Jones from ‘Alien’

The cat
A ginger Tom with a habit of wandering off into the vast bowels of the Nostromo in search of… what? Space mice?

The scene
It’s a horror classic. ‘Heeeeere, kitty kitty…’ After ‘little shithead’ Jones sets off the ship’s motion-tracking devices, Harry Dean Stanton is sent off into the cavernous cargo deck to bring him back. We’re not sure if it’s intentional, but Jones leads poor Harry right into the path of something very large, toothy and ill-tempered.

Motivation from the director
‘Run away… keep running… keep running… now turn and… hiss!’

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