
Alien: Specimen(2019)
During the night shift in a colony greenhouse, a botanist does her best to contain suspicious soil samples that have alarmed her sensitive lab dog.


Aboard a small escape pod, four survivors try to discover what caused the destruction of their spaceship.

Gaia Weiss
Ward

Theo Barklem-Biggs
Nass

Sharon Duncan-Brewster
Albrecht

Adam Loxley
Unconscious Man

James Paxton
Man on Radio (voice)
Alien: Containment is a drama, horror, science fiction film released in 2019 exploring themes of alien, deep space, short film. Directed by Chris Reading, it stars Gaia Weiss, Theo Barklem-Biggs, Sharon Duncan-Brewster. Aboard a small escape pod, four survivors try to discover what caused the destruction of their spaceship.
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