Alien Intruder

Although the idea of aliens using computer viruses to attack terrestrial computers is almost old hat, here the aliens use the viruses as a siren to lure men to their deaths through their computer stimulated libidos. This is a very interesting twist that held a lot of promise when I first heard about it.

The movie fails on one account. The seductress should be the sexiest chick in the movie! Apparently because of miss Scoggins star power, she wore nothing sexier (that could be easily seen) than a one piece bathing suit, while other fantasy women bared all (Tracie did a very dark love scene, where you could barely make out her darkened breasts).

The first question that comes to mind is: "Even though Tracie is a fox, how could she lure the guys from the other gorgeous women that were baring way more skin"? I know she was the virus in control of the men's minds, but I need visual justification for her control over men.

The producers of Alien Intruder threw a bit of everything into the plot - science fiction, the old west (in B/W), bikers, gangsters, the seaside, virtual reality - and soft porn - but nothing jelled into anything remotely interesting. I bought the DVD for 5 bucks when I saw that Billy Dee Williams, Maxwell Caulfield and Tracy Scoggins were in it and because of the blurb GET READY FOR THE SCARIEST "ALIEN" MOVIE YOU'VE EVER SEEN on the DVD back cover. I should have known better! The "special effects" were anything but - the space ships looked clunky and seemed to have enormous interiors - and the steam valves look like those you'd find in any present-day boiler room! There's some nudity and coarse language but none of it helped this dreary production.

OK, just quickly, this was actually very satisfying... Not so much in an action-sense, but because its a well-written warped scifi, with cool cinephilic indulges during the virtual reality sequences...

Get past the pedestrian laser-gun shootout at the beginning and you are then left with a fantastic cast of mostly B-movie actors, with interesting chemistry, in an interesting atmosphere. Tracy Scoggins steals the show with her devilish and mysterious turn.

Its a cheap film, but entirely worth watching. Great late-night movie. One of the better PM Entertainment sci-fi outings.

I couldn't believe it. I had to rub my eyes a few times. Was it true?

Yes, there were Billy Dee Williams, Jeff Conaway, Maxwell Caulfield and Tracy Scoggins - all of them have some manner of talent but here they all were in what basically adds up to a Cinemax-style skin flick set on board a spaceship!

Sad as it is, "Alien Intruder" tries to be unique, with a computer virus/alien demon/harpy/whatever else you want to call her named Ariel (Scoggins) infiltrating this sort-of high-tech virtual reality station on board a spaceship where four men are allowed to live out their fantasies as the system is over-seen by their captain (Williams).

Interesting? Maybe, but here everything just plays out like a well-padded episode of "Red Shoe Diaries". Williams out-classes everything right and left, and looks like he'd rather be doing anything else, ANYWHERE else. Ah, the things people do for money....

The FX are pretty static, maybe even less than what you'd expect for a straight-to-video cheapie like this. Unfortunately, even the female nudity is less than you'd expect. SEXUAL INNUENDO is the real star here and, of course, it gets ALL the best scenes.

If you like a movie that's all tease and no brains, check out "Alien Intruder". Of course, you'll probably have to look no further than Cinemax at 2 or 3 in the morning.

No stars, not even for what star power this flick can muster.

Leave this one lost in space.

Set in the future, 4 convicts jump at the chance to get out of jail scott free (plus use of the virtual sex fantasy machine) by taking a space mission to recover a lost spaceship. Sounds simple enough, but a fiendish, yet sexy, alien in the guise of the form of Tracy Scoggins (of latter day Babylon 5 and Crusade fame), has other plans for this gang of rapscallions. This movie will NOT win any awards for acting, for writing, nor will it win any accolades for special effects. But I've been known to enjoy a 'so bad it's good' flick every now and then and this film has the feel of a Fred Olen Ray movie (mind you, one that he use to make in the '80's, when his films were still entertaining). Plus ANY movie that lets Lando Calrissian hammily overact like this movie does HAS to be worth at least one viewing ;)

Eye Candy: Melinda Armstrong of the Bikini Summer films bares all, Tracy Scoggins unleashes her Babylon 2 as well as some ass to boot, and Gwen Somers show her breasts

My Grade: C+