While Ridley Scott has staunchly denied its influence, the similarities between Alien and Planet of the Vampires, directed by Italian horror maestro Mario Bava, are impossible to ignore.

Horror specialist Mario Bava's melodrama about the reincarnation of a sadistic nobleman. Filmed in Austria. Joseph Cotten, Elke Sommer. Peter: Antonio Cantafora. Uncle Karl: Massimo Girotti.