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 .
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 .