Catching Up
Never Ask an Alien Queen Her Age: Aliens 27 Years Later
July 18 is the 27th anniversary of Aliens, and it has aged well. Mark Blankenship, editor of TheCriticalCondition.com, tells Snakkle that this sequel is right up there with The Godfather II. Jason Zinoman, author of Shock Value, a new book about scary movies, agrees, telling us that James Cameron "took a brilliant horror film [and] transformed it into a brilliant action film." (He also added an "s" on the end instead of the number 2.) Let's look at why Aliens still scares us—in a good way. By Brett Singer
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Carrie Henn—Now
Maybe the creatures scared her off, but Henn decided not to pursue performing after Aliens wrapped. She has graciously participated in various “making of” featurettes over the years, including this one, in which she and Sigourney Weaver discuss how close they became while shooting; watch the whole video, it’s worth it (and under four minutes). Henn is currently a schoolteacher in California, and she and Ms. Weaver still keep in touch.
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