Fun Alien(s) Knockoffs available on BD List

[MovieHermit]

Originally Posted by mar3o

Creature got a very cool remastered widescreen DVD release a few years ago, with a new Director's commentary, and was supposed to be released on blu-ray also, but the blu-ray was cancelled and the DVD was pulled just after release.

I may be wrong but I believe the copy in this 3-pack is a poor-quality release. I was looking into it when it was announced but after hearing about the quality I decided against it.

It is poor but considering the source it’s serviceable. I watched it a few days ago. It’s the best transfer of the 3 movies on the disc. I wouldn’t hesitate to pick up the 3 pack based on PQ for a rare movie like this. All the movies are fun if you’re into this sort of thing. PQ very bad for the other 2 released.

[johnlennon696]

[MovieHermit]

This thread just inspired me to buy 3 movies for $100, thanks guys!
Galaxy of Terror
Forbidden World
Humanoids from the Deep

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by MovieHermit

This thread just inspired me to buy 3 movies for $100, thanks guys!
Galaxy of Terror
Forbidden World
Humanoids from the Deep

$100? Those should run around $60 for all 3 after tax and maybe shipping. Cancel and hit up amazon! They are 3 great ones I'm proud to own though!

[Dailyan]

"Dark Star"...oh, wait.

[MovieHermit]

Originally Posted by bigdaddyhorse

$100? Those should run around $60 for all 3 after tax and maybe shipping. Cancel and hit up amazon! They are 3 great ones I'm proud to own though!

Iz from the land up North lol came to $95 Canadian tax in for the 3 movies. I don’t mind.

[bigdaddyhorse]

Originally Posted by MovieHermit

Iz from the land up North lol came to $95 Canadian tax in for the 3 movies. I don’t mind.

Ahhhhh, didn't notice you got the Canada tax. Weren't we near even not too long ago though?

Anyway, those are 3 classics you should enjoy as long as you are slightly sick, not prudish and not easily offended. Galaxy has a legendary scene in it, you'll know when you see it!

[MovieHermit]

Just ordered the Contamination Arrow Blu Ray too. I need help.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Pitch Black is my favourite Alien knock-off, better than Alien3 and Resurrection. Del Toro‘s Mimic has a very Alien feel, especially in the second half. Life was a good recent Alien knock-off, far better than the official Alien prequel released the same year.

[johnlennon696]

Its not actually on blu ray, only DVD, but Zombies the beginning is a fun romp. Its essentially Aliens..... with Zombies. Scene for scene pretty much lol.

[El_Fez]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Prometheus

Originally Posted by Batman1980

How are films from the franchise knockoffs?

Also, Promethius and Alien Covenant are disqualified because the thread header clearly states "fun alien knockoffs".

[Kakihara]

Originally Posted by johnlennon696

Its not actually on blu ray, only DVD, but Zombies the beginning is a fun romp. Its essentially Aliens..... with Zombies. Scene for scene pretty much lol.

I've been wanting to see that one. It's a Bruno Mattei flick, isn't it?

[See Rad]

[johnlennon696]

Originally Posted by Kakihara

I've been wanting to see that one. It's a Bruno Mattei flick, isn't it?

Yup. He did Island of the living dead first and Zombies the beginning is a sequel to that.

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by See Rad

How can an inspiration be a knock-off ?

[prkchopexpress]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

Starship troopers

starship troopers isn't a knock off. that's like saying taxi with jimmy fallon is a taxi driver knock off because they both have taxis.

as has already been mentioned...

contamination. I can't think of a more fun alien knockoff and it has one of the most underrated goblin scores.

[El_Fez]

It's not on blu yet, but I'm hoping that Shout acquiring the entire Roger Corman catalog means we get get copies of Carnosaur and Carnosaur 2 (the shamelessly Aliens rip off as only Corman could do.)

[DenOfEarth]

Originally Posted by ramboraph

I love Leviathan from 1989. It's a great, underrated creature feature with an excellent cast, a wonderful score by Jerry Goldsmith, and fun FX by Stan Winston & his team.

I don't get how Event Horizon is an 'Alien' knock-off. It's more of a Haunted House Movie (only if the house was a space ship) and has nothing to do with aliens or anything. Hellraiser has more in common with Event Horizon than Alien.

These are stretches but i could kinda put flicks like Species and The Relic on the list.

I'd put Deep Star Six on the list but that doesn't have a Blu-Ray yet. Kind of surprised that it doesn't. At the same time, it makes me chuckle that Leviathan is the only 1989 'underwater movie' out on Blu-Ray while the 7 or so others (including The Abyss as well as Deep Star Six) are not since Leviathan is my favorite of the bunch.

Shocking Dark (aka Terminator 2...which has nothing to do with terminators and was released before the real Terminator 2) which is an absolute rip-off of Aliens is getting a Blu-Ray.

I love Leviathan too since i saw it in theaters as a kid! great fun and Weller had a hell of a time in it.

Vestron might do DeepStar Six.

Event Horizon is more like Lovecraft than alien.

[Kakihara]

I'll add David DeCoteau's Creepozoids. I just saw 88 Films release of it and thought it was a blast. I really hope to see a release of Creature soon.

[The Great Owl]

Originally Posted by AKORIS

This was my first thought when I saw the thread title.

Here's my movie content review of Forbidden World that I wrote a few years back, and compared it overtly to Alien...


Forbidden World, another glorious Roger Corman production, not only rips off the plot of Alien, but it also rips off footage from a previous Corman release, Battle Beyond the Stars. The fact that this movie is not only watchable, but actually quite fun, is a testament to the abilities of the low-budget film crew, all of whom were quite enthusiastic about the project.

Jesse Vint, who is best known for a myriad of supporting roles during the late 1970s and early 1980s, plays an intergalactic federal marshal who is assigned to investigate problems at a genetics laboratory on an isolated planet. It tuns out that the scientists' plans to engineer a life form capable of feeding the population has spiraled out of control, resulting in a massive mutant creature that turns humans into gross indistinct masses of protein for its own food source.

This plot is basically just an excuse for copious amounts of gore and gratuitous nudity, but the end result is nonetheless entertaining. I love that the two female scientists, played by June Chadwick and Dawn Dunlap, walk around the laboratory in clear stripper high heels and have a propensity to have long serious conversations while washing each other's hair in the shower.

The mutant looks like a knockoff Walmart version of the creature in Alien, but effective camerawork and quick editing make it halfway fearsome during the confrontation scenes.

Years have passed since the last time that I saw Forbidden World, but I quite enjoyed revisiting it last night. It's another example of how even the bad sci-fi movies of the 1980s were still good simply because they were so...so 1980s. If you're a 1980s kid like me, in fact, then you'll remember June Chadwick from her role in the original V miniseries as the blonde alien who is Diana's second-in-command.