
Yes
2
No
88
17
RiftWitch
He's actually one of the last to die.
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
66
Race
Yes
0
No
21
Relationships
Yes
0
No
28
Religious
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
0
No
18
Sex
Are there nude scenes?
51 supporters
Yes
12
No
17
7
Radioactive_Leech
There are pictures of nude women seen in the background of one of the fight scenes about midway through the movie
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
25
Yes
0
No
23
Is someone sexually objectified?
47 supporters
Yes
9
No
21
1
jdpamv
Ripley changes to a thin shirt and panties at the end.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
80
4
NearEastMugwump
NONE of the characters in this film are related. Therefore incest DOES NOT HAPPEN.
1 comment | Add comment
Is there sexual content?
65 supporters
Yes
34
No
58
15
Samandthedog
People awaken from, & enter the hibernation pods in their underwear. No sexy lingerie, undershirts, boxers, Sigourney Weaver at end in basic bikini pants.
5 comments | Add comment
Yes
0
No
16
Sexism
Yes
0
No
29
Sickness
Yes
0
No
20
Yes
0
No
23
Yes
0
No
21
Yes
0
No
23
Social
Yes
0
No
20
Yes
0
No
30
Yes
0
No
16
Yes
0
No
23
Spoiler
Yes
1
No
65
Yes
0
No
17
Does it have a sad ending?
64 supporters
Yes
45
No
29
15
Anonymous
The ending could be seen as rather bittersweet. Well, at least Jones survive...
3 comments | Add comment
Vehicular
Yes
0
No
28
Yes
2
No
64
Does a plane crash?
17 supporters
Yes
8
No
55
9
CharlieCharlie
A spaceship is shown already crashed on a planet. The main ship in this film is destroyed by the end.
1 comment | Add comment
Yes
1
No
65
Violence
Yes
1
No
66
Is there blood/gore?
59 supporters
Yes
96
No
1
11
Anonymous
The film's Signature Scene involves a parasitoidic alien larva gnawing its way out of a man's chest cavity.
4 comments | Add comment
Is there a nuclear explosion?
10 supporters
Yes
18
No
46
16
OculusOrbus
Not a typical "mushroom cloud" type explosion, but there is a massive (easily nuke-sized, if not bigger) explosion that occurs in space.
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Is there gun violence?
29 supporters
Yes
10
No
48
9
CharlieCharlie
Flamethrower and harpoon gun violence.
1 comment | Add comment