Alien Quotes
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Source: Alien
Speaker: Tagline
In space, no one can hear you scream.
Context
This is the tagline on the poster for the movie Alien (directed by Ridley Scott, 1979).
The Alien franchise has included a variety of genres, from the sheer horror of the original to the more action-oriented sequel...to the we-don't-know-what of the third and fourth films.
The original film enhanced the horror aspect with its insanely creepy poster featuring an egg cracking open with a green glow coming out—some sort of alien salmonella?—and the classic tagline, "In space no one can hear you scream."
Where you've heard it
If you're on the Virgin Galactic space flight seated next to Justin Bieber, no one will hear you scream.
Additional Notable References
- Cult classic Killer Klowns from Outer Space spoofed this line as "In space, no one can eat ice cream."
- Duck Dodgers has an episode titled "In Space, No One Can Hear You Rock."
- We guess Buffy went to space in a comic book: "In Space, No One Can Hear You Slay."
- An anthology of horror-themed space stories borrows this line as its title.
- Is this line scientifically accurate? Mental Floss explains.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
In space, no one can hear you call something pretentious.