Anna Wing, Bernice Stegers, Danny Brainin, David Cardy, Katherine Best ...( see more  see more... ) , Maryam d'Abo , Peter Mandell , Philip Sayer , Robert Fyfe , Simon Nash

Three years after the disappearance of Sam Phillips (Philip Sayer), his young son Tony (Brazil's Simon Nash) pines for daddy's return when mom Rachel (Macabre's Bernice Stegers) takes up with another ...( read more  read more... )man. The fractured household, which also includes a sexy babysitter (Bond girl Maryam d'Abo), is further upset when Sam mysteriously returns -and has a nasty habit of attacking local residents and seeping mysterious fluids from his wrist. Despite his father's menacing behavior, Tony continues to idolize him...even after he realizes dad might not even be human at all. A grisly, fast-paced blend of sci-fi thrills and gut-churning horror, Xtro became an instant audience favorite and remains one of the most popular British cult films today.

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R, 90 min.

Directed by: Harry Bromley Davenport

Release Date: January 1, 1983

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DVD Release Date: September 20, 2005

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  • May 1, 2008
    Dumb but lovable piece of Sci-Fi trash that throws everything at the screen and more. Coherent it ain't but there's fun to be had here.
  • September 28, 2009
    Okay Xtro is about an alien who comes to earth to do something I guess reproduce...I'm still not entirely sure. On the plus: it's creepy, the effects are pretty good, and acting is close to par. The negatives: the story drags at times, what Xtro is here for is not clearly expla...( read more)ined, and there's one really gory scene involving a woman whose been impregnated. I'm all for gore, but the scene was intense. It was like a bad check, I didn't want to see it but, I couldn't look away. Anyway the movie is still decent and if you see and are into aliens check it out. Who knows you might like it.
  • July 22, 2009
    Xtro is to Cronenberg as Crossworlds is to the Wachowskis.
  • May 21, 2009
    Really disgusting film.
  • February 22, 2009
    This was an extremely strange sci-fi movie that didn't tell you much about what was going on.
  • February 13, 2009
    This was a really a more believable alien encounter movie than CONTACT. I realize that's a radical statement. This is one of the best scii-fi/horror movies the Brits have made.

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