The Alien Within

The Alien Within is a 1995 horror science fiction film directed by Scott P. Levy and starring Roddy McDowall, Alex Hyde-White, Melanie Shatner, Don Stroud, and Richard Biggs. It was also known as Unknown Origin.

The Alien Within
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Directed by	Scott P. Levy
Written by	Alex Simon
Story by	Rob Kerchner
Produced by	Mike Elliott executive Roger Corman
Starring	Roddy McDowall Alex Hyde-White Melanie Shatner Don Stroud
Cinematography	Mike Mickens
Edited by	John Bergstrasser
Music by	Christopher Lennertz
Release date	July 18, 1995 (1995-07-18) (US)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$4 million[1]

Plot

At a future (2020) underwater mining platform, an alien parasite, dubbed the "vampire bug," ^[2] plagues the crew of the platform.^[3]

Production

Produced by Roger Corman as part of Roger Corman Presents.^[4]

Reception

Creature Feature gave the movie 3 out of 5 stars. It found the movie to be a mixture of Trancers, Alien (film), The Abyss and The Thing (1982 film). It praised the script by Alex Simon for keeping the movie interesting. It was not as enamored with Scott Levy's direction.^[5]