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Unrated
Xtro
Horror, Science Fiction
Tony's father Sam, abducted by aliens three years earlier, returns to earth and seeks out his wife and son, but Rachel has since been living with Joe and the reunion is awkward. Joe doesn't trust Sam, and Rachel can't quite decide what her feelings are for her two men. Sam is not the same as when he left, and he begins affecting Tony in frightening ways.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers drawn to transgressive, nightmarish science fiction horror that values grotesque imagery and disorienting atmosphere over conventional storytelling.
- Tone
- surreal, dread, eerie
- Payoff
- scares, unease
- Pacing
- slow-burn
- Intensity
- intense
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- family rupture, alienation, bodily transformation, parental possession, reality distortion
- Setting
- contemporary, suburban home and wooded outskirts