Alienator

Alienator is a 1990 science fiction film directed Fred Olen Ray, produced by Jeffrey C. Hogue, and starring Jan-Michael Vincent.

Alienator
Home media cover
Directed byFred Olen Ray
Produced byJeffrey C. Hogue
Written byPaul Garson
StarringJan-Michael Vincent
John Phillip Law
Ross Hagen
Dyana Ortelli
Teagan
P. J. Soles
Music byChuck Cirino
CinematographyGary Graver
Christopher Roth
Edited byDan Q. Kennis
Production
company
Amazing Movies
Distributed byImage Entertainment
Prism Entertainment Corporation
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[1]
Release date
  • February 8, 1990 (1990-02-08)[2]
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film was described by Leonard Maltin and confirmed by Fred Olen Ray to be a "semi-remake" of the 1957 film The Astounding She-Monster.[3] Robert Clarke, who starred in that film, also appears in Alienator.[4]

Premise

Kol (Ross Hagen), an alien criminal, escapes from a spaceship into the woods of an American suburb. The commander (Jan-Michael Vincent) of the spaceship dispatches "the Alienator" (Teagan Clive)—a deadly gynoid, to capture Kol. She relentlessly pursues Kol and a group of teenagers whom he meets up with.

Cast

Home media

The film was released on VHS by Prism Entertainment on February 8, 1990.[5]

On March 19, 2013, the film was released on DVD by Shout! Factory as part of a two-disc "Action-Packed Movie Marathon" set, which contains a total of four films.[6] On June 13, 2017, the film was released on Blu-ray by Scream Factory, featuring a commentary track by director Fred Olen Ray.[7]

See also
  • Cyborgs in fiction

References
  1. "Alienator". MGM Studios. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
  2. "Alienator (1990) - Misc Notes". TCM.com. Retrieved December 18, 2012.
  3. Maltin, Leonard (2015). Turner Classic Movies Presents Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide: From the Silent Era Through 1965 (third ed.). Plume. ISBN 978-0147516824.
  4. Weldon, Michael J. (1996). The Psychotronic Video Guide To Film. St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0312131494.
  5. "2 Feb 1990, Page 127 - The Palm Beach Post at Newspapers.com". Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  6. "Action Packed Movie Marathon (Cyclone, Alienator, Eye Of The Tiger & Exterminator 2)". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
  7. "Alienator [Blu-ray]". Amazon.com. Retrieved January 20, 2020.
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