10 Films That Wanted To Be Alien

10. Creature

Here we go again: another group of space explorers land on a distant planet and encounter an alien creature that according to the poster has been “sleeping peacefully for 2000 years….until now!”

What separates Creature from your average Alien wannabe is Klaus Kinski as a flaky German scientist who’s given to bug-eyed ranting or muttering gibberish while devouring a sandwich. According to director William Malone, Kinski introduced himself to the filmmaker with a “joke” about how he once raped his daughter and he certainly brings a level of unpredictability to his role. Like him or loathe him, Kinski is really something to see.

He’s the sole saving grace in an otherwise uninteresting film that unfolds as you’d expect, though fans of American Dad might get a kick out of watching Wendy Schaal facing off against Kinski.