Alien Trespass (2009)

After crash landing near a desert town, an alien enlists the help of a local waitress to re-capture a monster that escaped from the wreckage of his space ship.

Director:

R.W. Goodwin

Writers:

Steven P. Fisher (screenplay) (as Steven Fisher), James Swift (story)

Stars:

Eric McCormack, Jenni Baird, Robert Patrick

7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric McCormack	...	Dr. Ted Lewis / Urp
Jenni Baird	...	Tammy
Dan Lauria	...	Chief Dawson
Robert Patrick	...	Vern
Jody Thompson	...	Lana
Aaron Brooks	...	Cody
Sarah Smyth	...	Penny
Andrew Dunbar	...	Dick
Sage Brocklebank	...	Stu
Tom McBeath	...	Wilson
Vincent Gale	...	Stiles
Jerry Wasserman	...	Sam
Jonathon Young	...	Lloyd (as Jonathan Young)
Michael Roberds	...	Bubba
Laura Carswell	...	Laura (as Laura Konechny)

Storyline

The story begins in 1957 in the star-filled skies above California's Mojave Desert. It is a special night for noted astronomer Ted Lewis, who is preparing a special dinner for his beautiful, adoring wife Lana to celebrate their wedding anniversary. In another part of town, Tammy, a waitress at small local diner with big plans for the future, looks out her window and is excited to see a shooting star, which she takes as a good sign for her dreams. But, what Dr. Lewis and Tammy assume is a shooting star, is really an alien spaceship. The fiery ball hurtles toward earth and crash-lands on a butte in the desert. The only witnesses are teens Dick and Penny who are necking in a nearby lover's lane. A tall, metallic alien named Urp emerges from the craft unharmed, alarmed to discover that the monstrous Ghota, who was also on board, has escaped. The menacing one-eyed creature's unquenchable appetite could mean the end of civilization as we know it. Urp is the only one who knows how to stop ...

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Plot Keywords:

1950s | alien | waitress | ghota | spaceship | 

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Taglines:

They! Have! Arrived!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for sci-fi action and brief historical smoking

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

January 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

It Came from Beyond Space

Filming Locations:

Ashcroft, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$43,437, 5 April 2009, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$104,526, 6 September 2009

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rangeland Productions,Accelerator Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Urp is waving goodbye (after kissing the girl) he clearly has an erection in his silver suit.

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Goofs

While Tammy and Ted/Urp are riding in the pickup, the amount of electrical tape showing on the steering wheel changes several times.

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Quotes

Vern: No, no, no, PPP is proper police procedure. PPD is an unknown DOA.
Stu: I thought that wsa a PPK. No, a PPK is what you do behind a tree after you see a stiff.

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Connections

References The Man from Planet X (1951)

User Reviews

What a movie!

I just watched this movie at the Palm Springs Film Festival Premier screening and I recommend you all to watch, it is a great movie and I had the pleasure to see the Director and Erick McCormick talking about the movie and the making of this fantastic work. I will see it again when is on the movie circuit! The scenes really takes us back in time and the Cast did work their part really well too, the costumes. It's funny, entertaining and everyone in the Theater had the were really pleased and voiced out on their comments.

Worth Seeing everyone!

Yara