Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

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.

A spaceship crash lands in Baltimore, and it's cargo—three zoological specimens from the farthest reaches of the universe—escapes to feed on unfortunate locals.Don Dohler, special effects enthusiast and creator of Cinemagic magazine, showcases his own work and that of friends in horror sci-fi The Alien Factor, effectively illustrating the yawning chasm that lies between keen amateur and talented professional. The film's aliens—an insectoid 'Inferbyce', a hairy, long legged 'Zagatile', and reptilian 'Leemoid'—are laughably bad creations, their naff appearance not exactly helped by Dohler's dreadful direction, which does nothing to hide their cheesy homemade nature.Dohler also commands pathetic performances from his wooden cast, achieves an astonishingly leaden pace, and even has the audacity to attempt an ironic twist ending—which is handled about as well as one might imagine (ie. badly). Making the film even more unbearable are the terrible editing and completely tuneless electronic score (someone got a new synth for Christmas but never read the manual).Some reviewers have commented rather favourably about the last alien, the Leemoid, but all I could see was a poorly designed and jerkily animated stop-motion monster badly composited onto the live footage. As far as I am concerned, the most entertaining things about the whole film were the hairstyles, which are far more horrific than the man-eating monsters from outer space, and the pointless musical interlude from a rock band whose two minging groupies seem to be having a whale of a time.

As a fan of B-movies, particularly creature features and alien flicks, I couldn't pass up the chance to see this one. In fine B-movie tradition it starts with a young couple necking in a car, and within seconds a monster shows up and offs the boyfriend. From there on in we're treated to many more movie clichés as the movie lurches to it's conclusion 80 minutes later, leaving a trail of dead yokels in it's wake. Fair enough.First off, no one sets out to make a bad movie. Even with a nano-budget, the film makers clearly tried their best with what they had, and the cast members who have posted here confirm this. The premise of the movie had great potential; a UFO carrying a variety of deadly alien beasts crash lands in an autumnal forest outside Dullsville USA where they proceed to whack the locals in various setups. The local law are baffled until a two-fisted scientist shows up to set things right.Unfortunately, it's the direction that does for this movie, not the plot, not the cardboard effects nor the plywood acting. Literally within a minute he has revealed the first monster in broad daylight, removing any possible suspense about either the identity of the killer or what the monster looks like. Rather than teasing us with the bad guys and hiding their badly made costumes, we are shown in detail how bad they are. The pacing is often glacial, the music choices baffling and grating, and many scenes are just padding which kill any momentum that might just have been built up.Yes, the acting is amateurish and the dialogue is pretty stilted, but in the hands of a competent director this could have been another classic like Halloween, rather than a cult classic known only to a few fans of the genre. It's worth a look just to see how it should not be done, and is quite a good laugh if you're an MST3K fan.

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.