40 Films in Robotech: Alien (1979)
This was the first horror film I ever saw – decades ago. And it still freaks me out. ROBOTECH MENTION: In Jack McKinney’s 1987 Robotech book Metamorphosis , Earth rebels Rand and Annie infiltrate an Invid base with the intent to gather intel and assist the rest of their group take out the whole base. Once Rand and Annie enter the base, Rand processes the alien surroundings by referring to multiple films including Alien (1979). While he never mentions this horror film by name, he clearly references its infamous "facehugger" scene. Read these excerpts from pages 106 and 107 of Metamorphosis … SYNOPSIS: 2011 Blu-Ray case synopsis: “In the first chapter of the terrifying Alien saga, the crew of the spaceship Nostromo answers a distress signal from a desolate planet, only to discover a deadly life form that breeds within human hosts. Now the crew members must fight not only for their own survival, but for ...
