Bruno Mattei made some brilliant rip-offs. I gotta get my own channel started and dedicate a few videos to that madman. As one of his regular colleagues said of him, "If he saw something he liked, he'd just copy it on-screen."
Another great video! Especially great to hear from Haven about the film. Can't go wrong with the Mattei-Fragasso-Drudi trio, always fun to be had there haha.
Great episode, I first heard of this movie when Noah Antwiler did his "Spoony Experiment" episode on "Robowar". I have to say for a near shot for shot remake of James Cameron's "Aliens", it looks really entertaining. Also had no idea this also had the same writers as "Troll 2" (aka "Golbin").
Thinking of screening SD in October so thanks for making this video, Ed! We'll make sure to point people in this direction during the lead-up (with spoiler alerts, of course). 😉
@@NeonHarbor "On Earth" is interesting only in that it looks like what you'd get if The Descent had been made three decades early, and Italy decided to cash in on that.
I love how these knockoffs have the freedom to do crossovers that major franchises would probably never or at least rarely do. I just hope out there are even greater ripoffs. I mean, the world needs vampire mutant turtles sent through time to bump off Billy the Kid, only to run into a recently unfrozen Prince Valiant and his new pal, Big Foot...the martian robot. But then I guess you've heard that one so many times your sick of it by now.
Might need to vet this for my own bad movie night, Jaws 5/Cruel Jaws was a big hit
Bruno Mattei made some brilliant rip-offs. I gotta get my own channel started and dedicate a few videos to that madman. As one of his regular colleagues said of him, "If he saw something he liked, he'd just copy it on-screen."
Another great video! Especially great to hear from Haven about the film. Can't go wrong with the Mattei-Fragasso-Drudi trio, always fun to be had there haha.
There was also something called "Alien Terminator" (1995) that added something James Cameron oddly managed to omit in HIS versions: NUDITY!
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Great episode, I first heard of this movie when Noah Antwiler did his "Spoony Experiment" episode on "Robowar". I have to say for a near shot for shot remake of James Cameron's "Aliens", it looks really entertaining. Also had no idea this also had the same writers as "Troll 2" (aka "Golbin").
Thinking of screening SD in October so thanks for making this video, Ed! We'll make sure to point people in this direction during the lead-up (with spoiler alerts, of course). 😉
Thanks! And that should be a fun one!
Still better than Dial of Destiny.
I saw half of the notification and thought this was gonna be for Alien 2 - On Earth. This was the much better knockoff
Yeah I could never bring myself to cover "On Earth" because I'd have to watch it again.
@@NeonHarbor "On Earth" is interesting only in that it looks like what you'd get if The Descent had been made three decades early, and Italy decided to cash in on that.
I love how these knockoffs have the freedom to do crossovers that major franchises would probably never or at least rarely do. I just hope out there are even greater ripoffs. I mean, the world needs vampire mutant turtles sent through time to bump off Billy the Kid, only to run into a recently unfrozen Prince Valiant and his new pal, Big Foot...the martian robot. But then I guess you've heard that one so many times your sick of it by now.
That's interesting🤩👍
Bruno Mattei did an even MORE blatant Aliens ripoff before he died with Zombies: The Beginning. How blatant? It's a shot for shot remake.
I guess you didn't watch the whole video.
@@NeonHarbor I did but you didn’t mention Island of the Living Dead’s knockoff. It’s knocking off the movie Ghost Ship.