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It's from Signs. It's the first time you see the aliens, from a shakycam newscast. Scared the hell out of little me.
I heard Gen Z was soft but wow. We were watching dismemberment, head explosions, main characters die in torment; I saw Peter Weller turned into Swiss cheese and marinara, I saw Toxie fuck his girlfriend in an alley with his ear melting off, I saw mother Vorhees pulp campers, all before I was thirteen.
I saw alien when I was six weeks old coward
Y'all are pussies, I heard the Jaws theme in embryo
Well fuck, you can lead the charge i guess.
Gen Z wasnt alive when this movie came out
I too saw terrible things online, doesn't change the fact this scared kids. Congrats on your trauma tho
Tbf films can be viewed anytime after their release
Many of us had actual trauma from being raised by boomers. We watched shit like this just to feel normal.
Well thats mine now
I'm Gen X but psychological horror always scared me more than gore. This scene got me good back in the day, and 99% of the whole movie was just building atmosphere. Anyone can show you a scene of someone's skin getting peeled off to make you uncomfortable, but it takes an artist to genuinely scare you with a cheesy shaky-cam alien.