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The Falling (1986 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Falling' (also known as 'Alien Predators' and 'Mutant 2') is a 1986 American-Spanish science fiction horror film starring Dennis Christopher, Martin Hewitt, and Lynn-Holly Johnson.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130418004851/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/120349/Alien-Predator/overview The New York Times]
Synopsis
Three teenagers vacationing in Spain drive through a town where the space station Skylab crashed several years earlier, bringing with it alien organisms that transform their human hosts into flesh-eating monsters.
Cast
Production
The film was shot in Spain in 1984 as 'The Falling'.
Release
'The Falling' was released in the United Kingdom on home video in 1986 as 'Mutant 2'. 'The Falling' was initially aimed at release along with two other productions from Film Ventures Intl., the film was shelved when the company experienced financial troubles and was released by the home video firm turned into a theatrical distributor, Trans World Entertainment.
'The Falling' was distributed in the United States as 'Alien Predator' in February 1987 with a 90 minute running time. The film was promoted as 'Alien Predators' while the title screen referred to the film as 'Alien Predator'.
Reception
A reviewer credited as "Lor." of 'Variety' reviewed the film under its title of 'Alien Predator'. "Lor." described the film as a "tedious presentation" and that it was derivative of 'The Andromeda Strain' and 'Alien'. Lor. went on to note that Sarafian's direction "is sluggish, relying on pointless car chases to try and drum up excitement. His script is worse, filled with mushy spectres by the three young leads and a series of idiotic references to Red Sterling's 'The Twilight Zone.'"
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