Why the Rape scene in Alien vs Predator: Requiem REALLY Bothers Me

I saw something the other day, something which disturbed me greatly, and up until
now has been popping up in my head while I'm trying to sleep, or eat a pie, or masterbate. Its not been easy living with this memory but I'm hoping to talk about it here and get it out of my system once and for all. I am referring to...that bit in Alien Vs Predator: Requiem where the Predalien face fucks a pregnant woman.

Yeah just writing that sentence was hard enough, now I have to describe it in detail, I warn you while doing so I may faint and you'll know if i have because it will be a bunch of jumbled asduiuhisiuuuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhh letters because my head will have fallen onto the keyboard. So I apologize for that in advance.

Anyway, here's the scene in question so you can watch it yourself, if you dare. I have to so I can write this unfortunately


Truly the most pleasant 23 seconds in cinematic history

Now you may be wondering why I didn't pass out after watching it again, well I had a picture of a cute kitten at the ready to look at straight after.

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

Anyway, you may be saying, "Bob, why you being such a pussy, it's not THAT bad". Well in response to that...Dave (hey if you didn't take the time to look up my name, why should I care about yours) to be honest, I'm not sure what bothers me so much. Lets run down the reasons why it shouldn't.

1. It's as dark as fuck so you can barely see what's going on anyway. NOTE: I had erroniously blamed Paul W.S (wank stain) Anderson for the lighting in this scene, however thats not possible because the film was not directed by him. I seem to have a problem with blaming Anderson for bad video game inspired movies. Which isn't fair, becase Uwe Boll does them too. But the point still stands because it is REALLY fucking dark!

2. It's all fakery. We have a film, a Sci-Fi horror film no less, featuring a fake CGI monster (most of the time) violating a fake pregnant woman, who is is acting. With some CGI alien semen going down her fake throat. Add in some fake attempts at lighting the scene and The fake pile is definitely stacked.

3. I'm a man

And I don't mean "hey I'm a man I should be able to take this hard core horror shit any day of the week". What i mean is, surely I'm not the gender that should be most bothered by this.

Allow me to explain, the first alien film contained an equivalent scene to this (though shot in the light, and by a competent director) and had an alien that looked like a giant dick bursting out of John Hurts chest, in what many people call an analogy of Male Birth Trauma. We're not going to go into that much and debate about it, it's just how some people choose to analyze the film, right or wrong is up to you. But I'm my case, yeah I can follow that line of thinking.

And I can already hear people saying "But the scene in Alien was about birth and the scene in AVP:R was about impregnation, two very different things". Well yes you're right they are, but in this analysis I am looking for the equivalent scene in terms of horror, not message. I can't very well compare face fucking here with what happens in Alien. All we get in that film is John Hurts character peering over an open egg, BAM facehugger jumps out, and then next we see him he's in the medi bay with it attached to his face. First time you see the film you don't know what the hell is going on, what its doing on there, and he seems fine for a short time afterwards. The two scenes are in no way comparable in terms of the horror unfolding on screen.

Anyway, for a man, such as I am, the chestbusrsting scene is supposed to be a real stomach churner. The very idea of a phallic symbol bursting out from a mans heart and killing him while simultaneously giving birth to a rape baby is supposed to make even the most hardened man squirm, at least so say the Male Birth Trauma theorists. Now I'm not saying woman cant be affected by the scene too, in fact I'd think its worse for them, considering their the ones who have the kids and watching this scene could bring up all sorts of birth trauma ideas in the deepest recesses of their subconscious.

Don't try to pretend, it will be a horrible alien monstrosity and you know it!

But for me, it's never had that affect, and I'm not saying I'm a hardened man, (hell I cried when Deep Space Nine ended) Maybe its because I saw Aliens first, and already saw the chestburting scene in that film, which is a lot less dramatic, and less bloody it seems too. But yeah chestburster has never bothered me. But face rape does.

So yeah lets outline the scene in AVP:R (as its known amongst people who hate words) the Predalien comes in to the room (I'm pretty sure its a Predalien I'm sorry if I've got that wrong, its been a while since I've seen the film and i don't plan on watching it ever again, and I'd skip this scene if i did.) He's a big scary mother-to-be-fucker, and he's not pleasant at the best of times never mind the fact you can barely see him (no I'm not going to let the lighting in this scene off the hook) He saunters over, has a look, has a scream, gets a few back at him, and he takes so long doing this I was half expecting him to wink to the audience in a kind of "yeah, you know what's coming" way.

"and what's coming will be me...oh yeeeeeeaaaaah"

Then comes the act itself, the horrible, disturbing, gruesome, unforgettable act. And seriously there are so many sexual metaphors at play here it would take all day to list them, including a lesbian one, because of the fact the Predalien must be female to do this...thing. Yeah this is definitely the worst lesbian scene I've ever had the displeasure of watching. So with the audience of one woman watching from the bed beside her (who must be thinking she's next) he proceeds to glomp onto her face with, whatever that is and pump hot Alien semen down her throat. Ok granted because chestbusters come out later we assume it was in fact little CB's, but since we don't get to actually see it and its open to interpretation I'm going to fuel my nightmares and stick with alien cum.

Also don't forget that this woman was pregnant, and those CB's heading down to her womb are going to be happy find a snack at the end of it. So all in all we got a horror sandwich of Rape, Alien Impregnation, Abortion and Inevitable Alien Birth all in one. Top that off with a side order of Death for the women too. And even though Anderson didnt make this one I must remember to write a letter to him and express my gratitude of inadvertantly bringing this fuckery to the silver screen, (by virtue of making AVP in the first place)

You smug strange red haired chick from Fifth Element humping wanker you

So what point was I trying to make with this blog? To be honest I've forgot, but while writing it I think I have discovered why this scene disturbs me so much. Back in the Eighties when I was a wee nipper of about 6 or 7 years old, I stumbled upon one of the best Sci-Fi shows I'd ever come to see, which was "V". Of course it was on very late and I shouldn't have been watching it, but I was fascinated as well as being terrified. And which scene traumatized me the most? Namely this one.


As Brian Conley would say "It's a PUPPET"

What a coincidence eh? This scared the living piss out of me for weeks, no exaggeration, I would have waking nightmares about the alien baby (the green one not the lizard tongue one) creeping up on me while I was trying to sleep. I'm surprised I didn't need therapy (maybe I do, maybe this explains all the issues in my life, the failure to succeed, the cold sweats I get, the overuse of brackets and commas)

One bit in particular brings it all back to me, it's the noise the alien makes when it's crawling out the womb, that odd breathing sound, it's always creeped me out, along of course with the music, the great job by the actors to really sell it, and the staring eyes of the alien puppet as it turns to look at everyone in the room, and finally starting INTO THE CAMERA AS IF TO SAY "YOU'RE GONNA DIE STEVE BWAHAHAHAHAHA"

Save me Mr Fluffy

Phew, anyway. In the AVP:R rape scene, which shall forever be known up to now as the most fucked up scene involving aliens and sex I've ever seen. The Predalien also makes a weird noise while its pumping spooge down preggos gob, I can't describe it, but it reminds me of the alien baby in "V", and that's what I think bothers me, a latent memory of an awesome, but traumatizing TV show.

And with that cleared up I think I'm over my fear of this rape scene, maybe I needed to just talk about it or make the connection with the past, either way I think I can watch it without fear of fainting anymore. Oh yeah I didn't post a clip of the AVP:R birthing scene from a bit later, so I might as well.



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