The Alien Within

1995 film
  • Roddy McDowall
  • Alex Hyde-White
  • Melanie Shatner
  • Don Stroud
CinematographyMike MickensEdited byJohn BergstrasserMusic byChristopher Lennertz
Release date
  • July 18, 1995 (1995-07-18) (US)
Running time
75 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

The Alien Within is a 1995 horror science fiction film directed by Scott P. Levy and starring Roddy McDowall, Alex Hyde-White, Melanie Shatner, Don Stroud, and Richard Biggs. It was also known as Unknown Origin.

Plot

At a future (2020) underwater mining platform, an alien parasite, dubbed the "vampire bug," [1] plagues the crew of the platform.[2]

Production

Produced by Roger Corman as part of Roger Corman Presents.[3]

Reception

Creature Feature gave the movie 3 out of 5 stars. It found the movie to be a mixture of Trancers, Alien (film), The Abyss and The Thing (1982 film). It praised the script by Alex Simon for keeping the movie interesting. It was not as enamored with Scott Levy's direction.[4]

References

  1. ^ "The Alien within".
  2. ^ Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature: 3rd edition.
  3. ^ Grimes, William (July 9, 1995). "Yikes! Roger Corman Is Back, Still". The New York Times. p. 4.
  4. ^ Stanley, J. (2000) Creature Feature: 3rd Edition

External links

  • The Alien Within at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • The Alien Within at Letter Box
  • The Alien Within at Reelzchannel.com


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