How many times have you watched it?

Did not know that was her birthday. Happy belated birthday Ms. Weaver!

As far as how MANY times I've watched it? In honor of each actor I've probably seen it five times for each of them!

I have a copy of Aliens that I taped off of TV, a VHS tape and the special edition DVD. So this is a movie I practically know by heart.

I'm 38 and I've probably seen it right through only about 6 times. I always wait for it to come on TV - there's more of a sense of realistic horror in thinking that many people are potentially being scared at the same thing at the same time. To me, you're not supposed to seek out horror, it's supposed to creep up on you eg in the schedules. The first half of Alien is relatively 1970s - laidback, scene setting, arthouse-esque. The second half more or less invents the rollercoaster 1980s. It's a scary (and also elegant in places) film, particularly Brett's demise and Ash's ejaculation of a death also lends the film a decadently obscene nature.

I cannot possibly count how many times I have seen Alien over the almost 40 years it's been out. But it's a lot.

It might be around a dozen. Which is a lot for me. It's my favorite horror movie.

One of those rare movies I'll go back and revisit every few years. There's just so much to admire about it.

-I was born in a crossfire hurricane.

Haha!

I stopped counting after I reached 150th time.
My careful estimation is +170 now.

It's the movie I've watched the most.

And a masterpiece.

Abso.
Lutely.

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I would say around 10-15 times.

I've watched "Alien" around 4-5 times a year since I first got a VHS copy in 1986. I guess that would total somewhere in the 120+ times range. (I don't watch it on VHS anymore, though.) This total includes the "Director's Cut" assemblage, which I've seen many fewer times, obviously.

Once