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ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

Skyler Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

sol- Abducted by aliens, a family man returns home to the delight of his doting son, but his time in space seems to have changed him in this gloriously uncanny horror movie. Underwhelming at first, the film stands up slightly better upon revision when viewed as more of a mood piece than a narrative. Largely shot in the dead of night with imaginative creature effects and a sound design that creatively fuses music and sound effects, the film simply drips with atmosphere. There are also several unsettling moments that impressively do not rely on effects, lighting or music, such as lead actor Philip Sayer swallowing snake eggs (just one of the many strange things he does upon returning). Creepy as it may be, 'Xtro' does not exactly spin an airtight narrative and as the boy's toys randomly come to life and as he turns homicidal, one gets the distinct feeling that the project exists as mainly an excuse for director Harry Bromley Davenport to experiment and be as creative as he can when it comes to shocks and horror. That said, the film does play with some very tangible themes and issues - most notably, the void a parent leaves when away for a long time and the uncertainty of whether someone is still the same after being away for so long. Indeed, were it not for all the deaths, the whole film could be read as a manifestation of the boy's anxieties after being separated from his father.

Sam Panico Alien is a haunted house movie in space that has begat a slew of imitators, copycats and outright rip-offs. 1982s Xtro, on the other hand, is truly a movie that has something for everyone: if everyone includes folks who want to see movie about a father reconnecting with his son, as well as a film where Maryam d'Abo is repeatedly naked, a kid discovers his psychic powers with a weird clown, an Alien-style birth scene of a fully-grown man being born out of a pregnant woman ("What is it with all the alien birth scenes in these movies? What is wrong with people?" asked my wife), toys coming to life, a child hunting down people like The Omen…truly Xtro is about ten movies worth of ideas in one scuzzy, scummy exploitation fever dream.I'll do my best to summarize the plot, but at any point, you may declare, "You're just making this up now." I assure you that what follows is as close to the filmed truth as possible. It truly is that weird film that even surprised a jaded viewer such as myself.Tony and his dad Sam (Phillip Sayer, The Hunger) are playing fetch with their dog. On the last stick through, much like 2001: A Space Odyssey, Sam tossed the stick high into the air and the screen goes white as he gets abducted.Three years later, the light appears in the sky again and an alien creature scurries across a British countryside road. It gets hit by a car, yet survives to kill the driver and his passenger, then find his way to a cottage where it impregnates the lady who resides there. Moments later, Sam is reborn, clawing his way out of the woman, even biting into a bloody umbilical cord before he leaves. This is ten minutes into the movie. And if you think this is the end of the craziness, read on….Sam wants to find his son, who lives with his mother Rachel (Bernice Stegers, Macabre), her new boyfriend Joe (Sinon Nash, Brazil) and a French babysitter named Analise (the aforementioned d'Abo, The Living Daylights) whose sole job seems to be getting naked every time she is on screen. Sam has nightmares about his dad every single night, waking up soaked in blood. Oddly, it turns out that the blood isn't his.READ MORE AT http://www.thatsnotcurrent.com/xeroxenomorphs-xtro-1982/

videorama-759-859391 When first seeing this enthusiastic effort back in 85, I fully appreciated this film for it's originality, sick gore, and just being such an entertaining flick. I still do, but not just as much, but I still hold this movie experience deep to my heart. The scene which still stays in my mind to this day, which I find scary, was the soldier, tank scene, and too the bedspread blood scene. I fully appreciated, maid (Maryam d'Abo-The Living Daylights) fully naked and free. Walking a much similar path of plot to later alien films, the story revolves around the return of a father, gone three years, without a word, who can't remember what happened, as being overtaken by an alien, so we notice certain changes in his behavior, wonderfully played by actor, Phillip Sayer. Not at all pleased by this intrusion, by the new, common looking boyfriend (Brainin) certain conflict arises between the two, but the wife, of course gets sucked back in by hubby, who has now got to the little boy, who starts becoming murderous, starting with the killing of an old bat neighbor. Xtro is such a commercial treat, with 80's unrealistic gore, the last scene, quite graphic (don't touch pods in the bath) nudity, humor, conflict, good acting, and special effects. The film somehow has an enigma, or something that makes it come off better than it should. But really, the problem, I found with the movie, was there was just too little, to make it easy to follow, as if this part was really neglected. This was the real fault with this British. The film too has a nastiness about it, which just enhances it. Not for everyone's taste, Xtro, is a sci fi horror lover's delight, less violent than Inseminoid.

thesar-2 "When Steve grows up, he's going to watch all the movies his daddy said no to."I've told this story many times before, so I'll be brief: When I was a kid, I wasn't allowed to watch horror (or any rated-R without my parent's consent) movies, so the closest I could get would be the Fry's Food Store's horror video section and the empty video boxes. One movie that I "fantasized" about watching one day was Xtro. It would be 25 years later before I saw it.Worth the wait? Eh. I'm glad at least I can cross it off the list.I'm guessing, this 1983 (FOREIGN) movie was in response to the enormous success of 1982's E.T. especially with the movie poster's tag line "Some extra-terrestrials aren't friendly." Uhhh, I think that was proved a lot more clearly 4 years prior in that little indie Ridley Scott flick.Well, the movie might have started as an alien/sci-fi film with bright lights, bad special effects and a creature stalking innocents. Then it metamorphosis into Plot B: a family story with a lost father from Plot A and then further into Plot C when the kid gets mysterious powers and becomes a deranged killer who uses his toys as his minions. Well, most of them are toys. One's a midget with clown makeup. Finally, it comes full circle with Plot D as the "x-tro'ials" and Close Encounters, I suppose.Even though the movie's all over the place, it's actually a step above most of the horror theatrical release-of-the-week in the early 1980s. Plot C(lown) is probably the creepiest part – including a boy and his first menstrual period? – and perhaps would've made the whole movie scarier if that was the main and only focus. Of course, this would leave Plot A's birth of a man-child. Literally.It's only recommended to die-hard horror fans of the early 1980s.