The Alien Factor (1978)
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Directors
Don Dohler
Cast
Don Leifert, Tom Griffith, Richard Dyszel, Mary Mertens
The story
A spaceship crashes in a sparsely populated area of Earth and three horrific aliens survive the accident. The grotesque extraterrestrials soon begin to terrorize the local residents, until one intrepid soul named "Ben Zachary" chooses to fight back.
Genres
Horror, Sci-Fi, alien invasion, horror film, science fiction film, science fiction horror film
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