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The Alien Factor

  • 1978
  • G
  • 1h 20m
IMDb RATING
3.9/10
1.4K
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The Alien Factor (1978)
A spaceship containing specimens for an intergalactic zoo crashes on Earth near a small back woods town. The specimens escape, and soon town folk are turning up mutilated. Very low budget feature was the first for Baltimore filmmaker Don Dohler.
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Alien InvasionHorrorSci-Fi

A science ship with three dangerous specimens collected from around the universe crash lands on Earth. A mysterious stranger named "Ben Zachary" shows up claiming to be able to save the day.... Read allA science ship with three dangerous specimens collected from around the universe crash lands on Earth. A mysterious stranger named "Ben Zachary" shows up claiming to be able to save the day. Can he do what he claims?A science ship with three dangerous specimens collected from around the universe crash lands on Earth. A mysterious stranger named "Ben Zachary" shows up claiming to be able to save the day. Can he do what he claims?

  • Director
    • Don Dohler
  • Writer
    • Don Dohler
  • Stars
    • Don Leifert
    • Tom Griffith
    • Richard Dyszel
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    • IMDb RATING
    3.9/10
    1.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Don Dohler
    • Writer
      • Don Dohler
    • Stars
      • Don Leifert
      • Tom Griffith
      • Richard Dyszel
    • 55User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Don Leifert
    Don Leifert
    • Ben Zachary
    Tom Griffith
    • Sheriff Cinder
    Richard Dyszel
    Richard Dyszel
    • Mayor Wicker
    Mary Mertens
    • Edie Martin
    Richard Geiwitz
    Richard Geiwitz
    • Pete
    George Stover
    George Stover
    • Steven
    Eleanor Herman
    • Mary Jane Carter
    Anne Frith
    • Dr. Ruth Sherman
    Christopher Gummer
    • Clay
    Don Dohler
    • Ernie
    Dave Ellis
    • Richie
    Dave Geatty
    • Man in Bar
    Margie Van Tassell
    • Susan
    Tony Malanowski
    • Ed Miller
    Debbie Pietron
    • Couple in Woods
    William Cosentino
    • Couple in Woods
    • (as Bill Cosentino)
    Rick Cosentino
    • Biker
    Greg Dohler
    • Three Children
    • Director
      • Don Dohler
    • Writer
      • Don Dohler
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    • Trivia
      The sequence with the man on the motorcycle was added to the movie after principal shooting had wrapped in order to pad out the running time to a reasonable feature length.
    • Goofs
      When the sheriff is driving along a dirt road after the initial killing, the edge of the car window carrying the camera is visible 2 or 3 times during the side-by-side shots.
    • Quotes

      Ben Zachary: So when I knelt over the creature, my mind went momentarily blank, and then I was aware of a bright blue light, then thoughts began to enter my mind...

    • Connections
      Featured in Blood, Boobs & Beast (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Maybe Someday
      Written by Lon Talbot
      Performed by Atlantis
      © 1976 Mekon Records

    User reviews55

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    I helped make it !!

    I'm the "Dan White" in the credits as "Vance". It was a walk-on, one-line, bit part. Me and "Ted" found one of the bodies and drove it up to "Doc Ruth's" place. The two-tone blue car was mine. Doc Ruth's place was the farmhouse on a horse farm where my sister then boarded her horses. It was a blast to help make the film. I wish it had not turned out as campy as it did. It was not meant to. But it did make it onto Movie Macabre (Elvira's show) and I did get a big smile from her when I met her at an Auto Show in DC and asked if she remembered the film. She said that she did.
    • ygor-2
    • Apr 26, 2004
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    • Release date
      • May 12, 1978 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Alien Factor
    • Filming locations
      • Perry Hall, Maryland, USA
    • Production company
      • Cinemagic Visual Effects
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    • Budget
      • $30,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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