Best movie of this year hands down!

Strong and Moving!

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

With all of the borderline unwatchable Z-grade garbage I've subjected myself to in recent months, I've been tormented often with the question of "Who is this movie for, anyway?" Never has that question been as booming in my mind as it was when watching EXTRA TERRESTRIAL VISITORS. I can't remember the last time a movie was so tonally disjointed. This movie came hot on the tails of E.T. from the prior year and you can tell the filmmakers were hoping to capitalize on the success of that lovable little alien. It goes without saying, but they failed miserably. I'm not entirely sure anyone involved in EXTRA TERRESTRIAL VISITORS ever actually watched E.T.; I expect one of them saw the trailer and figured they knew enough to make their own. There are two seemingly separate movies happening here (until it all "comes together" in the final act), focused on a meteorite crash in a forest that brings with it a series of alien eggs. The first thread has to do with a little boy finding one of these eggs and bringing it home to raise with his other pets. The egg hatches and the little boy names the alien Trumpy; hijinks ensue. The second thread follows one of Trumpy's more murderous siblings and the havoc it reeks on a group of poachers and, eventually, a group of musicians who've come to the woods for a camping trip. When one of their friends is injured, they find shelter with the little boy and his family in their remote cabin. These two plot threads continue almost completely independently of each other until the end for the anticlimactic conclusion.Let's start with the fact that these aliens look ridiculous. Trumpy and his kin are a bizarre mixture of Greedo (from the cantina scene in STAR WARS) and ALF. They can't speak but they're apparently born with hyper intelligence because Trumpy understands little Tommy just fine. They've also got a vague set of powers that are never really defined. Every so often Trumpy's eyes will begin to glow awkwardly and then he'll bust out with telekinesis or mental projections, and it's always accompanied with the absolute worst flatulent synth music. Trumpy displays his powers through playful means, such as parading Tommy's clothes out of his closet or projecting images of wild African animals (with which Trumpy has no reason to be familiar) into Tommy's telescope. He also has the ability to kill with his glowing eyes, as we learn when he fries one of Tommy's toy robots. Nothing ever comes of that, or any of his powers, ever again. Trumpy also seems to understand that he's an alien and can point out which star system he comes from on a map. Again, how he knows any of this is never explained. Not that it matters anyway because he arrived via meteorite in egg form so he really has no means of leaving Earth anyway. Instead he hides in Tommy's closet and narrowly avoids discovery by Tommy's mom between such classic scenes as Trumpy snorting a line of Planters peanuts with his snout or Trumpy completing a jigsaw puzzle with his mind. Oh, the fun to be had. And real quick, on the subject of Tommy, I don't know who dubbed his voice but I swear I've heard it in other crap movies and I hate it. I hate it so much.While Trumpy is engaging in non-adventures with his new friend Tommy, his evil twin is wandering around the woods in a state of bloodlust. After slaughtering his way through a team of poachers (and dragging their bodies to a ranger station solely so other characters can stumble across them when looking for help later in the film), it turns its attention to the group of musicians who've taken shelter in Tommy's home. These are some of the most unlikeable characters ever put to screen. The lead singer, Rick (Ian Sera), is a major tool and it's baffling that his backup singers and engineer are bothering to spend time with him outside the studio to begin with. As far as I'm concerned, they're all interchangeable and I have no idea who is who when bodies start to drop. The portion of the movie dealing with these idiots is obviously meant to lean more toward horror, which makes it all the more confusing when we cut away from these people dying off to revisit Trumpy and his ability to snort a bowl of milk. I'm pretty sure one of these people also manage to drop an F-bomb into the dialogue when the "tension" reaches its boiling point so, again, who is this movie for anyway? The Trumpy stuff is definitely for kids. Tommy's innocence, Trumpy's goofy nature, the stupid hijinks…these are tropes for a kids' movie. But then spliced in right alongside it is this poorly made alien horror. Neither story thread functions well enough on its own to be interesting and, smashed together, it's almost painful to sit through. I've managed to do so twice now and each time I'm too mentally checked out by the end to remember how it all concludes. Skip it.

Below average Alien movie in which an extraterrestrial from a distant galaxy befriends a little boy . It's a slight fun with absurd images , ingeniously cheap special effects , horrible musical score with awful songs , campy set decoration and regular art direction . It deals with a young boy (Oscar Martin) in the woods discovers a lovable alien egg to hatch . The creature called Trumpy , a mixture between Alf and an anteater arranges to use his snout to suck up peanuts and other articles . Unfortunately , his partner is found by some poachers (Frank Braña) and carrying out a killing spree . Meanwhile, a rockin' rock-n-roll band (Ian Sera , Susanna Becquer , Nina Ferrer , Emilio Linder) are going on a camping trip . As this extraterrestrial being possesses mighty powers such as sensational strength , throwing objects and he manages to warp time and space with his fingers , all of them being recreated by means of traditional effects .This is a humdrum adaptation based on ET movie from a story and screenplay by the same director Juan Piquer Simon .¨Extraterrestrial visitors¨ or ¨The new extraterrestrials¨ is an atmospheric , silly Sci-Fi film with terror elements , an amusing monsters mixture , creaky at times but it's still acceptable . The film's original draft was meant to be a straightforward horror film about an evil alien on a murderous rampage, but the 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 cute, lovable alien. The opening and ending credits for ¨The Pod People¨ are superimposed over blurred footage from an entirely unrelated movie, in this case The Galaxy Invader (1985). Film displays passable set design , ridiculous screenplay with two cheesy monsters and average interpretations of all casting . This is a slightly entertaining Spanish science fiction movie though packs absurd situations and embarrassing frames . Originally intended as a low-budget horror movie about an evil alien. After the success of E.T. , the producers : Dick Randall , Montoro and Piquer , made the alien into a lovable character, and added a kid who befriends it. A widely-circulated rumor that script was submitted to Steven Spielberg as a sequel to E.T. is false . However , filmmaker Juan Piquer Simón was not satisfied with the final result . Spain/France co-production and originally filmed in French and Spanish ; the actors learned both languages , it premiered in France before Spain. ¨The new extraterrestrial¨ is a light amusement as well as atmospheric movie that contains bemusing scenes when appear the monsters and take place their confrontation in some ridiculously made scenes , including primitive special effects . The picture has numerous "older technique" FX such as transparency , foggy sets , rubber-suited short man like alien , reverse-footage , excessive make-up ; all of them were made by Juan Piquer , Emilio Ruiz Del Rio and Basilio Cortijo . Juan Simón owned his own independent studio in Madrid, Spain, and designed many of his own special effects sequences for this film . It's a slight fun with professional make-up , naive special effects , evocative set decoration and functional art direction . You will watch it and think it is either awful , hilarious, a masterpiece, or all three . It's a simple entertainment with embarrassing images , naive special effects , campy production design and evocative setting . Although critics do not appreciate much this picture ; however has a kind of loopy , Ed Wood quality that must be endured to be totally considered . The fable is sometimes silly and laughable , though a few Naif effects and action are professionally made . Some illogical parts in the argument are more than compensated for the excitement provided by the Aliens appearance though some scenes are a little bit cheesy . While not a hit during its original run, the film became a limited success when reissued nearly 25 years later and deemed to be one of the best worst films of cinema history ; being one of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 faves , even the fictional pop band's performance of "Burning Rubber Tires", was lampooned in a sketch on Mystery Science Theater 3000 .The motion picture was regularly directed by Juan Piquer . Juan , who goes by "J.P. Simon" on foreign releases , began in films as a writer and assistant director and continued his career by making short films and documentaries . Juan has produced and directed "exploitation" pictures for two decades running . He was a Spanish film director most well known for directing some cult classic horror films . He was one of the main directors of the Spanish horror boom in the 70s and 80s specially for his quartet of horror films as ¨Escalofrio¨, ¨Slugs¨ , ¨Cthulhu Mansion¨ and his greatest success and immensely popular ¨Pieces¨ , this is one among the many cult classic horror films that have recently been restored and digitally remastered . Juan owns his own studio and created and/or designed many of the simple and primitive special effects sequences you see in any of his many imaginative undertakings . Piquer , who recently passed away, was a good craftsman who realized a lot of amusing as well as entertaining films . Juan Piquer who was director of the Mostra of Valencia (Spain) , displayed a professional career and specialized on all kind of genres as Terror , Sci-fi (The rift , Supersonic man) and made some adaptations about Jules Verne novels ("Fabulous Journey to the Center of the Earth" , "Mystery on Monster Island") . While his films have been universally panned by the prestigious reviewers, they have a kind of quality that must be endured to be utterly appreciated .

Irritating little boy Tommy discovers a mysterious egg in a spaceship that landed in the woods. A homely hirsute creature hatches from said egg that the kid befriends and names Trumpy. Meanwhile, another being similar to Trumpy terrorizes various folks in the forest. Man, does this hilariously horrendous honey cover all the correct so-utterly-wrong-that-they're-paradoxically-right craptastic Grade Z cinema bases: Ham-fisted (mis)direction by Juan Piquer Simon (who also blessed us with such choice crud as "Pieces" and "Slugs"), a schizophrenic narrative that can't decide between creepy backwoods-set slasher-style horror or cutesy family friendly sci-fi, the tacky (far from) special effects, the laughably lousy dubbing, an absurdly excessive amount of omnipresent swirling and curling fog, a colorful array of unappealing characters (arrogant jerk singer Rick, vapid groupie Lara, grumpy old coot Uncle Bill, snippy bitch Sharon, and so on), the plodding pace, an uproariously awful retro 60's surf rock band, and the would-be poignant surprise bummer ending all ensure that this clunker rates highly as one prime piece of putrid celluloid offal. The wacky antics of Trumpy provide the picture's biggest unintentional belly laughs, with the definite gut-busting highlight occurring when the ugly bugger snorts peanuts up its long snout like a vacuum cleaner. Moreover, a profound and provocative subtext concerning nature versus nurture gives this darling extra substance. Pure schlocky gold.

Ahhh... Pod People. Very rare is the movie that is obviously shot on a limited budget, contains a particularly ridiculous plot, and yet finds a way to be oddly entertaining. Such is the case with this infamous Mystery Science victim.Along those lines, let me make clear what i think is decent, if not good, about Pod People. Despite jokes stating otherwise, the plot is somewhat simple; linear, interwoven, and predictable. However, that mere fact alone makes this film higher quality than countless other MST movies. Furthermore, there is an attempt, despite it falling prey to the painful trap of stereotypes, at character development; admittedly, a handful of the characters are irritating, but even then, they have their moments. The trollop character plays her part with genuine enthusiasm, and serves to provide a shred of actual comic relief. Ultimately, Pod People is a mediocre film. Its story is laughable in parts, drawn out in others. However, much of the scenery is intriguing, if not outright beautiful, and as a result, the movie has an almost surreal atmosphere. It's as if Pod People has an intangible charm to it, borne out of its clear vision, mild ambition, and occasional moments of decent film-making. All in all, a watchable movie, but probably just that....