What's up with Twitter these days? Are the blue checks running out of opinions? Because lately the takes have been extra bad, and today's main character is journalist @elle_hunt, who thinks a horror movie cannot be set in space. It all started when @elle_hunt tweeted a poll asking whether or not Alien was a horror movie, after which she followed up with the controversial bad take in question: 'My argument: horror cannot be set in space.' @elle_hunt got dragged so hard by so many people, that she accidentally made 'Alien' and 'Event Horizon' trend on Twitter. While many responded with stills from their favorite sci-fi horror films, others argued simply that 'space' is just a setting, and horror can exist in any setting, as long as there is fear. We've collected some of the spiciest and funniest replies to @elle_hunt's Twitter fail.
Settle an argument: is Alien a horror film? Give reasons why pls
— Elle Hunt (@elle_hunt) April 6, 2021
Yes. Horror is predicated on the fear of the other, the unfamiliar in the world as we know it – space, we already don't know it
— Elle Hunt (@elle_hunt) April 6, 2021
I feel like "bad takes" have transformed into "literally nonsense takes" in the last few months. https://t.co/yzDRPs97D2
— Lincoln Michel (@TheLincoln) April 6, 2021
ALIEN is a horror film.
— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) April 6, 2021
ALIENS is an action movie.
ALIEN 3 is an art film.
ALIEN RESURRECTION is the @YogaHosers of their franchise. https://t.co/zrZTQYHgFS
"horror cannot be set in space."
— Minovsky (@MinovskyArticle) April 6, 2021
It's too early in the day for this discourse. I'm going back to bed. pic.twitter.com/I26ApNnZ2R
shit scary bruh https://t.co/JlBcsoX6lq
— kobe (@kobekenobii) April 6, 2021
Horror exists wherever fear exists. https://t.co/Um3TInVKaG
— Kealan Patrick Burke (@KealanBurke) April 6, 2021
If this is shitposting this is god tier shitposting that even I'm not courageous enough to attempt. https://t.co/fz2WSYYrSQ
— David Szymanski (@DUSKdev) April 6, 2021
My argument: a talking rabbit can never be a detective. https://t.co/GAui3yjvKI
— Jeet Heer (@HeerJeet) April 6, 2021
Lmaoooooo what
— Alyssa Wong 💥🌈 (@crashwong) April 6, 2021
Set whatever you want in space, rules are for losers https://t.co/BvgqALVmNV
We are all in space. Always. https://t.co/0Su3G1jhUu
— player/coach (@CMPunk) April 6, 2021
These 4 Say Hi https://t.co/35Imi4ZEGW pic.twitter.com/kiGm7nwsbP
— Jax (@JaxBladeFitness) April 6, 2021
Genuinely racking my brains trying to think of a single scarier environment than space https://t.co/lVPbGE6iBy
— 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐍 (@Devon_OnEarth) April 6, 2021
I saw Dead Space trending and I was like, "THEY'RE REMAKING IT?!"
— CJ Rosete (@thecjrosete) April 6, 2021
But then I saw it was just a reaction to someone who didn't think space horror can exist. pic.twitter.com/iXwAH8K4wM
i will not take the bad space horror opinion bait and no one can make me
— 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚘𝚛 (@slimyswampghost) April 6, 2021
Me, when I saw the horror/space tweet pic.twitter.com/8EuoLN5NV5
— James Rai (@jamesrai100) April 6, 2021
Is Alien a cat movie? pic.twitter.com/GXfsPnTQjm
— Letterboxd (@letterboxd) April 6, 2021
Settle an argument: is Alien a sandwich? Give reasons why pls
— Sun Destroyer 999 (@bombsfall) April 6, 2021