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Watch the Alien anniversary short films Alien: Specimen and Alien: Night Shift

April 13, 2019 by Gary Collinson

The countdown to this year’s Alien Day continues with the release of two more Alien 40th Anniversary short films, Alien: Specimen and Alien: Night Shift; check them out here…

SEE ALSO: Watch the first Alien anniversary short film Alien: Containment

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.

When a missing space trucker is discovered hungover and disoriented, his co-worker suggests a nightcap as a remedy. Near closing time, they are reluctantly allowed inside the colony supply depot where the trucker’s condition worsens, leaving a young supply worker alone to take matters into her own hands.

Three more Alien shorts will be released between now and Alien Day on April 26th.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Alien, Alien: Night Shift, Alien: Specimen

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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