Alien 2: On Earth also known as Alien Terror and Strangers, is a 1980

Italian films of 1980

This is a list of Italian films that premiered or were originally released in 1980 .-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...

 Italian

Cinema of Italy

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 sequel

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 to the 1979

1979 in film

The year 1979 in film involved some significant events.- Major events :* March 5 - Production begins on Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.* May 25 - Alien, a landmark of the science fiction genre, is released....

 American film

Cinema of the United States

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 Alien

Alien (film)

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which...

, written and directed by Ciro Ippolito

Ciro Ippolito

Ciro Ippolito is an Italian film director and producer.- Biography :The son of an Italian theatre producer, Ciro Ippolito started his career during childhood being an actor in the film Class of Iron by Turi Vasile.In 1972 he participated in the film Augustine of Hippo of Roberto...

 before the mark

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 Alien was registered. The plot has no connection to the original film.

The film features a score by Guido De Angelis and Maurizio De Angelis, performed by the composers under the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 Oliver Onions.

Plot

As the world awaits the return of a crew of male astronauts from a deep space mission, a young woman Thelma Joyce begins to have horrible psychic visions. After the spacecraft returns to Earth missing its occupants, people begin discovering weird, pulsating rocks, which are revealed to be the eggs of an alien creature that incubates inside human hosts.

Critical reception

Adam Tyner of DVD Talk

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wrote, "James Cameron

James Cameron

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 once summed up his followup to Alien

Alien (film)

Alien is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature which...

 as "forty miles of bad road". Alien 2, meanwhile, is "eighty-four minutes of bad, period"."

Daryl Loomis of DVD Verdict

DVD Verdict

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said, "Some people will say that Alien 2: On Earth is a blatant ripoff and some will say that it's a terrible movie. All of those people are right, but given my track record, nobody should be surprised that I love it."

J.C. Maçek III of WorldsGreatestCritic.com wrote, "But watching Alien 2, I can't see how anyone could ever get this even vaguely confused with Ridley Scott's

Ridley Scott

Sir Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists , Alien , Blade Runner , Legend , Thelma & Louise , G. I...

Sci-Fi/ Horror Masterpiece. Watching Alien 2 is less a grippingly realistic experiment in otherworldly terror, and more an intestine voiding experience in passing a stone. There is no confusing these flicks."