Here then are 9 of our all-time favorite ’80s Alien rip-offs.
Alien was a huge international success and would spawn three official sequels, a prequel (Prometheus), a sequel to the prequel (the upcoming Alien: Covenant), video games galore, comic books, hybrid franchise features (the Alien Vs.
There’s no real point in waxing too hard on just how influential and game changing Ridley Scott’s 1979 science fiction horror classic Alien was and continues to be.
Indeed, there were tons of shameless Alien rip-offs running wild in the ’80s, all of them crass and many of them – when viewed today – wonderful and tastelessly charming attempts at carny versions of the house that Ridley Scott built.