Alien Rip-offs
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- DirectorAllan HolzmanStarsDon OliveraJesse VintJune ChadwickIn the distant future, a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.
- DirectorNorman J. WarrenStarsRobin ClarkeJennifer AshleyStephanie BeachamA crew of interplanetary archaeologists is threatened when an alien creature impregnates one of their members, causing her to turn homicidal and murder them one by one.
- DirectorBruce D. ClarkStarsEdward AlbertErin MoranRay WalstonA ragtag spaceship crew sent on a rescue mission encounter a formidable enemy, their worst fears projected by their own imaginations.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsStan IvarWendy SchaalLyman WardAfter a member of a geological research team who was sent to Saturn's largest moon: Titan crashes their spacecraft into a space station, another team is sent to Titan to investigate, not knowing the terror that awaits them.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsLaurence FishburneSam NeillKathleen QuinlanA rescue crew is tasked with investigating the mysterious reappearance of a spaceship that had been lost for seven years.
- DirectorCiro IppolitoBiagio ProiettiStarsBelinda MayneMark BodinRoberto BarreseA spaceship lands back on Earth after a failed mission, but the astronauts have been replaced by hideous creatures that can penetrate people's bodies and make them explode. A group of cave explorers 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...
- DirectorLuigi CozziStarsIan McCullochLouise MarleauMarino MaséA former astronaut helps a government agent and a police detective track the source of mysterious alien pod spores, filled with lethal flesh-dissolving acid, to a South American coffee plantation controlled by alien pod clones.
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsSteve RailsbackMathilda MayPeter FirthA race of space vampires arrives in London and infects the populace, beginning an apocalyptic descent into chaos.
- DirectorMario BavaStarsBarry SullivanNorma BengellÁngel ArandaAfter landing on a mysterious planet, a team of astronauts begin to turn on each other, swayed by the uncertain influence of the planet and its strange inhabitants.
- DirectorAlec GillisStarsLance HenriksenCamille BalsamoMatt WinstonWhile studying the effects of global warming on a pod of whales, grad students on a crabbing vessel and its crew uncover frozen Soviet space shuttle and unintentionally release a monstrous organism from it.
- DirectorGeorge P. CosmatosStarsPeter WellerRichard CrennaAmanda PaysPerched on the hull of a wrecked Soviet freighter, a team of deep-sea miners led by head oceanographer Steven Beck comes face to face with a mutant creature that's the product of a failed genetic experiment.
- DirectorLouis MorneauStarsJohn SavageCliff De YoungDon StroudA team of scientists go to a nuclear mining facility to investigate a possible meltdown and instead find a large amount of cloned dinosaurs.
- DirectorAlvaro PasseriStarsTony DomeniciCarlo BonSharon MarinoWhen five teenagers embark on a boating trip, they stumble on an abandoned yacht in the midst of a storm. Unbeknownst to them, there are also ferocious mutated prehistoric fish running amok on the yacht.
- DirectorGeorge Elanjian Jr.StarsStarr AndreeffMitchell LauranceDavid GaleA scientist engineers a group of genetically engineered creatures for use as "supersoldiers" to fight U.S. wars in the Middle East. However, things get ugly when the creatures malfunction and turn on their creators.
- DirectorGlenn TakakjianStarsMatt KulisPatrick BarnesTara LeighA virus from outer space transforms a bio-researcher into a blood thirsty monster. Chief researcher Dr. Vialini doesn't want the cops and public to know about this secret experiment. But he becomes lunch very soon. Its first victim is the lab's security guard. Suddenly, the guard's daughters get worried about him and go to the lab to retrieve their father. However, they have no clue what they're in store for. (UPDATED BY RYTHEBAYLORBEARSFAN89).
- DirectorJuan Piquer SimónStarsJack ScaliaR. Lee ErmeyRay WiseSiren II, a submarine under the command of Capt. Phillips, ventures into the deep on a mission to recover the missing Siren I. Their quest is hindered when the submarine becomes entangled in a patch of toxic seaweed.
- DirectorSean S. CunninghamStarsGreg EviganNancy EverhardTaurean BlacqueA team of navy personnel stationed at a temporary base at the bottom of the ocean and tasked with setting up nuclear missiles discovers a huge underwater cavern which houses a giant prehistoric creature.
- DirectorHarry Bromley DavenportStarsJan-Michael VincentPaul KosloTara BuckmanMilitary scientists discover an alternate dimension and, subsequently, aliens with an appetite for human flesh.
- DirectorHarry Bromley DavenportStarsJ. Marvin CampbellDouglas CavanaughRobert CulpMarines travel to a deserted island to diffuse bombs, only to be terrorized by a deadly alien creature.
- DirectorRobert TorranceStarsKyle T. HeffnerJohn RoarkeDeborah BensonThe crew of a space freighter picks up a mutated jazz musician who got lost in space. What they don't know is that two dangerous criminals are after him. They hijack the ship and take the crew hostage. The crew comes up with a plan.
- DirectorLance LindsayStarsC. Juston CampbellFaye BoltJohn W. SmithCrew members aboard a space ship encounter an alien life form intent on killing them.
- DirectorRupert HarveyStarsDon Keith OpperTerrence MannPaul WhitthorneAfter being cryogenically frozen and waking up on a space station in the near future, the Critters aim to have the unwitting crew for lunch.
- DirectorDavid DeCoteauStarsLinnea QuigleyKen AbrahamMichael ArandaA group of survivors try to avoid the battles of World War III. When they try to escape to the quiet lands, they encounter something much more deadly.
- DirectorDaniel EspinosaStarsJake GyllenhaalRebecca FergusonRyan ReynoldsA team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth.
- DirectorPeter CarterStarsChad EverettJoseph BottomsJennifer WarrenDrillers 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.
- DirectorFred GalloStarsMarc SingerLaura Mae TateBryan CranstonA deadly virus attacks the crew of a Saturn space station.
- DirectorBob KeenStarsCraig FairbrassToni BarryWilliam MarshGroup of heroin smugglers finds shelter on abandoned oil rig after their ship had exploded. Soon they find that the oil rig was just cover for biological experiment. One of the results is Charlie - shape-shifting monster with ability to absorb the memory of its victims. However, even such creatures have their own bad habits.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsAldo RayAngelique PettyjohnWilliam FairAlien monster uses a psychic to try to take over the earth.
- DirectorStephen SommersStarsTreat WilliamsFamke JanssenAnthony HealdA group of heavily armed hijackers board a luxury ocean liner in the South Pacific Ocean to loot it, only to do battle with a series of large-sized, tentacled, man-eating sea creatures who had already invaded the ship.
- DirectorFred Olen RayStarsJohn Blyth BarrymoreBrinke StevensJ.J. NorthAfter an apocalyptic alien attack on Earth, an ion storm hits the planet. A small team of male and female commandos takes shelter in an abandoned research facility. However, something worse than the aliens awaits them in there.
- DirectorAndrew BellwareStarsMichael ShattnerRebecca KushAndrew J. LangtonThe military space cruiser Venom investigates a derelict freighter ship that is carrying a weapon that will change the course of man's destiny.
- DirectorPaul GagnéStarsDale AndersonRayne AspengrenJared CohnA handful of people wind up stranded in a desolate snowy mountain area in the wake of an airplane crash. They seek refuge in an old abandoned cabin. The group find themselves being terrorized by a lethal predatory extraterrestrial beast residing in the basement of the cabin.
- DirectorPeter AtencioStarsWilliam ForsytheStacey HinnenSerah D'LaineIn the midst of a tropical storm, the crew of an offshore oil rig must survive the rampage of a creature after invading its undersea habitat.
- DirectorWilliam MaloneStarsJohn StinsonDiana DavidsonDavid MosesAn ex-cop, now working as a hack novelist, is called out of retirement to help investigate a string of deaths that appear to be the work of a serial killer but soon are revealed to be the work of the Syngenor - the synthesized genetic organism!
- DirectorAntonio MargheritiStarsDaniel BoschMarina Giulia CavalliLuciano PigozziTwo members of Greenpeace discover that a local factory sheds radioactive waste into an active volcano, which has created a terrifying creature that wreaks havoc in the area.
- DirectorPaul MatthewsStarsTodd JensenSamantha WomackOliver TobiasAn alien travels to Earth on a meteorite and mates with humans to preserve its species and destroy humanity.