Alien 2 sulla Terra (1980)

User Rating:

3.7/10   

Director:

Ciro Ippolito

Writer:

Ciro Ippolito (writer)

Release Date:

11 April 1980 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Ultra-low budget and very violent rip-off of "Alien". A space module lands back to Earth after a failed mission...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Digit In Title | Deserted City | Bowling Alley | Spelunking

Cast

Belinda Mayne	...	Thelma Joyce
Mark Bodin	...	Roy
Roberto Barrese	...	Burt
Benny Aldrich
Michele Soavi	...	Burt (as Mychael Shaw)
Judy Perrin	...	Maureen
Don Parkinson
Claudio Falanga
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Fabrizia Castagnoli	...	Thelma Joyce (voice: Italian version)
Luigi Diberti	...	Roy (voice: Italian version)

Also Known As:

Alien 2 (USA) (video title)
Alien 2 è sulla terra
Alien 2: On Earth (USA)
Alien Terror (UK) (video title)
Strangers (USA)

Runtime:

92 min | UK:82 min (VHS)

Country:

Italy

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R | West Germany:18 | UK:18 | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Castellana Grotte, Bari, Apulia, Italy

Company:

GPS

Goofs:

Continuity: When the person's head falls off, blood completely covers it's face. When the head is shown on the ground, a patch of the head isn't covered with blood.

Quotes:

Thelma: It seemed like a mineral! Then it suddenly came alive! Poor Jill!

Movie Connections:

References The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)

you could be next...to watch it

A lot has been written and said about Alien 2. The unauthorized follow up of Alien. I watched it years ago and just could remember the falling head attacked by an alien. So I watched it again. But my only concern was to catch the uncut version, English language. A lot has been said about the running time too. I have seen versions that goes up to 100 minutes, here on IMDb and other sites they say 92 minutes but when you catch a seller of Alien 2 it's always 82 minutes long. So I did catch me the 82 full uncut version as said on the cover. The full uncut should contain the falling head, the exploding head and the head sucking. There is also a nudity scene taking place, my copy was intact. All I can tell is that it is a slow starter. A lot of blah blah and a lot of bowling scenes. When they finally descent the gore starts. But again in a slow way. Everybody hates this movie, strange, it is also one of the most searched OOP's due to the falling head. I have seen worser but don't expect a follow up of the original Alien, the budget is way to low for that. So it goes on and on, all those horrorgeeks will once in their live being caught by this flick. As said on the end credits, you could be next...