Alien 2: On Earth (1980)
"Alien 2 - Sulla terra" (original title)

Ultra-low budget and very violent rip-off of "Alien". A space module lands back to Earth after a failed mission, but the astronauts have been replaced by hideous creatures that can ... See full summary »

Director:

Ciro Ippolito

Writer:

Ciro Ippolito

Stars:

Belinda Mayne, Mark Bodin, Roberto Barrese

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Belinda Mayne	...	Thelma Joyce
Mark Bodin	...	Roy
Roberto Barrese	...	Speleologist
Benedetta Fantoli	...	Maureen (as Benny Aldrich)
Michele Soavi	...	Burt (as Mychael Shaw)
Judy Perrin	...	Maureen
Don Parkinson
Claudio Falanga
Fabrizia Castagnoli	...	Thelma Joyce (voice)
Luigi Diberti	...	Roy (voice)

Storyline

Ultra-low budget and very violent rip-off of "Alien". A space module lands back to Earth after a failed mission, but the astronauts have been replaced by hideous creatures that can penetrate into people's bodies and make them explode. A group of speleologists are attacked by the monsters inside an underground cave, but the survivors are in for a surprise when they finally manage to escape the trap...

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Plot Keywords:

alien | actor director writer | face ripped off | gore | eye gouging | 

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Taglines:

...ora può colpire anche te

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

11 April 1980 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Strangers

Filming Locations:

Carlsbad, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

ITL 400,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

GPS

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min 82 min (VHS)

Sound Mix:

Mono 4-Track Stereo (magnetic prints)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

20th century fox wanted to sue Ciro Ippolito $10,000,000 for using Alien in the title. However, a British lawsuit pointed out that there was a novel from the 1930's called Alien, so Ippolito won the case.

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Goofs

When Thelma shakes Cliff, her helmet falls off, but makes no sound as it hits the ground.

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Quotes

Thelma: But Roy, the ocean's three miles away from here!

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Crazy Credits

[before end credits] ...You may be next!

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Connections

References Quatermass II: Enemy from Space (1957)

User Reviews

Horror or Comedy?

When I watched this film I knew almost nothing about the original Alien series. I just had heard about them and, so I thought this would be the original' s movie sequel. The Greek title confused me a little bit ("A monster on earth"). When I found out that this was not the movie I expected to be I became furious. You can understand only from the last scene how silly this movie was (I decided to watch it all because I should pay for it). The heroine found out that she was alone in the city and then a title came out saying: YOU COULD BE THE NEXT!(No other comments for that) I can't advice you to watch it because I'm not sure if your local video store would have it (it is a very popular movie, you see) but I would recommend this movie to anyone loves gore (Too gory with very silly special effects)

Here's the main plot: The heroine (I can't remember her name) discovers caves and has terrible headaches because of the alien's arrival on earth. Anyway, they (there were some others too) decide to go to a cave to find out that they were carrying an alien rock with them witch turns them to disgusting monsters/aliens which are after the rest of them (or something like that). Funny for children but too gory. 2/10