 The local sheriff must find out what's causing the killings while the mayor is breathing down his neck to keep a lid on the deaths so a multimillion-dollar amusement park can be built nearby.Featuring special effects from Ernest Farino, John Cosentino, and Larry Schelecter, "The Alien Factor" had a long run on TV throughout the 1980s, including on Ted Turner's Superstation WPCH-TV.Dohler made several more low-budget films during the 1980s, including "The Galaxy Invader", "Nightbeast", "Blood Massacre" and "Fiend", a serial killer film with a supernatural twist.