Alien ripoffs and requels

[HuDaFuK]

I personally really like Leviathan, I think its The Thing underwater, with Alien-like way of getting the thing on the ship (discovering a derelict ship, crew member infected etc), and its really good up until the very end

"Say, ah, motherf*cker!"

Are there any somewhat decent Alien rip offs or are they all just straight up shit?

It's not really an Alien rip-off, but you should check out Outland because visually it looks exactly like Alien (a lot of the same production crew worked on it). I mean it could literally be taking place at the same time in a different part of space. Not a bad movie either, although it's not horror.

[Nyarlathotep]

Thanks for all of the suggestions everyone, I'll have to give some of them a try.

[Master]

Forbidden World aka. Mutant is one of my favorite (and guilty pleasure as it is). It has absolutely great lead character and babes. Some scenes are decent too.

In Galaxy of Terrors the crew are bunch of halfwits, on pair with Prometheus.  It has biggest production value ( and Lifeforce), wih really stunning sets,  but that's all I can say about it being good. Well actually gigant maggot rape scene is good too.

[Local Trouble]

It's not really an Alien rip-off, but you should check out Outland because visually it looks exactly like Alien (a lot of the same production crew worked on it). I mean it could literally be taking place at the same time in a different part of space. Not a bad movie either, although it's not horror.

Indeed.  They could literally transplant Sean Connery's character into an Aliens prequel about the infestation of the colony and he wouldn't seem even slightly out of place.

[Nyarlathotep]

Forbidden World aka. Mutant is one of my favorite (and guilty pleasure as it is). It has absolutely great lead character and babes. Some scenes are decent too.

In Galaxy of Terrors the crew are bunch of halfwits, on pair with Prometheus.  It has biggest production value ( and Lifeforce), wih really stunning sets,  but that's all I can say about it being good. Well actually gigant maggot rape scene is good too.

Well, I know which one is at the top of my list now.

[StrangeShape]

In Galaxy of Terrors the crew are bunch of halfwits, on pair with Prometheus.  It has biggest production value ( and Lifeforce), wih really stunning sets,  but that's all I can say about it being good. Well actually gigant maggot rape scene is good too.

Yeah, Galaxy of Terror really does look nice, but the movie is so awful I could never even reach the half of it

[OpenMaw]

It's not really an Alien rip-off, but you should check out Outland because visually it looks exactly like Alien (a lot of the same production crew worked on it). I mean it could literally be taking place at the same time in a different part of space. Not a bad movie either, although it's not horror.

Though, someone should have let Jerry Goldsmith know that, because his score sounds like a continuation of some of the stuff he did in Alien. Creepy, unsettling. There's even bits and pieces of his motifs from Alien in there. The one that sticks out is you can hear bits that sound like they come right out of the EGG chamber sequence.

Also, I do love Leviathan. I just wish the ending wasn't so by-the-number and silly... And

Spoiler

Ernie Hudson shoulda lived!

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[Scorpio]

Love Outland, I might pick up the blu ray at some point.

[ScaryMinds]

Are there any somewhat decent Alien rip offs or are they all just straight up shit?

Galaxy of Terror

Make up your own mind, there's this scene involving a giant maggot that has some cult following.

[Kimo]

Not an Alien film, but check out the first Pumpkin Head movie. It's made by Stan Winston and the creature FX looks fantastic for a B movie. Pumpkin Head basically has a Xenomorphs body with a pumpkin shaped head. Like I said it's not a space monster but a demon from hell out for revenge, that looks very xenomorph ish. Also has Lance henriksen in it and the plot is decent.

[PierreVW]

After ALIEN(Ridley Scott), THE THING(John Carpenter) is the greatest movie of all time.

[SiL]

What does that have to do with anything?

[Local Trouble]

In his defense, I don't think it can ever be overstated how great The Thing is.

[FiorinaFury161]

I concur with Local as well.

[HuDaFuK]

Sure, but it's neither an Alien rip-off nor an Alien requel.