On an all-new, epic 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Ben and interim co-host Jim Healy take a deep dive into deep space to dissect an all-time sci-fi/body horror classic, Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece, ALIEN.

Come for the atmosphere, cinematography, naturalistic performances and profound mystery, stay for ribald stories of Miss Hidden Valley, Johnny Dangerously, Francis Veber, and an intense game of "Which film has aged better,  ________ or Alien?"

On an all-new, epic 70 Movies We Saw in the 70s, Ben and interim co-host Jim Healy take a deep dive into deep space to dissect an all-time sci-fi/body horror classic, Ridley Scott's 1979 masterpiece, ALIEN. Come for the atmosphere, cinematography, naturalistic performances and profound mystery, stay for ribald stories of Miss Hidden Valley, Johnny Dangerously, Francis Veber, and an intense game of "Which film has aged better, ________ or Alien?"

Ep. 40 - Alien

From Witch Mountain to the Planet of the Apes; from the Bad News Bears to Billy Jack; from Roller Boogie to Rock-n-Roll High School… 70 MOVIES WE SAW IN THE 70S is “Teen Movie Hell” author Mike McPadden and University of Wisconsin film guru Ben Reiser revisiting the 1970s cinema they experienced as kids in the New York City of Sidney Lumet, Uncle Floyd, the Forty-Deuce, and “Fright Night” on channel 9. Now featuring new co-host, Scott Lucas and a rotating gallery of guests!

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