Awesome, Crohn’s Disease was the inspiration for the chest-burster. I can totally relate. “O’Bannon (who died in 2009) went on to write the script for Alien, but what wasn’t widely known is that he suffered from Crohn’s disease, a debilitating digestive disorder. According to Zinoman’s book, “the digestion process felt like something bubbling inside of (O’Bannon) struggling to get out.” From his own torment came the idea for the alien bloodily punching its way out of John Hurt’s chest during dinner. (via Little-known sci-fi fact: What inspired Alien chestburster scene | Blastr)” *thanks MPM for sending this along.
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Awesome, Crohn’s Disease was the inspiration for the chest-burster. I can totally relate.

“O’Bannon (who died in 2009) went on to write the script for Alien, but what wasn’t widely known is that he suffered from Crohn’s disease, a debilitating digestive disorder. According to Zinoman’s book, “the digestion process felt like something bubbling inside of (O’Bannon) struggling to get out.” From his own torment came the idea for the alien bloodily punching its way out of John Hurt’s chest during dinner. (via Little-known sci-fi fact: What inspired Alien chestburster scene | Blastr)”

*thanks MPM for sending this along.

Source: blastr.com