Introduction

Alien: Specimen is a 2019 short horror film by director Kelsey Taylor.

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Outline

It’s the night shift in a colony greenhouse, and Julie, a botanist, does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have triggered her sensitive lab dog. Despite her best efforts the lab unexpectedly goes into full shutdown and she is trapped inside. Little does she know, an alien specimen has escaped the mysterious cargo, and a game of cat and mouse ensues as the creature searches for a host.

Cast

• Jolene Andersen … Julie.
• Aubrey Wakeling … Dev.
• Goose … Maggie.

Alien 40th Anniversary Shorts

Five short films were developed to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the original 1979 film.

• Alien: Harvest (2019).
• Alien: Containment (2019).
• Alien: Alone (2019).
• Alien: Specimen (2019).
• Alien: Night Shift (2019).
• Alien: Ore (2019).

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Kelsey Taylor.
• Producer(s): James DeJulio. Quaid Kocur, Adam Lee, Caleb Light-Wills, Huan Manton, Dawson Taylor, Kelsey Taylor, and Lesley Worton.
• Writer(s): Federico Fracchia.
• Music: Robert Hunt.
• Cinematography: Adam Lee.
• Editor(s): Kelsey Taylor.
• Production: Tongal and 20th Century Fox.
• Distributor(s): IGN.
• Release Date: 30 March 2019 (WonderCon Anaheim) and 05 April 2019 (Internet).
• Running Time: 10 minutes.
• Rating: R.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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