AVH: Alien vs. Hunter

AVH: Alien vs. Hunter

Year: 2007

Runtime: 85 mins

Language: English

Director: Scott Harper

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Lee Custler, a journalist, is jogging when a mysterious craft crashes nearby. Sheriff Joel Armstrong helps investigate, finding an abandoned caravan and the alien ship. A grotesque creature—spider‑like body with a lizard head—emerges and attacks. Armstrong is killed; Lee and Tammy flee, their car destroyed, leaving them stranded and terrified as they call for help.

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1

Crash and first contact

Lee Custler is jogging when a strange flying object crashes nearby. Sheriff Armstrong joins him to investigate, and they soon realize the object is a spaceship. An Alien emerges from the wreck and begins a frantic chase.

early morning Roadside near the crash site
2

Armstrong dies confronting the Alien

Armstrong confronts the Alien while Lee flees toward his car. He trips, falls, and is killed by the Alien, who then leaves the area. Lee is left shaken by the loss.

Crash site vicinity
3

Tammy and Lee seek help, car destroyed

Tammy locates Lee in a panic and they decide to call for help from local authorities. Their car is destroyed by the Alien, leaving them stranded.

Roadside
4

Café encounter with skeptical locals

They head to a local café in the hope of finding help. Hilary, Javier, Figgus, and Marcy are skeptical and dismissive of their story.

Local café
5

Return to crash site; Marcy killed; Garrison wounded

Back at the crash site, Garrison is found wounded and another passenger is missing. The Alien reappears and kills Marcy, sending the survivors into a panicked retreat as a cyborg-like Hunter closes in.

Near the caravan
6

Plan to reach Valentine via sewers

The group decides to seek help from Valentine, a local hunter, by moving through the sewers to reach him. They hope his aid can turn the tide against the Alien.

Sewers toward Valentine’s area
7

Valentine's house and backup

All except Javier reach Valentine’s house, where his daughter Freckle waits. They contact a local paramilitary team for backup. Valentine attempts to kill the Hunter but is nearly killed, yet survives.

Valentine’s house
8

Group splits and tunnels

The group splits: Valentine and Lee go to meet the paramilitary force while Tammy, Hilary, Freckles, Garrison, and Figgus escape through tunnels. Garrison gets lost in the tunnels and is killed by the Alien.

Tunnels and surrounding area
9

Hunter’s ship and the second Alien

They reach the Hunter’s ship and discover a second Alien that is nearly dead. They realize that to get rid of the Hunter, they must kill the second Alien and steal a ray gun from the ship.

Hunter’s ship
10

Rescuers encounter losses in the woods

Lee and Valentine locate Two Fingers, Marty, and Styles, the paramilitary force, and go to find T and Lexin in the woods. T and Lexin are already dead; the Hunter kills Marty and kicks Styles toward the Alien, who kills Styles and Valentine.

Woods
11

Figgus and Freckles die

Figgus is impaled on a branch and dies as the survivors regroup. Two Fingers tries to kill the Hunter, but the Hunter kills him and Freckles.

Woods
12

Ray gun defeats the Alien

Lee uses the ray gun on the Alien, causing a massive explosion that ends the immediate threat. The surviving trio—Lee, Hilary, and Tammy—begin heading back toward town.

Hunter’s ship vicinity
13

Hunter revealed as human

The Hunter, now revealed to be a human from Earth on a similar planet, departs on his ship and muses about a potential second hunt.

Hunter’s ship
14

Ending and open question

Lee, Hilary, and Tammy survive and head back to town as the ship departs, leaving open the possibility of another hunt.

end Town outskirts

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