Star Beast: Alien Grindhoused


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Star Beast: Alien Grindhoused

Faneditor: Rantsir  
Fanedit Type: FanFix
Fanedit Release Date: 12th March 2022
Fanedit Runtime: 1h:50m:0s
Time Cut: 0h:16m:0s
Time Added: 0h:10m:0s
Franchise: Alien
Genre: ActionAdventureGrindhouseSci-FiThriller
Original Title: Alien (1979)   
Original Release Date: 1st January 1979
Original Runtime: 1h:56m:0s
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Certificate: 18
Source: Blu-Ray
Resolution: 1080p
Sound Mix: Stereo
Language: English
Subtitles: No
 

Synopsis:

Some movies are just perfection and can’t be improved. That’s one of them. But there’s always a way to provide some new interesting way to experience them and that was the goal here. Ridley Scott’s masterpiece has been converted to Grindhouse-like movie. Video got additional heavy grain and print damage, 90% of the movie was re-scored, some deleted scenes and outtakes reinstated, along with little additions of footage and dialogue lines from other movies, and some fan-created videos. New opening credits sequence was created and the end credits were also changed. Some scenes were cut, some repurposed and as a cherry on top, an alternate ending was added.


Intentions:

To create a version with different vibe and feel, with added plot changes that may surprise even those, who know the movie by heart.


Change List:

- Grindhouse effects added throughout the movie - Re-scored over 90% of the movie & rebuilded some missing sfx - Cut some dialogue scenes - Added three deleted scenes from Alien Anthology Blu-ray set - Re-edited some sequences (especially some of death scenes) using outtakes footage from Alien Anthology Blu-ray set and a few seconds of footage from other movies. - Added some additional dialogue lines from other movies - Re-purposed some scenes for new little sub-plot - Added alternate ending


Other Sources:

- deleted scenes and outtake footage from Alien Anthology bonus discs - production audio from 20th Anniversary DVD of "Alien" - short glimpses of footage from “Alien Vs. Predator” (2004), “Alien: Covenant” (2017) and “Inserts” (1975) - fan film “Alien-Aliens: Ripley’s little helper” by Steve Begg - xenomorph test video animation by David Cordero - xenomorph CGI 3D model by Cold Iron Studios - “Alien: Isolation” game (some sounds and backgrounds). - dialogue lines from: “Ghostbusters” (1984), “The Witches of Eastwick” (1987), “Paul” (2011), “Galaxy Quest” (1999), "The TV set" (2006), “Bone” (1972) and “Truck Turner” (1974). - Soundtrack music by: Gene Page, Alan Hawkshaw, Nostromo, Bruno Nicolai, Christopher Gunning, Roy Budd, James Canwell, Lew Stern, Riz Ortolani, Gerald Sampler, Libra, Robert Smart, Claude Vasori - Songs by: Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Kate Nash, Tangerine Dream, Slick, The Rolling Stones, The Heavy, Grand Funk, Pat Benatar, Billy Squier, Lenny Kravitz, David Bowie and Michael Jackson.


Special Thanks:

ArtisDead, TM2YC; from AVP Galaxy forum: Kradan, Sil and rijir.


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