In 1958, a film by the director Edward L. Kahn based on Jerome Bixby’s screenplay “It! Horror from space. " The basis of the picture was the story of an expedition to Mars, which ended in complete failure. A monster penetrated the mission ship, mowing the crew one member at a time and moving through the ventilation shafts.
The story in 1979 inspired Ridley Scott to shoot Alien (IMDb: 8.50). The work of the British director has become a classic in science fiction and a cult project in the history of cinema. The painting received $ 104,931,801 box office receipts, with an initial budget of $ 11,000,000. After that, “Alien” began to “borrow” the plot and inspire filmmakers. Similar films appeared regularly at the box office and continue to be released to this day.
Infection (IMDb: 5.30)
At the head of the list of films similar to "Alien", you should put the tape of the joint production of Italy and Germany "Infection". The project is a natural rip-off. The director Luigi Cozzi was originally guided by the masterpiece of Ridley Scott. But because of the modest budget, the events in his film unfold on Earth, and the monster looks like a sedentary cyclops.
At the center of the story is an ex-astronaut and police detective figuring out where the alien disputes came from with deadly acid. By the way, the spores eerily resemble eggs from the Alien tape. Films similar to the Ridley Scott project often use plot twists or monster artwork. It should be noted that the Italian director made his picture very cruel, but he failed to surpass the original.
Also, for the human mutations, claustrophobic rooms and other plot elements, the Alien movie was nicknamed Leviathan (IMDb: 5.80).
Galaxy of Terror (IMDb: 5.10)
All films similar to “Alien” do not have such significance as the category B tape “Horror Galaxy” from director Bruce D. Clark and producer Roger Corman. The point is not in a verified script or brilliant visualization, but in the fact that real nonsense is happening on the screen.
The plot of the rescue mission. An armed crew sets off for the planet Morgantus to track down missing colleagues. After landing, they discover a pyramid where carnivorous monsters attack people. It all ends sadly.
Hero astronauts behave more stupidly than in the "Testament" or "Prometheus", but the picture gave the world now the famous James Cameron. In the credits of the film he appears as a decorator and production designer. It was he who came up with how to make vile worms move in a severed limb. James connected the electric wires to his hand. His ingenuity in the "Galaxy of Horrors" helped the development of a creative career, soon in the track record of Cameron appeared "Terminator", and then "Aliens".
And Roger Corman, the famous king of the B-movie subgenre, once again tried to play on the success of Alien. In 1982, under his leadership, director Allan Holtzman directed the film The Forbidden World (IMDb: 5.30). It should be noted that the rating of films similar to “Alien” is low, with the exception of the work of John Carpenter.
“Something” (IMDb: 8.10)
John Carpenter himself calls the horror "Something" his favorite movie. It is attributed to the gold fund of the film industry, put on a par with Blade Runner, and it is traditionally watched annually by scientists from British expeditions to the Antarctic. And many are silent that he appeared due to Ripley's misadventures.
Producers of the tape from mercantile motives wanted to make the most of the formula "evil alien monster against defenseless man." One of the advertising slogans of the picture shamelessly includes the words alien. Now it’s even strange that in the 80s the tape failed at the box office.
"Living" with "Prometheus"
2017 Wi-Fi directed by Daniel Espinos can be compared to the 1979 film, or it can be attributed to films similar to Alien: Testament. The expedition of scientists goes to Mars, the local organism gets on board the spaceship, turning into a terrible monster hunting a crew in the closed space of the ISS. At the production stage, the producers of the painting admitted that “Living” (IMDb: 6.60) was inspired by “Alien”. But after the premiere, they changed their point of view, saying that the project of Daniel Espinos more noir work.
The Prometheus tape (IMDb: 7.00), originally declared as a prequel to Alien, but after being transformed into an independent film, has a direct resemblance to Alien: Testament. The "covenant" in the universe of Aliens is a continuation of Prometheus.
At the heart of the story is a team of researchers. Trying to solve the mystery of the origin of mankind, they plow the far corners of the universe on the Prometheus spaceship. They have a terrible battle for the salvation of the future human race. Ridley Scott's next work is almost the most successful project among films similar to Alien.