Here’s ANOTHER superb example of The Asylum’s genius. Nobody can doubt the Hollywood film from whence ALIEN VS HUNTER absconded with its basic concept. What’s so cool is seeing what blockbuster movies The Asylum chooses to reinvent for its catalog and how the reinvention is executed. The first glimpse you get of the titular alien here does bear a general resemblance to H.R. Giger’s iconic creature, though it has some touches that are significantly different than Giger’s design. But when you see the whole creature, you discover that its but the torso and head that are (sort of) mimicking the classic alien badass; said torso and head are attached to a GIANT SPIDER BODY. So awesome. Then there’s the hunter, which deviates even further from its predatory inspiration than the alien does (at least the alien’s upper half – the spider body is a pretty big departure from Giger). But that’s part of The Asylum’s brilliance. They snag their audience with a little riff-off of Hollywood, then change it around, then – voila! – B-flick opuses in the vein of A-list theater movies. One could kvetch about consumerism, but come on, it isn’t like The Asylum is being sneaky. The studio’s heart is on its sleeve. Its methods are in full view. Caveat emptor hardly even applies. If you’re like me, you watch Asylum releases BECAUSE they’re B-movies and BECAUSE they’re blatant borrowings – such a nicer word than rip-off 
!!! Hell, so many of the grindhouse, drive-in movies we genre fans rave about were pure exploitation. H.G. Lewis was a businessman. Sean Cunningham was trying to turn over a buck. I’m not defending consumerism, mind you, but I am saying that with The Asylum, what you see is what you get. And what you get is great low-budget shenanigans. I’m hooked!
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