So, I was lucky enough to watch Alien Romulus on its (UK) release day yesterday. And I was enjoying the film, feeling the tension, thrilling at the action scenes, catching the callbacks, you know, standard thing an obsessive Alien fan does while watching an Alien film.
Then we got to the ending.
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*Inhale*
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK FEDE ALVAREZ!?
WHAT WAS THAT THING!?
JESUS GOOD LORD IN HEAVEN, I NEED RELIGION AFTER WATCHING IT, JUST SO I CAN FEAR GOD MORE THAN WHATEVER THE FUCK THAT THING WAS!
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Ok, I've calmed down.
Still tho..... oh my lord....
I kinda knew something bad was going to happen with Kay and her baby, but like, did not think Alvarez had the courage to go there...
I hated how AvP Requiem killed off pregnant women and children without much thought to the true horror of what it was doing, and while Romulus at least was a little more respectful, this still felt like one hell of a line had been crossed. The 'Offspring' was disturbing enough on its own, but what made it extra nightmarish was how it was born. It was the baby, and now it was a monster that destroyed its mother without second thought as soon as she rejected it. Not only do I feel bad for Kay, pretty much losing her child and then being violently murdered by... Well, whatever the fuck the 'Offspring' was. A hell of a twist for sure, but I won't lie, I almost threw up the minute I left the theatre. Bad enough to put a pregnant woman through what she went through, then to do that... Goodness, I don't know how I didn't have nightmares last night. I was silent through the bus ride home, listening to soul to cheer me up, only really occasionally being able to whisper 'Holy Fucking Shit' under my breath.
Well, that was my experience, anyone else also traumatised, or did you not find it as terrifying as I did. Still enjoyed the film, just couldn't get that scene out of my mind.
