With the long-awaited ‘Alien: Romulus’ just around the corner, it’s never a bad time to review some ‘Alien’ curiosities, the legendary science fiction saga. One of them is, for example, the way in which the most disgusting scene in ‘The Eighth Passenger’ was created, the first film in the saga. Do you remember Ash? Well, keep reading.
- NOTE: Spoilers for ‘Alien: The Eighth Passenger’ follow
Beyond the appearances of the fearsome Xenomorph and the occasional death, there is a scene that no fan of the film will ever forget: the moment when Ripley discovers synthetic nature. That is to say, he is an android who follows orders behind the crew’s back.. After a tense situation in which Ash tries to kill Ripleyhis companions come to his aid and the fight ends with the death of the android.
Ash is decapitated and what is under his skin leaves everyone speechless, since instead of muscles, tendons, cartilage and blood, what there is is a whitish substance that flows between cables and circuits. The scene is disgusting to many viewers, and it is likely that when you know how it was done, you will too.
It turns out that To create that strange white, gelatinous-looking liquid, food was used! Specifically, quite common ingredients that many people have in their refrigerator: milk, onion rings and spaghettiamong others. In the following video you can see the complete scene.
Where to watch all the ‘Alien’ movies
At this point, the history of Ridley Scott’s saga is very rich and goes beyond the ‘Alien’ films, since years later the prequels arrived (‘Prometheus’ and ‘Covenant’), in addition to the inclusion of ‘ Alien vs. Predator’ in the franchise’s timeline. In this article you have the chronology of ‘Alien’ and the streaming platform where you can watch all the movies.
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