10 Films That Wanted To Be Alien
3. Alien 2: On Earth
After releasing an unofficial sequel to Dawn Of The Dead (Zombi 2, aka Zombie Flesh Eaters), the Italians quickly ground out another “seemquel” that was filmed in Italy and the US, featured a B-movie cast and invoked the ire of the producers of the original film.
For budgetary reasons, the majority of Alien 2’s action is confined to a series of caves, where creatures brought to earth by a failed space mission attack a group of explorers. As was common among movies of this type, the film may be titled after a recent hit but it’s far from a scene for scene copy.
Imagine The Descent directed by a pseudonymous Italian, full of stock footage and rubbery effects, with idiot characters running around in the dark and you’ll have a fair idea of what the movie has in store. As cheap Italian rip-offs go, Alien 2 is considerably less entertaining than Contamination, though it does manage to throw in gratuitous nudity once the characters get underground. Kudos.