Article: MONSTER of a movie; The scariest film ever made just got scarier. ROB DRISCOLL talks to Sir Ridley Scott about the timely re-issue of his sci-fi classic, Alien.(News)

Byline: ROB DRISCOLL

THE horror movie is the new black. It's also the new rock 'n' roll. And not just for this Hallowe'en weekend. Every week, it seems, sees the release of the latest, must-see, spine-tingling splatter-fest from the coolest new director on the block.

Kids lost in the woods, kids getting spliced by psychotic knifemen. Killer bugs, killer diseases, killer witches. Freddy this, Jason that, Scream 3, sequels and prequels. But if you're talking about the grand-daddy of screen chills - the place where no-one can hear you scream - then the sci-fi ...

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