Alien tops list of movie monsters

It first appeared on screen almost 40 years ago, but Alien has come top of a list of most infamous movie monsters.

The creature, which burst out of John Hurt’s chest in the 1979 Alien film before appearing in sequels, has been named the most frightening creation from film history in the poll for the Radio Times.

The skeleton army from Jason And The Argonauts (1963) took second place, and The Thing from the 1982 film of the same name was third.