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Now we're getting somewhere. Here's a movie that's
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Now we're getting somewhere. Here's a movie that's ready to make the smallest attempt to take a shot at Ridley Scott's sci-fi slasher classic. It's a poor…
Now we're getting somewhere. Here's a movie that's ready to make the smallest attempt to take a shot at Ridley Scott's sci-fi slasher classic. It's a poor excuse for a sequel, but an interesting take nonetheless. We get to jump into Italy’s not-so-classic, Alien 2: On Earth (Sulla Terra). Brought to us by first-time directors Biagio Proietti and Ciro Ippolito, who had both acted and written for a few Italian productions before jumping feet first into quite possibly the most ambitious project they could helm.
In 1979 filmmaker Ridley Scott introduced the world to his most famous property to date, Alien. A moody and atmospheric slasher set on a commercial space vessel. Essentially giving the victims no place to run. No way to escape. A property that seemed easy enough to follow up. However, Ippolito and Proietti didn't have any inclination to actually create a sequel.
And this couldn't get any further from the source material. The plot in this one revolves around a group of cave explorers embarking on a weekend spelunking adventure in an abandoned cavern that is home to an ancient and slumbering creature who has lain dormant for thousands of years. The jerk-ass humans delve deeper into this cavern and unwittingly awaken the monster who proceeds to dispatch them one-by-one. More to do with The Beast From the Haunted Cave than it does with anything else.
Clearly this began as its own thing and was made with almost no connection to Alien. And I say almost because there is clearly a bit of borrowing going on here with monsters ripping their way out of a human host. Well, one monster. And it’s yet again another highlight in this drab shite. The film was released in Italy on April 11th, 1980, and had the Alien name tacked on to try and attract an audience. False advertising at its worst. So, okay it's not an actual xenomorph movie. And it’s pretty low quality. Believe me I would be wanting my money back too. But maybe the cast can save it?
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★ 8 / 10
A fun'n'funky piece of early 80's Italian sci-fi/horror splatter cheese
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A surprisingly groovy, frenetic and fairly suspenseful subterranean creature feature earthbound "ALIEN" swipe about these ravenous shape-changing…
A surprisingly groovy, frenetic and fairly suspenseful subterranean creature feature earthbound "ALIEN" swipe about these ravenous shape-changing extraterrestrial rock monsters which prey upon a vapid assortment of spelunking youths exploring a deep, dark, dank remote cave. The ham-fisted direction, tin-eared dialogue ("Even he can't stop the monsters"), the cramped, creepy, claustrophobic cavern setting that's nicely redolent of both "The Boogens" and "The Descent," a throbbing Goblinesque score by Oliver Onions (who also supplied the rousing music for the snazzy, stirring post-nuke sci-fi/action zinger "2019: After the Fall of New York"), an incomprehensible, logic-defying narrative, the gorgeous, bewitching brunette Belinda Mayne's perky portrayal of the hypersensitive psychic heroine, the tacky special effects, the righteously gruesome gore, the generally flat acting from a non-star cast, an occasional sappy pop ballad blasting on the soundtrack, a hilariously idiotic climactic chase sequence which takes place in an abandoned bowling alley, future Italian horror film director Michele ("Stagefright," "The Church") Soavi as one of the dumbbell kids, a light sprinkling of charmingly unnecessary filler (i.e., faded, worn-out newsreel footage, a needless scene depicting a jeep pulling out of a garage and driving down the street, etc.) and a side-splitting concluding on-screen title statement which ominously proclaims that "YOU MAY BE NEXT!" all make this shamefully ignored hoot an extremely tasty and tantalizing slice of lovably shoddy and stupid spaghetti splatter schlock.
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