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The Galaxy Invader
''Galaxy Invader'' is a 1985 American direct-to-video science fiction film directed and co-written by Baltimore filmmaker Don Dohler. The film's plot centers around alien who is pursued by hillbillies after his spaceship crash-lands on Earth. The cast is made of entirely non-professional actors, mainly friends and family of Dohler. Plot When a glowing meteor-like object careens toward the Earth, a young student, David Harmon, is narrowly missed as it falls into the forest ahead of him. He calls his old high school teacher, Dr. William Tracy, to tell him about this potential UFO landing. Several hours later, a young couple hears a noise in their basement and go down to see what it is. As they slowly descend into the basement, they are terrified and knocked out or possibly killed by a green humanoid alien. Joe Montague, is angered by his daughter, Carol, at breakfast and chases her through the woods with a gun. After encountering the alien and finding the power source to its weapo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Dohler
Donald Michael Dohler (January 27, 1946 – December 2, 2006) was an American film director known for making low-budget science fiction and horror films, as well as his work in underground comix and publishing.Vanderbilt, Mike"Don Dohler’s Nightbeast gave J.J. Abrams his start in sci-fi,"''The AV Club'' (11/18/15).Kaltenbach, Chris"Perry Hall to Hollywood: Don Dohler publishes a movie magazine,"''The Baltimore Sun'' (March 19, 1994). Biography Early life Dohler was born in Baltimore, Maryland. When he was a child, his mother bought him a film projector and one day he drew stick figures on a piece of scotch tape. He ran the tape through the projector and just before the tape burned up inside of the projector, he saw the animated figure dance on the wall and that's when he knew he wanted to make films. Publishing ''WILD'' and ProJunior In 1961 at the age of 15, Dohler started a '' Mad''-style fanzine called ''WILD''. ''Mad'' had Alfred E. Neuman as a mascot, so Dohler used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |