Brandon's Cult Movie Reviews: ALIEN RIP-OFF MONTH COMPILATION

[@TheBrandonTenold]

What are some other 'Alien' rip-offs I didn't get to here that you'd like to see me cover in the future?

[@scattershotjd9823]

Galaxy of Terror and Creature always stuck with me when I was a kid. Creature would've been better if you could see the beast half the time, but Galaxy of Terror is something I'd be more than down to see a legit good remake of.

[@lucarocks7866]

How about the Wraith? Or The Car? What? Those are not alien ripoffs??? Wow I'm in disbelief!

[@darkmatterterraformer]

The Terror Within

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

*"AVH: ALIEN vs HUNTER"* (2007), the Asylum mockbuster film to *"ALIEN vs PREDATOR: Requiem";* starring William Katt, best known for *"CARRIE"* (1976), *"BABY:* *Secret of The Lost Legend",* and *"The Greatest American Hero".* *"ALIEN 2: On Earth"* (1980), the Italian "unofficial sequel" to Ridley Scott's *"ALIEN"* (1979) from writer/producer/director Ciro Ippolito (credited in the film as Sam Cromwell). *"Forbidden World"* (1982) aka *"Mutant",* another *"ALIEN"* rip-off from Roger Corman that John Carl Buechler called "The BEST Sleazy Rip-Off of *"ALIEN"* Ever Made".

[@TheTjSquire]

Not an Alien rip-off, but a solid Canadian knock off of Species called Decoys. Bonus: equally bad sequel.

[@TimelordPrime]

Watching a longer version of already watched Brandon Cult Movie Reviews Is Super Easy, Barely an Inconvenience.

[@RabbiSteve]

Seems like that would be a good pitch. Maybe we should schedule a meeting? Or a crossover episode! That wild be awesome: Pitch Meeting meet Brandon!

[@TimelordPrime]

@@RabbiSteve Yes!

[@JeffKing310]

Wow, wow, wow, …. Wow

[@evilbob840]

Referencing other KZbinrs in the comments it tight!

[@tonybrewer7536]

​@evilbob840 Wow wow wow.... Wow

[@herkamer6390]

You need to do another Alien Month Marathon.

[@DavidRoarty]

yeah, Alien: Romulus hits theaters this August, taking place between the events of Alien and Aliens

[@higherground9888]

@@DavidRoarty make it stop

[@lookingforlove839]

Ooh stealing catchphrases is tight

[@joelmacha2104]

​@@DavidRoartyBut there was already a story set between them. And it was good.

[@brandonlordbaltimore5182]

​@@joelmacha2104 Which one was that?!? I'm genuinely asking.

[@MagnaRyuuDesigns]

The actor who played Corben (Edward Albert) in Galaxy of Terror had a pretty long career until his death from Lung Cancer in 2006. He did a lot of Cartoon voice work.

[@The_Avenger596]

10 likes and no comments?!? I dare say that’s insane!

[@timeliebe]

Only a year after his Dad, Eddie Albert (yeah, the guy on GREEN ACRES), died? That's sad.

[@magusred]

Holy Hell that opening monolog deserves a Tongue Twister Award! Well done. Can only imagine how many takes that took.

[@AkuTenshiiZero]

Honestly the whole thing in Lily CAT about how deep space travel displaces you from time is probably the most interesting thing about the movie. It's something that you never really see addressed in sci-fi, imagine how horrifying it must feel to know you can never really go home, because home is 40 years in the past.

[@thekeeperofsecrets1615]

Weirdly enough they did the same thing in transformers beast wars. The transwarp drive could put you anywhere anytime

[@bawintermage8351]

I bought a copy of Lily Cat on VHS years ago. I thought it was a good thriller like They we're 11. I can remember who distributed it, was it Streamline or US Manga Corps

[@spademagna2672]

Gunbuster is another anime that explores the concept

[@marhawkman303]

@@spademagna2672 The novel version of Ender's Game has that idea too. They have FTL comms... but space travel still takes years. Long haul trips in space might result in the company that paid for the trip going bust before you even get to your destination.

[@NecromancyForKids]

You don't see it too much, but I do know there is a good number that have. I believe that the Planet of the Apes has a similar concept.

[@thegreatstoneddragon9432]

If anyone's curious, Creature a.k.a. Titan Find was made available on Blu-Ray in 2021, thanks to Vinegar Syndrome.

[@qwijoma1873]

I remember spending YEARS trying to track down Galaxy of Terror only remembering the part where Sid Heigs arm got chopped off!

[@mgrzx3367]

Sid Haig is amazing. He did it all. He passed away in 2019, and is in movies released in 2022 and 2023. He is forever!

[@DontInterruptMeCunt]

I loved the Easter egg of him as Spaulding. Just letting the DVD sit on the menu and him talking shit.

[@mgrzx3367]

Arigatou Sensei. 🌸@@DontInterruptMeCunt

[@shannondore]

Met him at an autograph signing in 2010. He was really sweet. He said he had a good time making spider baby and that they really sailed around on the pirate ship while filming Swashbuckler. And that it was fun.

[@TheEyez187]

Haig, motherfucking legend! I've always loved clowns and since Spaulding, loved them even more, lol his carjacking scene in Devil's Rejects, I can quote in its entirety, not just the lines, but the timing and cadences; so memorable. I sadly never got the chance to meet him, but I've seen many interviews with both him or people who have met him, and I've never heard a bad word about the guy. ~A down to earth guy that appreciated his fans and would interact with them; a lot like how Keanu Reeves is! RiP to 1otG's

[@mgrzx3367]

Thank you so much for sharing. He was amazing. He was in a James Bond movie and in Pamela Greer blaxploitation movies. @@shannondore

[@soremuss]

The sound effects from the origjnal Alien trailer still gives me the chills. I can't remember the last time a horror movie gave an actual scare.

[@tambor34]

I recently saw Godzilla Minus One and most of the audience applauded at the end. I can’t remember the last time I saw that happen.

[@shannondore]

That was one of the best Godzilla movies I've seen in a long time.

[@DavidRoarty]

yeah, i wonder if Brandon will do Vlog review of it or Godzilla vs. Kong(2021)?

[@bawintermage8351]

Everyone was crying though most of the movie, it was heart wrenching and uplifting at the same time in the way that Color Purples pulls at your strings, heights of elation and depths of pain.

[@KirKanos01]

The problem with the alien franchise is, its getting dumber and dumber with every "new important film"...and so they kill the biggest part of alien "the unknown horror/terror factor"

[@loschrodproductions4519]

And the CGI aliens in the prequels

[@edisonlima4647]

Yeah... the whole "who cares about aliens, fear this robot who looks like a Swedish stockbroker and who is evil just because!" is far from interesting for me.

[@MagicE13]

Now we just have to wait 20 years for the Godzilla Minus One Review. The wait will be totally worth it.

[@DrJReefer]

Who knows, Brandon might have two grey hairs and a wrinkle by then.

[@KoolAidBuzz]

13:26 That wasn't Freddy vs Freddy, it was Freddy vs Layne Staley.

[@juniperartist]

Galaxy of terror was one of my childhood favorites. I love your commentary on it😂

[@shallendor]

Galaxy of Terror is one of the best sci-fi films! Lily C.A.T. was a cool and fun film! Contamination and Creature were fun films!

[@TsunogaiDanshaku]

The rest of the movie may be dull and slow-moving, but I really like the cyclops in "Contamination". They did a good job making it look really gooey and unpleasant, and the design is highly memorable - it manages to look both malevolent and emotionless at the same time, which is what you want for your gross alien mind-control monster.

[@tskmaster3837]

This video is the only lasting thing to come out of Alien: Covenant. Yes, I can't believe it either. Prometheus I get but the one with Alien directly in the title?

[@shannondore]

I wasn't even aware there was a new Alien movie coming out. Now I'm intrigued. And that first minute made me dizzy. Good job with that.😂

[@vickanid1862]

Oddly, I don't see Galaxy of Terror as an Alien ripoff. Its storyline, which actually is original and makes sense, is totally different. One of my favorite sci-fi movies!

[@Animalover205]

Brandon, thank you for making these video compilations, it makes it easier for people like me who want to watch your series in order.

[@RydarkVoyager]

During your marvelous deep dive of the prequel-sequel-not-sequel intro, I had a PTSD of Marlon Brando's closing whisper of Apocalypse Now: "The horror... The... horror..." Why? Don't know.

[@shanelleshizukoeppler6721]

I'm liking these compilation videos. I just marathon your content in the background while I'm doing random stuff anyhow.

[@capsizebrian]

In Galaxy Of Terror, I never understood why Erin Moran was killed off. She was actually conquering her fear- Claustrophobia. It was like an after thought to just have a chance to one up the chest buster scene.

[@privateer236]

Ahh Sid Haig, definitely remembered him from Jason of Star Command and other quality children's programming.

[@detritus10001]

The Circus castlevania tune was awesome! Damn shame it had to start skipping and ruin the whole thing. I thought they'd finally explain why the Belmonts all prefer whips for fighting vampires after all these years! Dang it!

[@wstine79]

This is one of my favorite marathons from Brandon Tenold.

[@jonahfalcon1970]

You do know Alien is a spiritual successor to The Thing From Another World, so The Thing cashed in on a movie that was an homage to the film it was a remake of.

[@reed1189]

I'm loving these compilations. Keep them coming!

[@cortexexpansion1248]

By the way Creature actually was released on Blu Ray by Vinegar Syndrome semi recently. Also published a tie in paperback novel.

[@KoolAidBuzz]

Susan Ross' mom was the crazy captain in Galaxy of Terror. Shit yeah.

[@Ken_Brooks]

Dude, Your pop culture grounding is beyond measure. Keep up the good work.🤘

[@Citizen_J]

Wow! A whole month in just one day. Talk about a bargain!

[@stirgy4312]

Saturday night. 1981. Galaxy of Terror Opening weekend. A 12 year old and his friends get some adult to buy us tickets. Might have been my first R rated movie. I remember loving it, being scared, and freaked out. Saw Tron the next year in the same theater. This brought back fun memories ❤️

[@GnrMilligan]

As always, great content! Thanks Brandon.

[@frednone]

The scene with the egg exploding is almost as good as the guy fishing down in Florida and when he leans over to wash his hands in the water one of his friends says, "I wouldn't do that if I were you." To which he replies, "It's for two seconds, what could happen?' Shark grabs his hand and pulls him out of he boat.

[@couldnotbereachedforfurthe2647]

Alien brain worms that animate the dying and the dead is also a plot point of Night of the Creeps.

[@PartiHippo]

The beginning reminded me of Peter Rosenthal's the onion film standard review of Dawn of the planet of the apes. I respect anyone who can channel Peter Rosenthal vibes into their film reviews

[@thewonkyeyedwoman]

Brandon, you have look at Watership Down, my favourite cartoon film since I was 7 years old

[@robwalsh9843]

I still think Galaxy of Terror is probably the only space opera horror movie.

[@JeffreyHrynkiw]

Got a classic for you, its called 'knightriders'. Not related to the talking car. It stars Ed Harris, Tom Savini. It is a retelling of the king arthur legend...kinda

[@metabebop]

*You make me giggle...thank you*

[@DeepEye1994]

The padding-like exposition heavy dialogues of LILY Cat makes me appreciate the more unusual but realistic "talk normally like it was another day at work and explain the existence of robots in the setting ONLY when it comes up/matters to the plot" from Alien, its less clunky and makes me feel Im genuinely looking into a futuristic spacecraft with people who act mundane about it and dont explain things they should already know to themselves for the benefit of the viewer. All the worldbuilding wannabe chit-chat in LILY didn't really matter to the story that much or made me care more for the doomed characters and felt more like a constant "You're watching a cliched SciFi thing!" or very "As you know"-esque

[@ConstantineFurman]

"Where the hell were you??" "I got lost..." *newp expression...* "Alright, good enough for me." Still comedic brilliance right there. 🤣

[@randytessman6750]

I can not believe I have never seen Galaxy of Terror, I would have paid cash easily just to see "Joanna" in a movie ....lol Only two differences between Brandon and myself is because am older saw most of these bad movies at the theatre or drive-in and second that am not earning $$ reviewing them. Have always loved the cheesy bad movies and have seen a lot of them, great fun to laugh at ;) 420

[@DeepEye1994]

23:39 Either they forgot to add a red/orange filter or maybe they're in the frozen North Pole of Mars

[@Field_Marshal_Emu]

Well, an egg laying Cyclops wasn't what I had my money on.

[@dirkbonesteel]

First "title drop" worth mention, good job

[@stephenison5703]

The first time I ever saw creature was on me TV and I was like why the hell is the movie so fkn dark🤷🏼‍♂️

[@kennydeez..1774]

🔥🔥🔥🔥This was sooooooo Damn Kool.. Great Commentary And Recaps On All Movies.😂 Hilarious And Enjoyable To Watch👍🏾💯👍🏾

[@jonathanmulondo9206]

You need to do a Godzilla or Star Wars rip-off marathon next

[@DavidRoarty]

yeah, and with Alien: Romulus hitting theaters this August, hopefully a new Alien rip-off month

[@cryptiecreep]

Fun fact, Nancy's voice actress, Julie Maddalena, played Rachel in the original Children of the Corn

[@ricardobornman1698]

So in a nice way you trying to say that Ridley Scott completely lost his mind? 🤪

[@Vfbmax1795]

That or Hollywood's grabbing at straws as to what will get people in seats

[@annnichols3091]

I haven't seen this one, but now I want to see it.

[@kylemendoza8860]

Alien and Halloween franchises have more timelines. Than franchises that have actual time travel.

[@cbis93]

Keep up the good work dude!

[@tri-ox9508]

He asked what happened to Ranger at the end of Galaxy of Terror. I think he became the new Masters’ assistant, kinda like the old woman (Mitri) at the beginning of the movie. Any other thoughts?

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Fun Fact: In the Japanese dub of *"LILY C.A.T.",* the character of Nancy Sutoraha was voiced by Masako Katsuki, who later starred as Michiru Kaiou/Sailor Neptune from the 90s *"Sailor Moon"* anime, as well as the Japanese voice of Arcee in *"THE TRANSFORMERS: The Movie"* (1986) and Michael Bay's *"TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of The Fallen"* (2009).

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Fun Fact #2: Another Japanese voice actress from the original *"Sailor Moon"* anime: Yoshiko Sakakibara, who voiced Queen Nehelenia in the fourth season: *"Sailor Moon* *SuperS"* (1995) and the first six episodes of the fifth & final season: *"Sailor Moon Sailor Stars"* (1996), was the voice for Carolyn in *"LILY C.A.T."* (1987). She also was the Japanese dubbing voice for Veronica Cartwright in the 1992 VHS/DVD edition of *"ALIEN"* (1979).

[@Jackson-9mk]

Fun Fact English Dub Actor For Sailor Mars Voice Acted Courtney From Season 1 Episode 3 To Tdas Aka Total Drama Allstars

[@sunnydark1664]

My head just exploded from that opening lol

[@olepigeon]

18:12 - "Is this a stand-up fight, sir, or another bed bug hunt?"

[@Vasher-The-Destroyer]

Considering they'res a new alien film in the works we might get another alien month.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

I'm pretty sure all these ripoffs are better than the movie we'll get. they are already better than Prometheus and Covenant by a country light year!

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

33:24 Jonesy was with Ellen Ripley on the Nostromo's bridge (and she tucks him in a pet cage) just as "Kane's Son" attacked and killed Dennis Parker & Joan Lambert; plus in the 2003 Director's Cut, it simply stared at Jonesy in the cage and then slaps the cage out of the way.

[@buzbom1]

0:35 To be honest.... I stopped at the end of Aliens. Ripley, Newt, Hicks, and Bishop made it back to Earth and live as a mom n dad adopted Newt with uncle Bishop. I mean come on, they and we deserved that happy ending. Alien 3 I saw and threw away in my mind. Alien 4 aka Resurrection stood on it's own separate from the others. I mean it took place 75yrs after the "Aliens" story line. Ripley was a clone experiment hybrid. Newt and Bishop would be maybe still alive. Bishop definitely.

[@davidnickels3325]

Back in the day, when going to the local video store was a big deal, my dad and I watched this a couple of times just because it had Klaus Kinski.

[@varanid9]

"Contamination" reads kinda like "Quatermass" on tranquilizers.

[@alexandresobreiramartins9461]

Hi Brian! Time for The Thing month!

[@axelwulf6220]

What I don't understand with Contamination, is how an Astronaut, a FREAKING ASTRONAUT, fakes his death to become a Cartel drug lord That seems to be a Hell of a step down Like Top Rung of the ladder and arbitrarily decided the bottom has a better view

[@TheRealNormanBates]

being mind controlled by the Queen Alien Garbage Bag had something to do with it too.. so there's that.

[@axelwulf6220]

Sure But there had to have been better ways to go about it

[@mauricedavis2160]

Mission accomplished Brandon, I was lost at time stamp; 042!!!👽🤯👌👻❣️

[@jacketuniverse3986]

Dude you really need to review the Heisei Gamera movies

[@scaryperi3051]

Dude, you really ought to check out his videos before making suggestions--he's reviewed those.

[@kyj1147]

Where can I get the sound you are using for the trailer? I love it!

[@mndrew1]

Wow, nice "Snow Crash" reference. :)

[@timeliebe]

ALIEN CONTAMINATION: "The Lieutenant sticks around because...I dunno, he's third billed?" Yes, that's why! But the in-universe reason is likely that he's seen what those eggs do first-hand, and the Government doesn't want information about them getting out before they know what they're dealing with. You can either send him on his way and risk him going to the newspapers (remember when people could do that?) with his story, or you can deputize him and get his help....

[@UberzillaVIII]

I literally just watched the original alien movie; I guess I have to watch this as well.

[@alekpo2000]

42:26 this is hands down the best part, the worldbuilding and stuff, dont know why brandon was so angry at it. its all a fresh take on space exploration while the monster is the same lame thing we saw better in many other movies.

[@theheavyboy8838]

Could you review the movie Evolution by Dreamworks

[@padawanmage71]

If we watch this, do we get to talk about the Bonus Situation? :D

[@LittleMissGrosser]

The first guy who died in Galaxy of Terror was screaming like Homer Simpson!!! 😂

[@GreenAppelPie]

The original Alien set called for such a pyramid where you could only enter from the top. It was deleted to save costs. It’s originally also had such a rape scene, however they improved it to what it became

[@n.b.p.davenport7066]

Well I hope it's better than the last one and I hope it's not a sequel 🥺😬

[@ScottForrest420]

Creature starring Ferris Bueller's Dad. Sweet. Saw this back in the day. Rented from Erols

[@TheBattlesword]

As of this upload, the Alien franchise still has only two good movies. I personally found Prometheus to be just ok in retrospect, but still. Incidentally, when you do get to another Alien knock-off month to commemorate the forthcoming Fede Alvarez movie, will you cover the original Breeders or maybe it's far less rapey remake?

[@TheRealNormanBates]

I can only watch *Alien 3* with the idea that Ripley is still stuck inside her hypersleep pod (it would explain why everyone is dead in the very beginning [she subconsciously knows she's alone] and why the hypersleep pods look like the Nostromo's. And that everyone else is a bald headed, murdering rapist... like the Alien. And what does Ripley have a nightmare of in the beginning of *Aliens?)*

[@RadioofHorror]

I just got creature on blu-ray

[@justinfiorenzio7112]

Brandon, you should do a movie review on the Lake Placid & Alligator movies

[@seanb.6793]

He says Mario made him jump on every turtle he saw. The good thing is that I have never seen even one turtle around the small towns of Saskatchewan.

[@WTF_WHAT_THE_FLICK]

Hey. Those were some of my favorite levels in battletoads

[@jasonsantos3037]

I love me some Alien knock off/rip-off movie.

[@mechaman7818]

5:24 Apparently James Bond was trying to kill them.

[@JOSH-lw2jv]

Sid Haig actually starred in Sean Connery's final EON James Bond film of 1971: *"Diamonds Are Forever".*

[@joshgray2368]

My brain stopped braining during the opening

[@MrDman21]

Yo Brandon, when you gonna do a Predator rip-off compilation?

[@blahblah6497]

It's hard to imagine just how bad ( and not necessarily wonderfully bad) Roger Corman's concept of Alien would have been.. I mean seriously, there are so many different directions he could have gone with it. So many different ways he could have screwed it up. So many great and even iconic scenes that might have ended up corny and cringe worthy because he decided to save a few extra bucks here or there. Jeez, I wonder who he would have ended up casting for the main and supporting roles. Or what the alien itself would have ended up looking like. It wouldn't be called a Xenomorph in his version because, at least if I remember correctly, that name was something that Geiger and Scott came up with...at least I think (memory gaps Suck!). I bet it would've ended up being constructed by throwing a bunch of different elements from prior "scary alien" films he made in the past, and just sort of pieced together something new, yet still strangely familiar looking, out of all of his old props. Wow, my mind is racing over the possibilities now! 😂😂

[@axelwulf6220]

I'm not wondering if Brendon here actually makes these intros in advance on the videos in question just to make the compilation videos Because the consistency is way too consistent

[@waross8214]

36:25 you know there was a Twilight Zone episode kind of like that

[@klakatyklak6826]

yeah it's an anime. it's always imposition dialogue. (EDIT) haha I meant exposition.

[@dreckken]

Wolverine-Abe Lincoln!

[@DavidRoarty]

what's next? a Compilation of the 4-movie Doug McClure-a-thon??

[@johnhayes3464]

Great job as all ways

[@orinoco500]

Since you me you mentioned Cannibal Holocausts can you review any Cannibal Film?

[@kultur-vultur]

Looking forward to new riffs but this comp will do and give you hits on old work. Still tho where's the next Godzilla vid?

[@michaelsmyth3935]

Galaxy of Terror, US23 drive in. Lift off, orgas....equivalents? 24:00 Martian Giant's Uterus... choked on my beer.