THE ALIEN FACTOR Don Dohler! reviews – free on Plex, Tubi, YouTube

Original deleted climatic stop motion sequence:

Bloopers:

Choice dialogue:
Steven [George Stover]: “I’m so sick of looking at dead bodies I’m ready to leave town now.”

Film facts:
The sheriff’s office was a set built in the basement of Don Dohler’s house.
The sequence with the man on the motorcycle was added to the movie after the principal shooting had wrapped to pad out the running time to feature length.

Goofs:
The astronomer and the town mayor incorrectly use the terms “meteor” and “meteorite” interchangeably as if they meant the same thing. The particle broken off an asteroid or comet is a meteor until it hits Earth and if it doesn’t disintegrate it becomes a meteorite.

Notes:
Not to be confused with the 1989 movie of the same name.

Release:
Filmed in 1977, The Alien Factor was released in the USA on May 12th 1978.

Cast and characters:
Don Leifert … Ben Zachary
Tom Griffith … Sheriff Cinder
Richard Dyszel … Mayor Wicker
Mary Mertens … Edie Martin
Richard Geiwitz … Pete
George Stover … Steven
Eleanor Herman … Mary Jane Carter
Anne Frith … Doctor Ruth Sherman
Christopher Gummer … Clay
Don Dohler … Ernie
Dave Ellis … Richie
Dave Geatty … Man in Bar
Margie Van Tassell … Susan
Tony Malanowski … Ed Miller

Budget:
Reportedly just $3,500!

Technical specs:
1 hour 20 minutes
Aspect ratio: 1.37: 1
Audio: Mono

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