Sam Phillips his wife Rachel and young son Tony are all out having a family day of fun, when for no reason Sam is abducted by aliens in front of his family.

Flash forward three years and Sam has come back to Earth to find his long lost family. When Sam first arrives back on the third rock from the sun, he looks a little worse for wear. Sam's current form is that of an alien Grasshopper of some kind that is about as large as a dog. In a very creepy scene the alien insect is hit by a car, when the driver gets out to see what happened they get the mandible end of the alien. Sam then scurries off to a farm house where he breaks in and violently rapes a woman while in insect form.

The poor lass gets the reproductive end of the insect. Once the insect finishes the deed it dies, but don't fret Sam is soon reborn in about 10 seconds, as the victim delivers a full sized man from her body.

This is a very nasty scene her stomach swells huge and when Sam is emerging from her body he is snacking on the after birth. Back in top form Sam is now able to continue his search for his family. Although human in appearance Sam has a wide range of powers or abilities. He seems to be able to animate things and give them a free will of sorts. He posses a clown and a toy soldier to name a few things. He also is stronger and hard to hurt as well. He also must have a strong digestive track because he eats many weird things, gas, meat and even his former wife, how he eats her I ain't saying. While Sam was away, Rachel had found her self a new poon-pounder to take care of her, whoops I mean things. The new guy senses not all is well with Sam and tries to intervene. Sam has come to take his son back to outer space with him, and will let nothing get in his way.

Xtro is not a great film but does have an incredible amount of gore and violence, enough to keep you watching. It also has a few imaginative kills that you won't see coming. Although the ending is kind of a let down it is also a bit of a surprise. X-Tro is definitely worth the rent if you are into early 80's horror.

4 out of 10

(1983) Harry Bromley Davenport, Iain Cassie

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
Tok .... Commando
Tik .... Monster
Susie Silvey .... Woman in Cottage
Anna Mottram .... Teacher