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They're coming outta the walls. They're coming outta the goddamn walls!
— Aliens • 1986
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is panic with a perfect voice. Hudson spent the first half of the film as the marine who talks the biggest, so when the walls fail him, the line says out loud what every audience member is thinking. Fans repeat it for any sudden swarm of bugs, deadlines or unwanted emails, and it sits beside 'Game over, man' as the character's two defining outbursts.
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In context
Spoilers for AliensShow the scene
In Aliens (1986), the Colonial Marines are stranded in the colony on LV-426 after their dropship crashed, sheltering with Ripley and the girl Newt. Then the power is cut and aliens attack through the ceiling. Private Hudson, the boastful but panicky marine played by Bill Paxton, loses his nerve and shouts that they are coming outta the goddamn walls, and tells everyone to get out. In the firefight that follows, Burke is killed, Hudson is subdued, Hicks is injured and Newt is taken.
Sources (2)
- Wikiquote: Aliens (film)Hudson quotes sectionReference checked
- Wikipedia: Aliens (film)Plot summary and CastReference checked
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