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Writer:
Ed Waters (writer)
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Release Date:
20 February 1981 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A L I E N - Er Tilbage Igen På Vor Egen Planet Jorden (A L I E N - Is Back Again On Our Own Planet Earth) more
Plot:
Drillers on an oil rig near Antarctica discover that they accidentaly brought up several prehistoric eggs. One egg hatches and becomes an unstoppable creature. Chad Everett and Jennifer Warren risk there lives to stop it. full summary | add synopsis
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Mediocre made for TV Alien clone more (5 total)

Cast

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Chad Everett ... Jake Nevins
Joseph Bottoms ... Scott
Jennifer Warren ... Colette Beaudroux
Rockne Tarkington ... Mark
Lynda Mason Green ... Robyn
Paul Larsson ... Sam (as Paul Larson)
James Hayden ... Harry Colman
Michael Hogan ... Chili
Mary Ann McDonald ... Wilma

Matt Craven ... Phil
Ed LaPlante ... Ed
Mickey Gilbert ... Mickey
Joe Finnegan ... The Intruder
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Lucifer Rig
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Runtime:
91 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Errors in geography: The film takes place near Antarctica, away from cities and even civilization. However, in several scenes there can be seen lights and cars in the background as if it were near a city. more
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References Alien (1979) more

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Mediocre made for TV Alien clone, 5 June 2000
4/10
Author: andybob-3 from Massachusetts, USA

Yes, it's yet another 80's attempt to cash in on the success of "Alien". This one held my interest maybe two-thirds of the way through, but then it just gets cheap and silly. I kind of liked the premise, workers on an isolated oil platform digging up an ancient lifeform from deep beneath the ocean floor, then of course they find themselves at its mercy like any respectable monster. But when all's said and done it just follows the same old tired formula, with sacrificial good guys and bad guys, and doesn't have the monster FX to back it up in the climax. Not as bad as most other clones (which is not saying much), but still not worth getting excited over. I gave it a 4.

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