‘Alien’ Film Review (45th Anniversary) | Ep. 175 The Crate 808 Podcast

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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