1985ish? TV English.

This has been bugging me forever. I saw part of a  movie that as best as I can remember there was a spaceship about to crash to earth (decaying orbit?). The plot focus was that there was some kind of large sentient alien beast prisoner onboard that could/would survive the crash and wreak havoc on Earth. The protagonists were either human, human looking aliens, or a mix, I don’t recall. I remember the beast made this loud, aweful noise, though it was never seen (at least in the part that I saw).