Sidney J. Furie’s The Veteran is a respectable straight-to-DVD movie that was headed for the “pleasant surprise” category before self-destructing with a terrible, out-of-the-blue ending.

Alien seeds hitch a ride to earth in a space shuttle crew and begin to grow. When their numbers reach the Threshold amount they will be an unstoppable swarm.

She was an overworked mom trying to get her family’s attention. She didn’t know she would become a national sensation.