Alien 2: On Earth
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| Directed by |
Ciro Ippolito (as Sam Cromwell) Biagio Proietti (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Ciro Ippolito Angiolo Stella |
| Written by | Ciro Ippolito |
| Starring |
Belinda Mayne Mark Bodin Roberto Barrese Benny Aldrich Michele Soavi Judy Perrin Don Parkinson Claudio Falanga |
| Music by | Guido De Angelis, Maurizio De Angelis (as The Oliver Onions) |
| Distributed by | Cinema Shares International Distribution (1980, USA) Fiesta Films (1981, Canada) |
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92 minutes |
| Country | Italy United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English Italian |
Alien 2: On Earth/ Alien 2 Sulla Terra, also known as Alien Terror and Strangers, is a 1980 science fiction film, written and directed by Ciro Ippolito before the trademark Alien was registered. It was released following the success of the 1979 film Alien as an unofficial sequel, albeit having little connection to the film.
The film features a score by Guido De Angelis and Maurizio De Angelis, performed by the composers under the pseudonym Oliver Onions. The film co-starred a young Michele Soavi, years before he became a famed Italian horror film director in his own right, and a cameo appearance by Ciro Ippolito himself (in the role of "Joe"). It was filmed in California, the Cinecittà studios in Rome, and in the Castellana Caves.
Midnight Legacy released the film on DVD and Blu-ray on March 22, 2011.
As the world awaits the return of a crew of astronauts from a deep space mission, a young woman named Thelma Joyce appears on a television talk show to discuss caves. Soon after her interview begins, Thelma has a horrible psychic vision. After the spacecraft returns to Earth missing its occupants, a girl on a beach discovers a weird, blue, pulsating rock. Her mother soon finds her with her face ripped off.
Thelma and her husband Roy meet up with their friends for a trip to explore a cave. The group stops at a roadside café to buy food and change into their caving gear. Thelma's friend Burt discovers a blue rock that he decides to keep in his pack.
The group arrives at the cave, and quickly rappels to the bottom to set up camp for the night. Before falling asleep, Thelma tells Roy that she feels that something horrible is about to happen, but Roy calms her down.
The next day, Thelma's friend Jill discovers the blue rock that Burt found appears to be pulsating. The rock opens up and a creature attacks her face. Thelma witnesses the attack and panics. Roy calms her down, then decides to go find Jill's body.
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