The Alien Encounters
Directed byJames T. Flocker
Written byJames T. Flocker
Produced byDavid E. Jackson
StarringAugie Tribach
Matthew Boston
CinematographyHolger Kasper
Music byWilliam Loose
Release date
  • 1979 (1979)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Alien Encounters is a 1979 science fiction film written and directed by James T. Flocker and starring Augie Tribach and Matthew Boston. It is an American B movie

Plot

An unemployed astronomer loses his job when a radio telescope is destroyed while he is hearing messages from outer space. He then tracks down a scientist who is building a machine to extend life, only to discover the scientist is dead. He visits with the scientist's wife and son, and discovers about the scientist's own encounter with UFOs. An alien probe which has landed on Earth from Barnard's Star. The machine known as a betatron which has remarkable rejuvenating effects. [1]

Cast

Actor Role
Augie TribachAllan Reed
Matthew BostonSteve Arlyn
Phil CatalliWally
Bonnie HenryElaine Stafford
Patricia HuntMrs. Arlyn
Amy BallorMelissa
Skye TollefsonLaurie
Steve AbbottRancher
Chris Love-JacksonSusan Reed
Lukas JacksonLuke Reed
Gene DavisMan In Black #1
Mark PurdyMan In Black #2

Reception

Described by leading science fiction author David Wingrove in his Science Fiction Source Book as a "Deathly dull B-movie UFO story with dire effects and no real encounters at all...Endless desert scenes and interminable talk-overs disguise crank concerns of writer/director James T. Flocker", the film received generally poor reviews.[2] Fantastic Movie Musings found the movie to be okay for its low budget, that it has some interesting points.[3]

Production

Filmed in and around the Calico Mountains including Mule Canyon Road and scenes on the lake bed, off Ghost Town Road and Interstate 15, 7 miles north of Barstow, California.

References

  1. ↑ "The Alien Encounters (1979) | Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings".
  2. ↑ Wingrove, David. Science Fiction Film Source Book (Longman Group Limited, 1985)
  3. ↑ "alien encounters | Search Results | Fantastic Movie Musings and Ramblings".


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