Redwarmin This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place

Wordiezett So much average

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Aaron1375 I had heard about this film when I was a child seeing pictures of it in one of those old horror magazines; however, I never got around to ever viewing it. I remember the picture of the alien and it looked like it was outside and I thought it was attacking campers. Flash years later and I would finally purchase this film because I had always wanted to see it. I was a bit surprised that the scene I had saw pictured was not an outdoor picture, but indoors as the alien attacks the woman to impregnate her. I only mention this because it is rather funny and sad how we see things so differently as a child than we do as adults. Things like this film tend to be scarier, the monster more terrifying! So, what I watched unfold was completely different than anything I had anticipated. The film starts out like one of those typical films that tried to duplicate the success of Alien, but then it gets weird. Then as the story progresses it begins to get even weirder and what you are left with is a very bizarre film indeed. I would say it is a bizarre combination of Alien, Close Encounters, Poltergeist and even E.T.! Yes, it is that strange and elements from those four films are within this film making for a very strange film indeed.The story starts out showing us a scene where a boy and his father are playing in the yard. The mom drives away and soon after something occurs turning the day as dark as night and whatever is happening causes the father to disappear. The young boy wakes up and three years have passed since the incident and the boy is still not quite over the fact his father is gone. His mom believes the father simply left them and has moved on with her life, but the truth is a lot more crazy than that. A creature soon lands on our planet, ferociously killing a couple in the car and going to another house where it attacks a woman and impregnates her! Soon she is giving birth to the man who had disappeared three years prior and all this happens in like the first 20 minutes of the film! Soon the father comes back into the mother and son's life and it soon becomes apparent that the father is not normal anymore; of course, I guess the fact that he popped out of a woman should be a good indicator that things are not so normal with him anymore. Strange things happen as it becomes increasingly clear that the father has returned for his son! The film has some good gore and thanks to Maryan d'Abo some good nudity. It is also a very unique film, but the main detractor of this film is the plot. They never let the audience in on why any of this is going on! Sure, we know the father is an alien now, but I am not completely satisfied with he just got picked at random. Why pick him at all and turn him into a horrific nightmare creature? Then why would the aliens travel all the way back to earth just to let the guy they randomly picked get his son? Makes no sense as it is not in the narrative. Perhaps the aliens plan to conquer the earth by way of the eggs that are clearly balloons, but this is never said. Nor does it make any sense for the boy to infect the housekeeper in such a way. Just seems things are randomly happening in this one.So, this is not the best alien film I have ever seen, but it is one of the most unique. Perhaps had they done a better job of explaining stuff this could have been a lot better and had they did a better job on the effects in some areas it would have done better two. Seriously, you can see the part of the balloon you blow it up with when the woman is holding onto the 'egg'. The film would have two endings, but neither is very good. It would have been better just to leave it at the scene where the father and son disappear into the light, but I guess they had to show us those eggs once again or that would have been a loose end. Granted, neither ending really ties anything up and just leaves more questions. There would be two sequels to this film, but neither of them are bizarre like this one and thus neither of them have the charm this one did. The second film is just your typical monster roaming a facility in the air ducts film while the third is pretty much "Predator" if the alien looked like a gray and they couldn't afford a decent cast of action heroes. So while this one is not great, it has its moments and has more uniqueness than either sequel.

Paul Magne Haakonsen I am sure that back in 1983 when this movie was released that it was indeed a very ghastly movie, given its storyline and special effects. But by today's standards, well it wasn't particularly outstanding, so it didn't really handle the passing of ages all that well.The story is about how Tony's father Sam mysteriously disappeared in the countryside at the appearance of a strange light in the sky. Then three years later Sam reappears back into the lives of his son and former wife. But Sam's memory is gone and strange things occur around him.The acting was actually adequate all throughout the movie, but don't expect anything extraordinary.As for the special effects, well, considering this being from 1983, then it was actually adequate for its time. But by today's standards, not so much."X-Tro" isn't a memorable movie, and once it has been viewed once, chances are very low that you will actually sit down to watch it a second time. The movie just doesn't have enough contents to support multiple viewings.

Lee Eisenberg Fans of schlocky '80s horror flicks are going to love Harry Bromley Davenport's "Xtro". Sort of a mash-up of "E.T." and "Alien", this is one movie that's not afraid to do anything that it wants. I have no doubt that they had a lot of fun filming it.It turns out that a number of the cast members have had prominent careers elsewhere. Bernice Stegers (Rachel) appeared in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"; Maryam d'Abo (Anneliese) was a Bond girl (and a first cousin of one of the members of Manfred Mann); Anna Wing (Mrs. Goodman) starred on "EastEnders"; Robert Fyfe (the doctor) appeared in "Cloud Atlas"; and Sean Crawford and Tim Dry (the monster and the commando) are a mime duo. What a combo for a movie that features makeup work rivaling that of Tom Savini.I understand that it got mistakenly labeled a Video Nasty. If you're not familiar with that term, it's a reference to movies that the British press criticized for their violence. Moral crusader Mary Whitehouse* (known for her homophobia) led a campaign against the Video Nasties, and some local jurisdictions began prosecuting them. As always, these holy rollers get in the way of everyone's fun! Anyway, it's a really fun movie, especially a certain scene featuring Maryam d'Abo. In conclusion: Joe Stalin never imagined his likeness appearing in one of THESE flicks! PS: Although none of the names are supposed to match those of real people, there was actually a Sam Phillips. He was the founder of Sun Records, which recorded Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis.*The recent movie "Pride" (about the alliance between gays and miners during the 1984-85 Miners' Strike in the UK) featured a scornful reference to her. It sounds as though a good nickname for her would be England's Anita Bryant. I like to think that she did double flips in her grave when the UK legalized same-sex marriage.

Red-Barracuda This sci-fi horror film from the UK is certainly something of an oddity. It tells the tale of alien abduction but in a way no other film ever attempted to. Sure, it has some similarities to the likes of Alien and E.T. but they are really just superficial ones, as this movie takes it's influences and puts them together in a very bizarre way. Xtro is often mistaken for a video nasty, which it never was. It made one of the published lists by mistake and so the legend followed that it was one of those infamous flicks. In fairness, it wouldn't have been all that surprising if it had made the DPP's hit list seeing as several other films tagged with the video nasty brush were even less violent and gory than this one. But, don't be mistaken, Xtro is certainly not a disturbing film, it's just a bizarre one.If it wasn't for the overall weirdness this would be a pretty useless movie to be perfectly honest. It's quite poor in so many ways. But how often do you get to see a woman giving birth to a fully grown man? Or a human sized action man conducting a house invasion? Pretty much never I would say but you can here. And the weird alien creature spotted on the country road early in proceedings is pretty freaky. So to be fair to Xtro, it does dare to be different, even if it cannot entirely escape it's overall rubbishness in most other respects.