Alien Invasion Movie Fan? Check these 8 Movies Out!
Alien invasion films are pretty much the quintessential of the sci-fi genre.
Where logical or evil extra terrestrials invade the Earth
in order to enslave or wipe it out its populace,
steal its resources or use its population as plant fertilizer.
So for this video I�m going to be focusing on a wide variation of invasion film
types, in which I will cover small scale high schools dramas up to Big scale city
events.
And for those of you new to my channel, I typically try to avoid picking
obvious choices, so in this case films like The War of the Worlds or Invasion of
the body Snatchers won�t be appearing. However I might put one or two
(1986)
In 1959 an alien vessle crashes on earth, where its contents infects a local
passerby. Now over 20 years later in the 1980�s as a part of their fratenity
inititaion, two nerdy freshmen are sent to a morg to pickup a corpse. What
they don�t realise is that one of these frozen cadavers isn�t as dead as they
might think.
Where has this film been all my life? After only seen this movie recently
Night of the Creeps was well worth hunting down. It�s suprisingly creepy with
some fun praticle effects and great one liners. Could it have been better?
Well of course, but that doesn't nessisarily mean its mediocre by any stretch
of the imagination.
If your in the mood for an alien invasion film and you�re not quite sure what to
see, I say check out Night of the creeps, it's very entertaining and well worth
your time.
Director Edgar Wright�s alien invasion Action comedy, The world�s end 2013
5 friends who slowly became separated over time are reunited in an attempt
to finish an incomplete pub crawl from their youth. As they try to patch up
their past and present, they unwittingly discover that they�re humanity's last
hope for survival, and that completeing the pub crawl isn�t their main concern.
The third installment of Edgar Wright's cornetto trilogy, The World�s End is a
pretty smart, crazy and funny film. That almost perfectly captures a British
mans midlife crisis using comedy & drama, that�s acompanied by Wrights
original and unique editing techniques.
Unless your like my Barbar who has an irrational disliking for Simon Pegg or
like me, you find comedies are lame unless you find them funny, then you
should enjoy this movie.
Director Peter Yates�s, alien invasion action fantasy, Krull (1983)
The Planet Krull faces annihilation from alien beings, who are led by an
omnipotent Beast who invades other planets using his dark fortress. The
story follows a prince and a fellowship of unlikely compaions who are on a
mission to save his bride and stop this monster from destroying his Kingdom.
Definatly a so bad it�s good movie - As far as I know Krull is the only fantasy
film in which knights fight aliens with lazers . Despite having a predictable
plot, cheesy acting & amazing practical effects, Krull has & an excellent film
score and some original ideas.
It has quite a few memorable moments too, like whenever an aliens knight get
killed, they make this freaky noise. And for an extra bonus you get to see a
young Liam Neeson getting his ass kicked.
Director Tobe Hooper�s alien invasion Mystery Horror, Lifeforce (1985)
When a space shuttle mission investigating Halley's Comet brings back alien
vampires to Earth. It's up to an astronaut and a determined police inspector to
attempt to capture a beautiful but mysterious alien woman who appears
responsible for strange events that are happening in London.
Apart from sharing the same name of one of my faviour NES games, Lifeforce
has a sexy naked Space vampire, and Patrick Stuart making out with a guy,
what more could you want?
Well I have to say this film is very werid, but it�s filled with first rate special
effects, great gore and is pretty entertaining. The plot is a little incoherent in
places, but generally speaking Lifeforce is worth a watch if you havne�t seen
it yet.
Director John Brunos alien invasion Horror thriller, Virus (1999)
Follows the crew of an American salvage team, who board a seemingly
abandoned Russian research vessel in hopes to claim it for a large finders fee.
But they soon discover from the only Russian surriver they find, that they
need to get of this ship before it�s too late.
Filled with horror movie cliches and gore, Virus is strangly underrated
considering its cast, original concept and pratical effects. You could consider it
one of those so bad it�s good films, but after watching a lot of recent horrors,
this doesn�t come off half as bad as the critics say.
I�d say the films biggest weakness is that its pretty silly in places, and some
of the characters motivations just don�t make sense, but apart from that it�s
adventure, Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
After been struck by a meteorite on her wedding day, a young woman called
susan is transformed into a giant. After been abducted by the U.S.
government, Susan joins a team of monsters who are sent to stop a hostile
alien threat - whos goals appear to be a mystery.
A fun parody and homage to monster movies, Monsters vs Aliens is a
lighthearted action adventure with some good comedy moments. I�m sure
quite of lot of people will consider this as just a kids movie, and I can�t fully
disagree with that. But that doesn�t mean it�s not a good invasion film, with
some cool action scenes and ideas.
While it�s premise and ending is a little lack lustre, the rest of Monsters Vs
Aliens is fairly solid and worth watching.