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Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite decide what her feelings are for her two men. Sam is not the same as when he left, and he begins affecting Tony in frightening ways.
Movie Tagline:
A brutal excursion in terror
Also Known As:
X-tro
Title: Xtro
Release Date: January , 1983
Runtime: 81 mins
Genre: Horror
All Genres: Horror, Sci-Fi
Languages: English
Country: UK
Colors: Color
Sound: Mono
IMDB Rating: 4.8
Brimstone Pit Rating: 5.8 - (Rate This Horror Movie)
Category: Horror Movies Starting With X
MPAA Rating: R
Director(s):
Harry Bromley Davenport
Cast:
Philip Sayer ...Sam Phillips
Bernice Stegers ...Rachel Phillips
Danny Brainin ...Joe Daniels
Maryam d'Abo ...Analise Mercier
Simon Nash ...Tony Phillips
Peter Mandell ...Clown
David Cardy ...Michael
Anna Wing ...Mrs. Goodman
Robert Fyfe ...Doctor
Katherine Best ...Jane
Robert Pereno ...Ben
Sean Crawford ...Commando (as Tok)
Tim Dry ...Monster (as Tik)
Susie Silvey ...Woman in Cottage
Anna Mottram ...Teacher
Arthur Whybrow ...Mr. Knight
Robert Austin ...Van Driver
Vanya Seager ...Paula Phillips
Remaining Cast:
Producer(s):
James Crawford
Mark Forstater
Robert Shaye
Writer(s):
Harry Bromley Davenport
Iain Cassie
Michel Parry
Robert Smith
Composer(s):
Harry Bromley Davenport
More Movie Taglines:
- A brutal excursion in terror
- When Tony grows up, he's going to be just like Daddy!
- This Alien is Pure Evil.
- Some extra-terrestrials aren't friendly.
Movie Trivia:
- The creature that attacks the woman in the cottage was played by a mime they hired to crawl on his back.
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The film was briefly listed among the UK video nasties by the DPP but was later removed from the list without any prosecutions being made and reissued on video without cuts.
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This film, together with Exposé (1976), were the only British films on the original DPP 74 list of official video nasties.
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Director Harry Bromley Davenport humorously described his score for the film in an interview as "screaming synthesizers."
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Director Harry Bromley Davenport stated in an interview on the DVD release that the bizarre atmosphere of the film was completely unintentional.
IMDB Links:
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Keywords:
Toy, Gore, Sex, No Survivors, Telekinesis ...[more]
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Rating: 5.8 out of 10.0 - 69 votes cast total
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