The Pod People (1983)

Original title

Los nuevos extraterrestres

Directed by

Juan Piquer Simón

Genre

science fiction film

Country

France, Spain

Runtime

1h 24m

Rating

2.6 of 10 from 42 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young boy befriends an alien creature that crash-lands on Earth. The alien's parent, however, goes on a killing spree.

campycheesyconvolutedtonally inconsistentsillylow-budgetnonsensical

What happens

Extra Terrestrial Visitors (Spanish: Los nuevos extraterrestres, lit. The New Extraterrestrials) is a 1983 science fiction film directed by Juan Piquer Simón. The film's original draft was intended as a straightforward horror film about an evil alien on a murderous rampage, but the film's American producers demanded script alterations in order to cash in on the success of Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by featuring a child and a cute, lovable alien. A French-Spanish co-production, the film was first released theatrically in France and in Spain (Barcelona) nearly one year later. In the United States, it was sometimes known by the alternate title The Unearthling, and was aired on television bearing this name. The film was largely forgotten until 1991, when it was lampooned by B movie-mocking cult TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, which used a print by Film Ventures International with the title Pod People. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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