Cargo ship & cocoons, oh my! [SyFy original movie...]

RykiBloom · March 28, 2010, 03:59:12 PM

Okay, about 5 or so years ago there was a movie I believe on SyFy (was Sci-Fi at the time) that I really need to find the title of.

What I remember is--some people find a cargo ship, or just a ship, something, and once they open it something sort of small and cocooned shaped jumps out and slithers down the hall. I can't really remember much afterwards, but I believe this thing grows, they get the military (or...?) into the action, then they finally kill it. Once examined by a doctor, she find an egg within the creature. Then obviously it escapes and the only other detail I remember is this black guy it has an encounter with, then just kills him...

Please help x] I beg you!

rykibloom · March 28, 2010, 04:21:38 PM

I would also like the add that the movie is fairly old, not new. They were just having a marathon of oldies x.x

Andrew · March 28, 2010, 08:58:59 PM

Maybe either "Proteus" (1995) or "The Thing Below" (2004)?

Jack · March 29, 2010, 07:02:28 AM

Sounds like Contamination, a.k.a. Alien Contamination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNElWgJ6ecg#

akiratubo · March 29, 2010, 10:05:27 AM

Sounds like you saw a double bill of Alien and Aliens.

Andrew · March 29, 2010, 03:32:33 PM

Thinking back on this, "The Intruder Within" (1981) matches, and it is an older made-for-TV movie that really copies "Alien," but on an oil platform. I wish they would release it on DVD; I have an old VHS (with a huge case) in my collection.

JPickettIII · March 29, 2010, 04:36:09 PM

Quote from: Jack on March 29, 2010, 07:02:28 AM
Sounds like Contamination, a.k.a. Alien Contamination

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNElWgJ6ecg#

I got this movie on a DVD pack. Great fun movie. I love the alien thing in the end.

John

JPickettIII · March 29, 2010, 04:37:21 PM

Quote from: Andrew on March 29, 2010, 03:32:33 PM
Thinking back on this, "The Intruder Within" (1981) matches, and it is an older made-for-TV movie that really copies "Alien," but on an oil platform. I wish they would release it on DVD; I have an old VHS (with a huge case) in my collection.

Great movie. I wish I could find this on DVD or VHS. I remember watching it a long time ago with I was a young B-Movie lover.

John

akiratubo · March 29, 2010, 07:05:18 PM

Quote from: Andrew on March 29, 2010, 03:32:33 PM
Thinking back on this, "The Intruder Within" (1981) matches, and it is an older made-for-TV movie that really copies "Alien," but on an oil platform. I wish they would release it on DVD; I have an old VHS (with a huge case) in my collection.

Oh, yeah, great movie.

I will confirm it matches most plot points RykiBloom listed, EXCEPT:

The black guy lives (!!!)
No military guys show up

Another possibility has occurred to me:

Blue Monkey

It has a coccoon, growing creature, eggs, and military presence. However, the black guy survives (!!!) here, too.