The last movie that really got under my skin was Alien. The idea of some parasitical creature using your body as a incubation chamber was original and unsettling. They used the old movie trick of not really letting you see the monster clearly until the end and let your imagination fill in the blanks. The film was the first sci-fi flick to really have a "gothic" feel to it. Ridley Scott would go on to repeat that effect quite effectively in Blade Runner.
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