Review of Xtro

Xtro (1982)
1/10
Suitable only for the Brain Dead
5 March 2004
Warning: Spoilers
*** This review may contain spoilers ***

*Plot and ending analyzed*

Below average re-telling of the "alien lands on Earth" cliche found in most American space horror movies of the 1950's, except this time it's done more ineptly. At least those movies were absolutely fun. You could also eat a bag of popcorn while watching them too.

The actors are all monotonous grade Z - horror fodder, namely the woman who was in one of Lamberto Bava's early works, equally as inferior as this.

The story goes haywire when there is a small clown attacking people with an absurd handsaw, and the end doesn't really tell much about the intentions of the alien. Not that it mattered much, since the theater audience had probably cleared out by then. A few people were probably left, but they had been put to sleep.

A terrible film, which is a shame, because the director could have made something interesting out of it. All the ingredients were present, but nothing was delivered.
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