Alien killer
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Alien killer |
| Original title | The Borrower |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1991 |
| length | 86 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | John McNaughton |
| script |
Mason Nage Richard Fire |
| production |
Herbert Coleman Steven A. Jones R.P. Sekon |
| music |
Ken Hale Steven A. Jones Robert McNaughton |
| camera |
Julio Macat Robert C. New |
| cut | Elena Maganini |
| occupation | |
| |
Alienkiller is a 1991 SF horror film directed by John McNaughton. The film started on video in Germany on January 31, 1992.
action
As a punishment, an alien is abandoned on Earth, where it takes on a human form. It is warned that damage to his new body would cause a painful metamorphosis. The alien commits numerous murders on earth. Police detectives Diana Pierce and Charles Krieger are investigating.
Reviews
- Richard Harrington (critic of The Washington Post ) wrote that the horror film was "superior genre fare," better made than most low-budget films. He relies on actors rather than special effects. The film is similar to the film noir classics of the 1950s. The direction of the film shows depth.
- Rotten Tomatoes wrote that the horror film was "gruesome" and amusing in a dark way, that it had black humor. The director shows in his "masterpiece" a "confusing" vision of the world.
Awards
- In 1991 "Alienkiller" won an award from the Catalonian International Film Festival (Sitges) for special effects .
This and that
- The horror film was set in Chicago .
Individual evidence
- ^ "The Washington Post," Oct. 8, 1991
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes ( Memento from September 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Borrower in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Alien Killer at rotten tomatoes (English)