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welcome to top 5 where we countdown all kinds of things i'm your host is actor there's news about space these days like finding evidence of flowing water on Mars of course that should make some of us start thinking about aliens so let's scare ourselves about the potential threat of extraterrestrial life shall we today we're counting down the top 5 horrifying aliens and movies at number 5 the block now why on earth would you be afraid of what appears to be moving massive gelatin because it will assimilate you while continuing along its merry way that's what the nineteen fifty classics effects look a tad dated the 1988 remake has a superior monster when it comes to looks but spoiler it dropped the alien origin however no matter the execution the concept of the shapeless unrelenting blob is unsettling at number four the aliens in signs now why they horrifying the bulk of the movie doesn't show the aliens instead we get mostly noises and silhouettes okay so what's freaky about them the introduction of the aliens is built up really well in the movie so much tension and then boom and alien walking by in a birthday party they fit the good old standard alien look with the green skin the big black eyes there are a lot of great clear shots of the aliens as well so maybe much of the scare comes from our imaginations and that's not such a bad thing at number three predator the thing is a warrior from another planet who hunts for sports in some respects predators event like a horror movie villain complete with a signature weapons in mask however behind that mask is a snarling beast here's some trivia about the filming of predator jean-claude van damme was originally cast to play the beast but he didn't seem large enough to counter the film stars the seven foot two inch Kevin Peter Hall was cast instead the design was by Stan Winston he handles special effects for Jurassic Park Iron Man and The Terminator series at number two the thing from the thing the alien threat and the thing doesn't have a distinct look when you think it's dead it's not dead it absorbs living things and mimics them with that mimicry creates a huge distrust if you're trying to fight the thing you don't know who's been compromised a single particle of the thing can mean a person is a host for the thing the special effects the 1988 version of the film are incredibly disgusting just disgusting your memory bank might use that imagery to torture you in a future nightmare before we get to number one let's talk about some aliens that I think could have made it on this list but didn't that's right I'm talking about the aliens in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull they were horrifying for all the wrong reasons mainly there shouldn't be aliens in an Indiana Jones movie however cooler heads prevailed and these aliens only get a dishonorable mention on to number one and at number one the xenomorph from alien do I really have to explain why this thing is the most horrifying alien in a movie all right that's my job first up this alien design is from 1979 and it still appears terrifying just on looks alone the design is by HR giger and eyes were intentionally left out create fear since you couldn't tell where it was looking then there's the story of the alien movies these things use other animals to procreate when the spawn of one of these things is ready boom it comes bursting out of the host and there you have it the top 5 horrifying aliens in movies let me know what you think in the comments or on twitter if you think et should have been on this list I'm is for more top fives like this visit top 5 cnet com thanks for watching and we'll see you next time