Alien Seed Explained

Alien Seed
Director:Bob James
Producer:Jon Gordon
Starring:Erik Estrada
Cinematography:Kenny Carmack
Music:John Standish
Language:English

Alien Seed is a 1989 American science fiction film written and directed by Bob James and starring Erik Estrada. It was released by action International [1] [2] [3]

Plot

An Earth woman, Mary Jordan, is abducted by an alien presence on Earth . Unable to remember what happened, and with a strange mark on her neck, she contacts writer Mark Timmons, a self proclaimed expert on alien abductions, but she is killed by Dr Stone before they meet

The dead woman's sister, Lisa, is then abducted and impregnated by the aliens, as part of the alien's scheme to create a "Messiah" to rule Earth. She calls the writer in an attempt to stop the alien's plan [4] MJ-12, a secret government agency studying UFOs, wants to kidnap Mary and control the child for its own purposes. Dr. Stone (Erik Estrada), however, wants the child dead at any cost.

Cast

Reception

In Creature Feature, John Stanley gave the film two out of five stars opining that it does not rise above its direct to video origins.[5] The Video Vacuum praised Estrada's acting, but stated the film lagged when he was not on screen.[6] Den of Geek praised the trailer for the film as "one of the finest trailers I've seen".[7] The Psychotronic Video Guide gave the film a poor review finding it to have a bad script, poor special effects, and too many chase scenes.[8]

Home Release

Released on DVD in 1999 [9] Available to stream [10]

References

  1. News: Mark Deming. Alien Seed (1989). https://web.archive.org/web/20151117060026/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/1515/Alien-Seed/overview. dead. 17 November 2015. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2015. 15 November 2015.
  2. Book: VV.AA.. Variety Film Reviews, Volume 21. Garland Pub., 1990. 978-0-8352-3089-6.
  3. Book: John Stanley. Creature Features: The Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Guide. 2000. Berkley Boulevard Books, 2000. 0425175170.
  4. Stanley, John. Creature Feature Third Edition 2000
  5. Stanley, John. Creature Feature Third Edition 2000
  6. Web site: Alien Seed (1989) *. 10 February 2017.
  7. Web site: 9 Alien Abduction Movies That Changed the Genre. 10 November 2010.
  8. Weldon, M. The Psychotronic Video Guide
  9. Web site: Alien Seed. Amazon. 14 September 1999.
  10. Web site: View source for Alien Seed - Wikipedia.