title: The Alien Within
text: # 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.
  
  