With The Electric State having transformed its $320 million budget into a reception that looks up at tepid with envy, it’s easy to be nostalgic for the good old days. No, there was never a time when every sci-fi flick that rolled out of Hollywood was a masterpiece, but at least studios used to know how to churn out crap that was cheap and titillating rather than expensive and boring. Few masterpieces inspired more crap than Alien, which spawned a wave of low-budget knockoffs immediately after its 1979 release. 1980 gave us Contamination and Italy’s very unofficial Alien 2: On...
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