The Stranger Within story
The Stranger Within is a 1974 American made-for-television science fiction horror film that premiered as the ABC Movie of the Week on October 1, 1974. In the film, a couple expecting a baby are surprised on account that the man had had a vasectomy, and the woman is not supposed to be able to get pregnant.
10 total · 7 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| alien impregnation of human females | major | Ann and other women became impregnated with alien babies. |
| coping with discomfort during pregnancy | major | Ann experienced extreme labor pains and had strange cravings for black coffee, raw meat and massive amounts of salt. |
| expecting parents | major | Ann and David were expecting a baby, but it was strange because Dave had had a vasectomy and Ann was not supposed to be able to get pregnant. |
| extraterrestrial being | major | Ann gave birth to an alien. |
| husband and wife | major | David Collins and Ann Collins. |
| romantic infidelity | major | David suspected Ann of having gotten pregnant by another man. |
| unplanned pregnancy | major | Ann and David were shocked to find that Ann was pregnant since Dave had had a vasectomy and Ann was not supposed to be able to get pregnant.. |
| abortion | minor | David urged Ann to get an abortion two months into her pregnancy. |
| literature appreciation | minor | College literature professor David Collins talked with Ann about a classroom discussion on Dickens. |
| speculative hypnosis | minor | Ann was put under hypnosis in an effort to first determine who the father of her baby was and then to find out information about the nature of the alien entity inside her. |