I didn’t even know there was an Xtro 3!
Harry Bromley Davenport, who is the auteur of the entire Xtro series, getting it off the ground in 1983 and seeing it through to Xtro 3: Watch the Skies in 1995, says that the fourth film is being written now, and that this film won’t be a reboot or a remake, but it will ‘return to the roots’ of the first film. Which I guess means it’ll be totally incomprehensible!
He tells Fangoria: “It’s going to be a very odd movie indeed. Sort of back to the roots of the first one, but much stranger and, hopefully, more uncomfortable.”
Seriously, the original Xtro is a very odd movie indeed, and a very uncomfortable one as well. Banned in the UK because of a scene where a woman gives birth to a fully grown man, Xtro is probably one of those quintessential CHUD movies, and in fact we included it on the Forgotten Monsters of Filmland list (click here) and the Guiltiest Pleasures list (click here). So this means we’re pretty interested to see Davenport bring this utterly fucked up property back to its bizarro roots.
via Shock Til You Drop
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The shot above and the weird crane shot coming down behind the Alien and the Kid at the end are genuinely strong, creepy moments. The rest of the movie should only be watched after a sharp blow to the head or in the midst of a high fever to be effective.
Geez devin, Xtro 3 is a fucking CLASSIC! I mean, Andre Divoff, Tom Hanks brother, what more can you ask for?
Actually, it's balls.
I still haven't seen 2 or 3. I like my VHS copy of XTRO in the oversized case, though.
Saw 2, it blew hard. The first movie is the thing of legend, one of those movies like the original Phantasm — it just goes along continuing to entertain, despite much of any coherence. Sort of like Burton's Alice in Wonderland which I caught yesterday — loved it.
Takashi Miike had a scene in Gozu were a woman gave birth to a fully grown man. I guess that's where he got the idea?
There was an SNL sketch years ago where a woman gave birth to a number of fully grown men including Will Ferrel and possibly Tim Meadows…. so, I guess clearly the satire was on English lawmakers views of obscure films the writers of the sketch probably never saw from 15 years earlier
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