Sex Files: Alien Erotica

Sure it's a shake-and-bake late night cable skin flick. So sue me for liking it. The Alien Files (aka Alien Erotica) pokes fun at its low-budget self while parodying The X Files, Alien and just about any science fiction movie the writer/director had on his mind after what had to have been a night of heavy drinking.

On the way home from a long mission a group of astronauts encounter a form of space fungus floating around so they grab a sample to study. Before long the ship's science officer (Delphine Pacific) is writhing around in heat smearing fungi slime all over her body and seducing the rest of the crew. Only its not really her at all because the fungus is ALIVE and it clones the body its inhabiting -- so instead of one sex craved Delphine Pacific there are really two. Sorta.

And naturally, once on earth, that's how the alien eludes the two Scully and Mulder types assigned to track it down: by changing identities from one well endowed beautiful B-movie actress to the next, rendering them with the wild urge to get nekkid and have sex RIGHT NOW.

Of course the infected bimbo has a psychological link with her alien clone, and in this case a psychosexual link as well. So when the clone is having sex the bimbo starts moaning and ripping her clothes off and rubbing herself all over. The key to catching the alien, then, is to drive around in a van with the infected nympho waiting for her to get even MORE horny while catching glimpses of street signs through the clone's eyes.

Doesn't make a lick of sense but it's a lot of fun because writer/director Rolfe Kanefsky doesn't let this flick take itself seriously, ever. At times it's a witty, clever script loaded with campy dialogue that works. And at other times its just so much gratuitous sex. But even the sex scenes manage a wink here and there making them less contrived than the standard bump and grind this kind of movie usually dishes out.

Veteran B-movie queen Kira Reed is the real star as the Scully character. She's a talented enough actress to pull off the campy feel essential to the role without going completely over the top. She should be instantly recognizable to any b-movie fan with a cable account and I think she deserves a shot at a legit role somewhere. Kira is much more than an ornament in a no-budget-direct-to-cable sex romp, even a good one like The Alien Files.

This movie is actually a better version of Lifeforce (1985)! They actually seem to have spent somewhat of a budget on this one, so there's some interesting F/X shots (like the opening space craft). A couple of steps above your average X-rated "rip off a popular title" movie, there's actually signs of a sense of humor, some decent directorial touches, and decent writing. Much better than you'd expect.

Kira Reed is great as the up tight Agent Forrest. She's very funny &...super sexy. She steals the show. Kira should not only be in these sexy late night flicks but in theatrical romantic comedies & sit coms. I also saw a preview of her "Thriller:Caron" film. It's a heavy drama, and not surprising to me, she is just as adept at the tears as the laughs.

This film earns five stars out of five for being a great all-around postmodern sci-fi retro parody. Overall, Alien Erotica is really campy and corny--the dialogues, costumes, and set seem like colorized versions of their 50 year-old counterparts. The postmod quality of this film results from its being a spoof on the current X-files program coupled with and reinscribed by extremely cheesy acting, periodic shabby footage (that resembles vignettes from 1950's space and monster movies), and extremely hot actresses that look like they're from the pages of Penthouse. The level of the erotic is very high in this film, featuring simulated sexual encounters and full body shots of B-movie hotties Kira Reed, Delphine Pacific, and Gabriella Hall. The most erotic scene sequence begins when Delphine Pacific (a scorching Asian who plays Dr. Claire Danning) is infected by the spores of the alien plant. She proceeds to whip off her horn-rimmed glasses, disrobe and spread the slimy alien spores all over her naked and beautifully shaven hardbody, roll around in ecstasy, and seduce several crew members to boot. What makes this scene so erotic/comedic is the radical switch that Delphine Pacific's character undergoes: the character of Dr. Claire Danning is really square and nerdy--in manner, appearance, and speech, who yet goes through a whole sexual turnaround after being infected by the spores. I would recommend this film to those who like science fiction, those who like comedies, and those who like to see young hot women getting naked.

Okay, it's not something that will win an Academy Award. But if you take it for what it is, you'll enjoy it. It's one of those B movies that you have to like because it doesn't take itself seriously, and it's enjoyable. Sure, it's a guilty pleasure, but if you take it for what it's all about, then you'll like it.