Movies - Xtro

	Movies - Xtro

Xtro is a low-budget British science fiction/horror film made in 1983 and directed by Harry Bromley Davenport and co-produced by Bob Shaye. Its simple plot details the unexpected return to Earth of a devoted family man who was abducted by aliens three years ago, and now possesses unearthly powers.

Although it is supposedly an 'adult' spin on the hugely successful E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
, Xtro is actually more derivative of Norman J.Warren's 1980 shocker Inseminoid
, which also features an unsettling alien rape scene. Xtro also has a somewhat upsetting subtext of paedophilic incest. The most notorious (and still disturbing) scene in Davenport's film, however, is the special effects prosthetics extravaganza which sees a heavily pregnant woman giving birth to a fully-grown adult male, not surprisingly dying during the ordeal. Xtro was briefly vilified as a video nasty, but was granted an uncut video certificate by the BBFC shortly after its successful cinema run.

Two sequels to this movie were made:

Xtro II: The Second Encounter
Xtro 3: Watch the Skies

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