The Intruder Within

TV Movie
1981
Unrated
1h 31m

IMDb RATING

4.7/10

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Horror Sci-Fi

Drillers on an oil rig near Antarctica discover that they have accidentally brought up several prehistoric eggs. One egg hatches and becomes an unstoppable creature. Chad Everett and Jennife... Read allDrillers on an oil rig near Antarctica discover that they have accidentally brought up several prehistoric eggs. One egg hatches and becomes an unstoppable creature. Chad Everett and Jennifer Warren risk their lives to stop it.Drillers on an oil rig near Antarctica discover that they have accidentally brought up several prehistoric eggs. One egg hatches and becomes an unstoppable creature. Chad Everett and Jennifer Warren risk their lives to stop it.

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IMDb RATING

4.7/10

509

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Chad Everett in The Intruder Within (1981)

Joseph Bottoms in The Intruder Within (1981)

James Hayden in The Intruder Within (1981)

Rockne Tarkington in The Intruder Within (1981)

Lynda Mason Green in The Intruder Within (1981)

Jennifer Warren in The Intruder Within (1981)

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Trivia
The design for the creature is sometimes mis-attributed to H.R. Giger; in fact, Giger had no involvement in its creation.

Goofs
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.

Connections
References Alien (1979)

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4/10

Shameless rip-off of "Alien"

Here are the parallels: Blue collar workers aboard an isolated company oil rig (fuel-refining space ship) stumble upon several prehistoric (alien) eggs that spawn powerful and ferocious creatures with an unusually rapid growth rate, one of which "impregnates" a female (male) member of the rigging crew who has a creature burst out of her (his) stomach...all under the watchful eye of a treacherous company geologist (science officer).

Unbelievable.

I'm shocked nobody got slapped with a lawsuit for this one.

Still, the oil-rig setting is inventive and most of the performances are half-decent, as is some of the dialogue. But the action and suspense (what little there is of both) show up in fits and starts... and this TV movie was obviously hindered by too many budgetary and content restrictions to make any kind of an impact.

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