Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Solidrariol Am I Missing Something?

Ketrivie It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Vomitron_G I have to hand it to the guys who made this film: they went overboard to try and add some sort of goofy originality to their Z-grade hybrid efforts (a comedy/sci-fi/horroresque thing). Let's say, on a Troma-scale, "Alien 51" would even be a 6/10 movie, probably. It features a lot of loony characters, a freak show, desert settings ('Area 51'-related, obviously), extremely ugly cinematography (SOV), a few sexy-looking bimbos, Heidi Fleiss (ehrr... who's Heidi Fleiss? Anyone?) and an alien that's just a skinny man in a tight blue catsuit with a fake-looking mask... And an alien-baby too. It's just a puppet that doesn't even move... Total badness, pretty much. But at least the filmmakers weren't trying to fool anyone. It really feels like a comedy of some sort, much more than anything else.

txa74 That is all I have to say. I was involved in this movie and HATED IT. A lot of the people that made this film, especially the Editor are a bunch of sleaze bags. The acting was only as bad as the direction and editing that went on, which was non-existent! There were some awesome people too, but for the most part Sleaze! I hated every second of filming, it was uncomfortable and disgraceful. Who ever wrote the comment about the film being funny and enjoyable where either on drugs or part of the crew, and that is sad considering that they too bashed the hell out of there own film. There are too many good film makers out there that are not able to finance there masterpiece to put shite like this on the market and try to get money for it. The score was the only enjoyable thing about this film, and even that sucked at times.

Andy (film-critic) In the rankings of horrible films, this falls well below my already created scale. I don't even think there are any numerical values that you can give to this picture even if you consult the greatest minds in mathematics. It just isn't possible to get any worse than this. Obviously, there was some attempt to make a quality picture, but somewhere along the line, perhaps when the first scene was shot, that dream faded. I have never witnessed a film that began with a budget of zero dollars slowly slip into the red within the first scene. I even do believe that this is a film that Troma would turn down … yes friends, it was that bad. So, where did this film go wrong? For me to ask you that question is like me asking everyone what they feel about the death penalty (which I do believe they should allow for filmmakers who create films like Alien 51), everyone is going to have an answer. I would like to give you the top three reasons why this film did not work, and will never work on any level.First, if you are going to name a film Alien 51, you need to place some emphasis on the creature. Apparently, it was a recycled creature from another film (see the movie El Chupacabra, a film I haven't seen, but have added it to my list) and nothing created from any sort of imagination or originality. That already says a lot about where the quality of this picture is going to come from. If their main character is actually a creature from another film, our filmmakers have already cheated us from any sort of value. Recycling creatures in a non-mocumentary sort of way is an insult and immediately my DVD player should have dispensed the total amount spent on this rental. As if it isn't bad enough that the creature is from another film, it also has as much screen time as Dame Judi Dench did in Shakespeare in Love, actually probably less. Where is the alien during most of this film? I honestly thought that his agent was probably suggesting that he not participate in this production because it could ultimately hurt his career as an extra terrestrial. "Don't expect to hear from Spielberg if you continue with Alien 51." I could hear his agent saying. Nonetheless, he does make a small "cameo" role near the end where tempers flair, emotions rise, and the excitement of the final credits are finally in sight.Second, if you are making a movie and you cannot get anyone to headline, then I would reconsider using Heidi Fleiss. Now, I am not an actor at all, but I have seen several independent films, and I can say this. She cannot act at all. In fact, there were some special features on this DVD which allowed you to see the director giving instructions to the actors, and I just couldn't help but think that Fleiss' comments were going in one ear and out the other. I am surprised to witness that the director just didn't go "postal" on everyone when they chose to do their own form of acting instead of following the directions presented to them. Perhaps, and this may throw my image of this film completely off, but just maybe that was the director's style of film-making. I have never witnessed a director who wanted to be cheap, allow his cast to walk in and out of scenes, and demonstrate that an entire community of women must have had some form of breast implants, but maybe that is what our dual directors, Brennon Jones and Paul Wynne (yep, it took two to butcher these cinematic moments), wanted to ultimately create. If that is the case, then they have done a wonderful job and should be congratulated for their slackish behavior and performances. I would love to know what their budget was on this film because honestly, you could have paid me nothing and I would have found better material. OK, you have a character named Doctor PsychoBilly. It really cannot get much worse than that.Finally (while there are many, many, many more, I will stop here), whomever wrote this script I do believe was heavily under the influence of some banned substance, or possibly watched too much Anchorman and decided to act like Brick while writing. Either way, the lines in this film were the most enjoyable to listen to because they were possibly the worst ever written by another human being. I am not afraid to go on the record with that statement. My favorite line in the entire film was when Cleo and the police officer were walking around at night (yet, it was so bright outside from the apparent spotlights) and she throws him on the ground, takes her top off and attempts to show him her scar from an earlier alien encounter. His response to her being on top of him and taking her top off was, "I am supposed to be looking at your scar right". HA. You could hear it in his voice that he was already too excited to have a woman on top of him topless. It literally had me in stitches on the ground. Thank you for writing comedy, this film needed it! Overall, this film reminded me of throwing Tabasco sauce in your eyes. The pain remains for such a long time that you would rather remove your eyes than try to clean them. I felt that same pain when I watched Alien 51. All I can say is this, producers beware, these two directors will probably want to do more and will need some form of budgeting before they begin, remember, "no" is always an acceptable option for those seeking to create horrible cinema. Let's nip this one in the bud before it clones itself into anything worse.Grade: * out of *****

marshaul I am writing this in response to the previous reviewer, because he said it was the worst movie ever.Some of us (perhaps those who watched more than 15 minutes) would disagree.I found myself watching this because I thought I was watching Alien vs. Predator. At first I didn't notice - that's probably what kept me going, because the initial scene was a little bit TOO bad. However, somewhere before the second scene and after the extreme badness of the first, I found myself laughing hysterically. Sure, the acting and the special effects aren't first rate. What you need to ask yourself is - "would you want them to be?" If you answer "Yes," then go watch something else. But if you answer "No, not necessarily" or "No ****ing way!" then this is for you.This movie is, of course, best watched as a comedy, despite whatever other genres it might fit into. The dialogue is clever, and the "bad" acting is good enough that every line is delivered with the perfect amount of stupidity; the story is much the same, dumb enough to entertain but not in such a way as to drag on forever. The bad special effects are, needless to say, part of the humor.Sure, this isn't a "new" idea - people have been making films that specialize in being bad (yet good) films for years - Roger Corman started in the early fifties and made a career doing it, and he wasn't the first - and sure, its not a formula that always works (in fact, sort of by definition, when it fails, it fails BIG). But for Alien 51, the formula works.