As far as B movies go, this was pretty enjoyable, hence my score of 7 (in comparison to other b movies of course). I would have scored it higher but the alien fight at the end was one of the worst atrocities I've ever seen committed to film, with its inconsistent lighting (some shots were in daylight and some were with a 'day for night' effect), worst special effect I have ever seen and just a terribly choreographed scene overall.Still, the rest of the movie made up for it. Loads of bad acting, boom mics coming into shot, terrible dialogue and all that. But it somehow all managed to be done in an enjoyable way, unlike some b movies which have the same flaws but are totally boring rather than entertaining. It had a good atmosphere and nice locations. It kind of felt like I was watching a film made by a student friend and I got the feeling it would have been fun to film. I enjoyed it and it's one of those films where you can dig it out when you're having a few beers with mates and have a good laugh along with it.

Alien Factor is one of those low-budget sci-fi movies that end up on a 50 pack of movies. I purchase these 50 packs for a few movies that come with them and Alien Factor was not one I was looking for on this pack. I didn't know about it until I saw a clip of it on the interactive menu, but then I knew i needed to see it. So I watched it, hopes not high, but it blew my expectations out of the water! The Creature costumes were very creative, the plot was OK, and the stop motion scene was pretty cool(Although it could have been dynamated in better.) The plot centers on a small town that has a meteor crash down, just outside of it. Later, a bunch of strange murders start to happen, and the doctors attribute the attacks to an animal. Upon further inspection, they find that this would be the weirdest animal of all time. But then a strange scientist shows up, and states a totally different and incredible theory: That the "meteor" is really a U.F.O. His theory is later proved upon investigation, and they find that the U.F.O. was a cargo ship that was transporting specimens from other worlds to a distant planet. When the ship malfunctioned and crashed-landed the animals escaped, and were now going on a rampage through the town, killing everyone in sight. The scientists offers his help in destroying the creatures, but is he really what he says he is? Throughout the movie, he displays vast knowledge of these creatures, that no other human could know. One by One he tracks down the creatures and kills them. One of them is a poisonous insect monster, the other a giant gorilla monster, and the third, a stop-motion lizard beast called a lemoid. Upon his encounter with the lemoid, we find that the scientist is really an alien from the same planet the creatures were being sent to, and his human skin is destroyed during the battle, revealing his grotesque alien appearance beneath. He is later shot because of his frightful appearance. This ends the movie on a nice note. Honestly, this isn't a bad movie, and is actually pretty enjoyable. So i say, go check it out, to see the cool monsters, fun plot, and just for a good time.

OK, I know that Cinematic Titanic recently stomped all over this movie, and to be fair, every joke and criticism they leveled against it was deserved.But it isn't really fair to judge a "home brew" effort like this against movies made by actual film studios, or to lump it in with films like "Manos" and "Beast Of Yucca Flats", which are so misconceived and wrong headed from the get-go that they stink on levels that a movie like this can never reach. A movie like "Yucca Flats" has ambitions and just enough "mainstream" quality about it that makes the badness doubly hurtful - "Alien Factor" is just a parochial film that's the victim of being saddled with local talent. If they'd had some money and some outside help with the writing and some dialog coaches, it could have been decent - not groundbreaking, but decent drive-in fare.There are glimpses, here and there, of some good instincts and some hard work. The forced perspective shot of the crashed spacecraft, the reveal of the 2nd alien in the basement, the "sound weapon" that the good guy alien uses on the first creature, the unexpected ironic ending - if all the movie had been like this, "Alien Factor" would have been quite entertaining. As it was, the loose plot threads, the endless walking scenes, the local actors who (while probably perfectly pleasant in person) were simply not photogenic, the goofy monster costumes (especially the 2nd one, where the monster seemed to be walking on fur covered stilts), the flat line readings...it all just dooms the movie to be tedium and goofiness.Best viewed at 3:00 am on the late show, or being pummeled by the good folks at "Cinematic Titanic".

From start to stop, this movie never ceased to hold my attention... because of all the campy things that butt up against one another. This movie has some of the roughest cuts between scenes that I have ever seen. The kicker was watching the credits and seeing all the Dohlers and Cosentinos that were involved in the production... making it clear that this was a true family/friend movie production.But it's not all bad; I think this movie may have had a chance if it weren't for the one thing that everyone lacked: PASSION. There were only a couple moments where people seemed to have any emotional connection to their characters. I LOVE the cars in the movie... especially that VW Squareback at the beginning.What struck me as the most hysterical is the big brown alien; it is clear that this was a man in a suit on stilts... if not, it what else would those awkward bulges be on the back of the legs? And of course, what is with that music? very weird music. Especially when the two men were walking up a hill to look at the crash wreckage and those three instruments were seemingly playing at random.Definitely a movie for those who like the old style movies that are full of obvious problems.