The Alienator (1989)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 1989
Running Times: 90 mins
Format: colour
Ratio:
Sound:

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Amazing Movies/American Independant/Majestic International
Executive in Charge of Production: David Coffey
Executive Producers: Tom Howard, Daniel Q. Kennis
Producer: Jeffrey C. Hogue
Associate Producer: Jeffrey Mallion
Production Manager: Jeffrey B. Mallion
Production Co-Ordinator: Liz McNamee, Jeanne Pappas

SCRIPT
Script: Paul Garson

DIRECTION
Director: Fred Olen Ray
Assistant Directors: Joseph Zimmerman, Grant Austin Waldman
2nd Assistant Director: Michelle Morgan, John Melick

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Gary Graver
1st Assistant Camera: Dona Gonzales, Rick Lamb
2nd Assistant Camera: Brian Bernstein
Gaffer: Sandy Seneviraton (?)
Key Grips: Doug Dole, Mark Kane, Robert Forest
Electricians: Dennis Fuller, David Railsback
Stills: Dan Golden

EDITING
Editor: Chris Roth
Assistant Editor: Monique Le Bleu
2nd Assistant Editor: Mona Personis

MUSIC
Music: Chuck Cirino

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Christopher Endicott
Boom: Christopher Dempsey, Ellsworth Chu
Post Production Sound: California Audio Post

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Shelly Fox, Monica Maynor
Assistant Make Up: Ryan Marie McCormick
Wardrobe Designer: Jill Conner

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Effects Make Up: Bruce Barlow, Mark Williams

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Designer: Cleve Hall Tuck
Special Visual Effects: Cruse and Company
Space Prison Sequence Animation Effects: Bret Mixon
Animation: Bart J. Mixon, Bret Mixon
Animation Assistant: Lorelle A. Ross, McGinty O'Toole
Pyrotechnics: Bruce Maddox, Don Powers
Titles: Rick Sloane
Models: Ethan Ormsby, Bruce Barlow

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Ted Tunney, Lindah Lauderbaugh
Props: Ted Tunney, Tony Di Salvo
Assistant Art Directors/Props: Diane Jaffe, Mark Bessire

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisors: Gaylynn Baker, Jesse Long
Production Assistants: Mary Ann Phillips, Ethan Ormsby, Stephanie Bardack, Alex Karle, Jeff Moffman
Craft Services: Cindy Gilbert
Caterers: Penny Cooper
Animal Wrangler: Jackie Martin Wildlife

LOCATIONS
Locations: Topanga Canyon, California

STUNT
Stunt Co-Ordinator: Bobby Bragg
Stunts: Paul Short, Bob Ivy

CAST
Jan Michael Vincent (Commander)
John Philip Law (Ward Armstrong)
Ross Hagen (Kol)
Dyana Ortelli (Orrie)
Jesse Dabson (Benny)
Dawn Wildsmith (Caroline)
P.J. Soles (Tara)
Robert Clarke (Lund)
Richard Wiley (Rick)
Leo V. Gordon (Colonel Coburn)
Robert Quarry (Doc Burnside)
Fox Harris (Burt)
Hoke Howell (Harley)
Jay Richardson (Prison Sergeant Major)
Don Golden (electrocuted prisoner)
Joseph Zimmerman (head guard)
Kathy Brett (tech 1)
Joseph Pilato (tech 2)
Jeffrey C. Hogue (bug faced guard)
Grant Austin Waldman (guard 2)
Teagan (rn: Teagan Clive) (The Alienator)

SUMMARY

An alien rebellion leader escapes from his orbiting prison ship and makes his way to Earth where he is found and given shelter by a group of teenagers. But the prison commander has dispatched the Alienator, a female robot, to track down the runaway and terminate him.

CAPSULE REVIEW

It's made by Fred Olen Ray and it stars Jan Michael Vincent - how much more do you need to know? Dreadful rubbish. (Full Review)

AVAILABILITY

UK
Video Distributor: Prism

USA
Video Distributor: Prism

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

UK
Rating: 18

TIMELINE

1991
January
30: UK - video release

LINKS

SEE ALSO
The Terminator (1984)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

The Dark Side February 1991 p.25 (UK)
credits, review

Fear no.27 (March 1991) pp.69-70 (UK)
review

Starburst no.150 p.48 (UK)
review

BOOKS

Creature Features Strikes Again p.231
credits, review

Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991 - 1992 p.19
credits, review

OTHER SOURCES

screen
credits

aliens, escaped prisoners, prisons, robots, spaceships

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008