In the year 1000, aliens from the planet Quetzalcoatl flee their dying planet and take refuge under the Earth's surface. Disturbed by 1950s American atomic testing, the aliens strike back at the USA in such varied schemes as the replicant Castro, the psychic vampire regime in Grenada and the Allende plot to alter the Earth's axis. Only covert action by the CIA can stop the dreaded Quetzals.

一群矿工在沙漠中意外发现了一种白色的、黏黏的""东西""（the stuff)，尝起来甜甜的、很美味，美味到有点儿让人上瘾。于是这种东西被开采出来，包装成雪糕的样子进行销售，并号称“零糖分、零卡路里、质感幼滑、美味大满足”。 the stuff很快俘获了全国消费者的心，大幅占据市场，使其他雪糕销售一落千丈。于是，雪糕行业聘了一个专卖垃圾食品的商人（Garrett Morris饰）去调查这种“东西”到底是什么东西，并去毁灭它。 经过一番努力，Garrett Morris发现这种产自沙漠的美味“东西”实际上是有生命、有知觉的，背后的真相令人毛骨悚然：stuff会逐渐入侵使用者的大脑，最后使人变成僵尸样的怪物。 查明真相后，一名退役军官（Paul Sorvino饰）带领一队兵团，与the stuff进行搏斗。

Three beautiful young women are tricked and seduced by Lord Isherwood. When their plan for revenge accidentally kills him, the Lord's Gypsy protector Natasha places a curse on the three, putting them into a hundred-year sleep. 100 years later, the three are awakened when the American descendants of Lord Isherwood come to visit the family estate. The young ladies want nothing more than to get on with their lives and make up for lost time, but Natasha is not yet ready to let them leave.

Three beautiful young women are tricked and seduced by Lord Isherwood. When their plan for revenge accidentally kills him, the Lord's Gypsy protector Natasha places a curse on the three, putting them into a hundred-year sleep. 100 years later, the three are awakened when the American descendants of Lord Isherwood come to visit the family estate. The young ladies want nothing more than to get on with their lives and make up for lost time, but Natasha is not yet ready to let them leave.

“诺斯特罗莫”号商业拖运飞船载着7名船员和2000万吨矿石从塞杜斯星球返回地球，飞船在途经一颗小行星时接收到了神秘信号，飞船电脑立即唤醒正在休眠的船员。公司上层命令“诺斯特罗莫”号在小行星着陆，船长达拉斯（ 汤姆·斯凯里特 饰）、副船长凯恩（ 约翰·赫特 饰）和领航员兰伯特（ 维罗尼卡·卡维特 饰）下船调查信号来源，而准尉雷普利（ 西格妮·韦弗 饰）、科学官艾什（ 伊恩·霍姆 饰）、工程师布雷特（ 哈里·迪安·斯坦顿 饰）和帕克（ 亚非特·科托 饰）则奉命留守，在飞船上监视进展和维修着陆时的受损部位。达拉斯、凯恩和兰伯特发现信号来源于一艘外星飞船残骸，他们进入残骸内部，看到外星生物遗体的肋骨呈向外敞开状，与此同时，雷普利终于确定信号意味着一种警告。凯恩发现了一间蛋房，一枚蛋突然破裂，释放出的生物紧紧附着在凯恩面部。达拉斯和兰伯特将不省人事的凯恩带回飞船，可船员们无法将外星生物从凯恩脸上移开，只发现它的血液是一种强酸。最终，生物自行脱落，并被确认已经死亡。当维修工作完成之后，船员们开始动身返回地球。凯恩终于醒来，看上去安然无恙，可在进餐之后，他突然窒息抽搐，一只异形从他的胸腔破膛而出。由于缺少常规武器，船员们尝试用高精度追踪器、电击枪和火焰喷射器捕获逃进船舱中的异形，达拉斯和布雷特相继丧生。兰伯特希望剩余船员能乘坐飞船搭载的宇宙穿梭机逃生，但雷普利知道穿梭机无法容纳四人。雷普利从飞船电脑中发现艾什奉公司雇主之命将异形带回地球，甚至不惜全体船员的性命。一番殊死搏斗之后，帕克用火焰喷射器干掉了艾什，众人终于发现艾什竟是个机器人。在灰飞烟灭之前，艾什预言所有船员全都难逃一死。仅存的三位船员决定给飞船安装自毁装置并尽快脱身，但最终只有雷普利在异形的袭击中得以幸免，将异形抛入太空之后，开始返程之旅的雷普利逐渐进入了梦乡。

在未来世界，人类已经能够在星际间自由穿梭，并在太空中开展商业活动。“诺史莫”号是众多进行太空商业运输的飞船之一。有一次，它满载着太空矿石完成任务后，正返回地球。这时，飞船突然接收到一组奇怪的信号。由于这信号有可能是求救信号，飞船便接到指令，前往信号源所在之处展开搜救行动。 经过一段时间的飞行，“诺史莫”号终于到达了信号发出的地方。船员们发现，这里确实有一艘坠毁的飞船。然而，经过一番仔细搜索，他们发现这艘坠毁飞船上的船员都早已死亡，变成了化石。此时，留在“诺史莫”号上的第三指挥官里普利成功破译出，这组信号并非求救信号，而是警告信号！一场关乎队员生死的搏斗就此拉开了帷幕！

Jean-Luc Godard's trailer for the 2008 Viennale festival, screened from September 18 (2008) in 100 selected Austrian cinemas, as well as during the course of the Viennale program from October 17 to 29. 　　戈达尔为2008年威尼斯电影片剪辑的1分钟宣传片

Jean-Luc Godard's trailer for the 2008 Viennale festival, screened from September 18 (2008) in 100 selected Austrian cinemas, as well as during the course of the Viennale program from October 17 to 29. 　　戈达尔为2008年威尼斯电影片剪辑的1分钟宣传片

Laura Bayley, the most prolific British actress of the period and the wife of director G.A. Smith, shows her flare for clowning in this uproarious black comedy. Mary Jane learns that lighting your hearth with a tank full of paraffin may not be the safest of household chores, in a stern tale that could have come from the pages of 'Struwwelpeter'. 　　As in much of Smith's work, the film delights in its trick effects, including an explosion and the apparition of a ghost. (Alex Davidson)

Laura Bayley, the most prolific British actress of the period and the wife of director G.A. Smith, shows her flare for clowning in this uproarious black comedy. Mary Jane learns that lighting your hearth with a tank full of paraffin may not be the safest of household chores, in a stern tale that could have come from the pages of 'Struwwelpeter'. 　　As in much of Smith's work, the film delights in its trick effects, including an explosion and the apparition of a ghost. (Alex Davidson)