Xtro

[Shadow Master]

One of the weirdest and most bizarre movies I've ever seen. Not sure if anyone else here has ever seen it. I have a hard time describing it exactly, but I'll do my best. It's a Sci-Fi/Horror hybrid. The plot concerns a father who disappears for a number of years and returns to his family, only he isn't quite the same. Is he an alien or something? The plot is rather thin, connected and weaved together with some of the strangest imagery ever to be filmed onscreen. Ever wanted to see a man-sized GI Joe doll stab an old lady to death or a dwarf clown kill people or an alien rape a woman and she later gives birth to a fully-grown man? I bet this is the only movie out there with such scenes in it. Does it sound bizarre? You bet it is and then some. The film is basically an exercise in weirdness and feels like all of your most bizarre dreams amalgamated into a strange hybrid.

Here's a sampling of just how truly bizarre and off the wall this film is, and believe me when I say this isn't even a small glimpse into this movie's weirdness.

Xtro (1982) "Mr. Knight" - YouTube

Xtro - G.I. Joe attack - YouTube

It's an acquired taste of a film for sure. I'm drawn to weird and unusual films like it so I dig it in a way, but I can definitely see why it isn't everyone else's cup of tea. It has two sequels, both of which appear to be completely unrelated and yet have the same director of the original, with a fourth film that was supposedly in the works. My curiousity dictates I must see them.