The Alien Factor (1978)-Don Leifert (1)

Director: Don Dohler

Stars:  Don Leifert, Tom Griffith and Richard Dyszel

Genre: Horror | Sci-Fi

MPAA Rating: NR

Running Time: 80 Mins

Tagline: None



REVIEW

     If you love cheesy sci-fi / horror films that serve no purpose other than cause unintentional laughs, then grab the popcorn and find a comfy couch, because you are in for a treat. The Alien Factor is your typical “shoe string” budget film that stars a bunch of unknowns who can’t act for beans; but that’s ok, we are not interested in good acting…or are we?  Anyways, I promise you that after reading this review you will have a sincere and thorough summary that will leave you decided on whether or not you want to view it.

The film begins with the crash landing of an alien ship containing live specimens for an alien planet Zoo. After the ships’ crash, the specimens escape, and begin racking up a body count. The sheriff and townspeople start scratching their heads in confusion once they find the bodies. Many of the bodies show signs of progeria (a rare age accelerating disease) which makes little sense, because it only affects young children and not adults. But the confusion gets clarified when we are introduced to a scientist that reveals that the citizens are being murdered by ALIENS!!! OH NO!  

Later on in the film, we see the mayor and the scientist finding the remains of the ship. The scientist is later revealed to be an alien as well, but a good one, here to help catch the one that are on the loose. I have to say, for me, this movie was crap. The only redeeming value I got was unintentional laughs. The film can be enjoyed if you have no expectation and are open to just watch and not criticize. Also, the effects in this movie are downright awful, the latex or whatever material they decided to use for the alien looks cheap and underdeveloped.  Now, I know I mentioned earlier, sarcastically, that the acting doesn’t matter, but let me tell you a little secret…it does matter; the acting in this movie makes Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan look like academy award winning actresses.  So with that said, this movie is nothing more than a cheap attempt at making an alien invasion theme film. However, I will admit, that I did enjoy the crap in this flick, even if at times I was snoozing off or just bored to death.  So as a conclusion,  I leave  you for homework to the decide on whether or not you will purchase or rent this flick.

DVD

The only reason I saw this movie was because it came in the “Sci-Fi Invasion 50 Movie Pack” from echo-bridge. If you are interested, you may click the link to buy the box set above, which will direct you to Amazon. I have seen most of the movies on the box set, and the vast majority of them are B-movies

VIDEO

Like the majority of movies on this box set, the video quality is pretty bad. Curious, because the box set claims the movies have been remastered, well that doesn’t seem truthful, because the source looks like it came from a 3^rd or 4^th generation VHS copy.  I don’t mind the bad quality, these movies don’t deserve to be remastered; just don’t advertise it as such.

AUDIO

Just like the video, the quality of the audio is atrocious. At times I had to raise the volume to high on my speakers to understand what they were saying.

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