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Director:
Don Dohler
Writer:
Don Dohler (writer)
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Release Date:
May 1978 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Sci-Fi more
Plot:
A spaceship containing specimens for an intergalactic zoo crashes on Earth near a small back woods town... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
Blood, Boobs & Beast, and DVD News
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User Comments:
Don Dohler's genius grade-Z sci-fi on DVD more (25 total)

Cast

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Don Leifert ... Ben Zachary
Tom Griffith ... Sheriff Cinder
Richard Dyszel ... Mayor Wicker
Mary Mertens ... Edie Martin
Richard Geiwitz ... Pete
George Stover ... Steven Price
Eleanor Herman ... Mary Jane Carter
Anne Frith ... Dr. Ruth Sherman
Christopher Gummer ... Clay
Johnny Walker ... Rex
Don Dohler ... Ernie
Dave Ellis ... Richie
Dave Geatty ... Man in Bar
Marie Van Tassell ... Susan
Tony Malanowski ... Ed Miller
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Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #24922) | Norway:15 (video premiere) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec)
Filming Locations:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Company:
Cinemagic more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This film was the third featured movie in the 2009 live show tour of "Cinematic Titanic", featuring "riffing" by alumni of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" (1988). more
Movie Connections:
References Jaws (1975) more

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Don Dohler's genius grade-Z sci-fi on DVD, 22 June 2002
Author: kennywest1 (kennywest1@email.msn.com)

Don Dohler, the unsung hero of home-grown sci-fi, has finally come to DVD. The Alien Factor is a complete cheeseball that has a decent storyline and hypnotic music to enjoy while laughing at impossibly cheap alien costumes. If I were Don, I'd want to sue Steven Spielburg for ripping off his idea of marooned aliens. The whole show is fun, the alien make-up is actually scary. Unlike the following John Waters attained from his home-grown Baltimore movies, Don Dohler's overlooked home-grown Baltimore movies will be considered cult classics someday thanks to these fantastic revival DVDs.

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