Posted: May 20, 2017 at 12:51 pm TIL that the infamous "chestburster" scene in "Alien" was inspired by a screenwriter\’s struggle with Crohn\’s disease, a inflammatory bowel disease that made him feel like something was trying to punch its way out of his chest. submitted by /u/crasswriter to r/todayilearned [link] [comments] Source: Reddit: TGIOKDI Upvoted Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.