The Alien Within

The Alien Within is a 1995 horror science fiction film directed by Scott P. Levy and starring Roddy McDowall, Alex Hyde-White, Melanie Shatner, Don Stroud, and Richard Biggs. It was also known as Unknown Origin.

Plot
At a future (2020) underwater mining platform, an alien parasite, dubbed the "vampire bug," plagues the crew of the platform.

Production
Produced by Roger Corman as part of Roger Corman Presents.

Reception
Creature Feature gave the movie 3 out of 5 stars. It found the movie to be a mixture of Trancers, Alien (film), The Abyss and The Thing (1982 film). It praised the script by Alex Simon for keeping the movie interesting. It was not as enamored with Scott Levy's direction.