Alien 2: On Earth 1980 Ciro Ippolito

This movie is something else.  An unofficial Italian sequel to the first Alien movie that was banned from America for legal reasons.  That doesn't make it good, just interesting.  Stock footage abounds, the lighting is terrible, the dubbing is terrible, the acting is terrible - it's pretty fun.  In this movie, the alien eggs are replaced by rocks found on the beach after the stock footage of the spacecraft ends.  The attempts at "story" revolve around a telepatic spelunker and her group of cave exploring friends.  I'm not sure even now how they end up at the beach and find the alien rock, but it doesn't matter.

Once they get into the cave, the lighting fails, the rock pulsates (Why would you bring a rock into a cave?  Aren't there enough rocks in the cave?) and people start dying.  All of the special effects shots are drawn out to ridiculous length, and the cavers are all interchangeable.  I was sort of reminded of that horrible movie Sanctum, but at least this one had monsters.  This is the prototypical fun bad movie that you put on with your friends, have some beers, and laugh at how horrible it is.

There are two new releases for this movie - Blu  Ray and DVD - by a new company called Midnight Legacy.  Both releases have the same special features, but I might be picking up the Blu Ray, since I can't quite believe it exists.  I will defiinitely be looking into whatever new movies Midnight Legacy puts out, that's for sure.