A blast from a kinder, gentler past – complete with a whopping penile-shaped alien monster with a unnervingly large eyeball. That’s the sweet, funny, and ever-so-slightly spooky Alien Trespass, which rights the wrongs of the recent turgid remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008): this tribute to ‘50s sci-fi thrills and chills is fully aware of its throwback appeal and stays true to not only the spirit but the quirky details of its B movie predecessors – banish the Mars Attacks! irony. I talked to director-producer R.W. Goodwin, best known to some for his executive producer work on the first five seasons of The X Files.
R.W. Goodwin (as he signs a set of Alien Trespass lobby cards): I have all these collectibles from The X Files like the season one hats that Christopher [Carter] and I did for the crew. They’re all stuffed in closets, and I keep saying to [my wife] Sheila [Larken, who appeared in The X Files as Scully’s mother], “These are going to be worth a lot of money someday!” [Laughs] She goes, “Well, how about now?” She’s sick of finding X Files T-shirts and hats everywhere she looks.
SFBG: Now are you worried about being typecast as an alien lover?