The Alpha Incident

1978 "It was a gift from the red planet... Uncle Sam had the ultimate solution..."
3.9| 1h35m| PG| en| More Info
Released: 24 May 1978 Released
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Country: United States of America
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A space probe brings back a micro-organism from Mars which terrorizes passengers at a railhead.

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Bill Rebane

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The Alpha Incident Audience Reviews

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.
Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.
siderite You have to rate movies based on their genre and/or budget. As such, this one is close to perfect. It felt like a (very low budget) combination between the original The Andromeda Strain and the original Night of the Living Dead. It is not with monsters, though. You will see what I mean when you watch the film.The actors are 10 in all, and they act like normal people. None of them are known, but they are really decent. The story itself is interesting and the dialogue good enough. It actually feels like it's real, which was the point of the movie all along.Therefore I highly recommend watching this, but keep in mind that it is a low budget film that has its strengths in plot and human reactions, not in outlandish ideas and special effects.
dmj245 Bad, very bad. The concept was good but the acting and lack of life in the film was bad. The movements all seemed choppy, like they were shooting one line at a time. Not enough information when going from one scene to another to establish the new scene and its activities.Poorly done, droned along at a very nerve racking and slow pace. While all the actors were trying to stay awake, I was trying to go to sleep to save myself from the pain of watching this bomb exploding on the screen.I've seen high school plays that had more life and action by children with little or no talent, than what this movie expresses. Characters were not believable, lines were dumb, actors actions were stupid. And what was all the clothes changing and attitude with Ms. Newell??? First she acts stuck-up then she gets all warm and fuzzy. Did I miss something in the transition??? Bad movie. If it were a book it would be helping to warm my house by way of my fireplace right now. This movie made "Plan 9 form Outer Space" look like an Oscar winner!
TheCrowing13 When I say I really related to this film, I mean by I felt how the characters did about 50 min in, bored. I was utterly pulling my brains out, just like the one, ONE gore scene in the whole film. Watching it reminded me of "George A. Romero's Night of the Living Dead" upon reaming other people's responses to the film I see it is a common noticeable. Unlike most films depicting a group of people stuck in a room together there is no developing plot. There is little action/twists in the story. None of the characters appealed to me since they all seemed to have the intelligence of 10 year olds. The Story is simple a man decides to take a look at some crates he has no business looking into but does so, getting his dumb ass infected. Once the owner of the boxes finds out he quarantines himself and 4 other people possibly infected. Although he is the only guard the other members have many chances to escape, it's so not realistic it can't even work in this style of film. I was only entertained for a couple scenes in the film, one in particular is the death scene of a character from the virus. At first it's disappointing but then escalates to a great gore scene. Still this doesn't make up for all the other errors in the film. 2/10
frank zito I actually enjoyed this film but i really don't know why. Its mostly all duologue and the majority if the movie takes place in one room. I think the reason why i liked this one so much is because of the character Hank. yes sir.., he just might be my new favorite tobacco chewing, drunk train conductor from any film ever. come to think of it all the characters are hilarious. You got Charlie the perverted old man who stashes his porno mags in a draw at work and checks his young not so attractive employees ass out every five seconds, and the scene where the girl blows her brains out was good for a laugh. I would recommend watching this one on a boring night with a couple of beers. its the kind of movie your better off watching on your own. any film that pays homage to NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD is OK in my book.