Aliens meet Baltimorians and synth soundtracks ensue! Only cost $3,500 in 1976!

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Fri, May 12

The Alien Factor

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The Alien Factor

Directed by	Don Dohler
Written by	Don Dohler
Starring	Donald Leifert Tom Griffiths George Stover Mary Mertens
Distributed by	Cinemagic Visual Effects, Cinematic Titanic (riffed version)
Release date(s)	May 12, 1978
Running time	90 minutes
Language	English
Budget	$3,500

The Alien Factor is a 1976 B-grade science fiction film directed and written byBaltimore low-budget filmmaker Don Dohler. The film begins with a young teenage couple making out in a car when an insect looking monster attacks. The local sheriff must find out what's causing the killings. Meanwhile, the mayor is breathing down his neck. The mayor wants to keep a lid on the deaths so a multi-million dollar amusement park will be built. The film features the special f/x of Ernest Farino, John Cosentino and Larry Schlecter. This science fiction thriller was shown frequently on TV throughout the 80's, including Ted Turner's Superstation.

On February 23, 2010, this film was riffed by Cinematic Titanic.

Sequel

The film titled The Alien Factor, Alien Factor 2: Alien Rampage, was not actually a sequel. The sequel sounding title was chosen by Retromedia distributor Fred Olen to market the film on DVD in 2002. The original title for The Alien Factor 2... was Alien Rampage. Alien Rampage was filmed in 1999 and was Don Dohler's comeback movie after an 11 year hiatus from filmmaking.

From IMDB:
The Alien Factor
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. Written by Humberto Amador

Movie - The Alien Factor (Dohler, 1978)

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