Xtro

Dir: Harry Bromley Davenport
Star: Philip Sayer, Bernice Stegers, Simon Nash, Maryam d'Abo

[7] Small kid sees father abducted by UFO - no-one believes him. Then, some time later, Dad comes back. Or is it really an extra-terrestrial with strange desires? Three guesses! Interesting British horror/sf pic takes a while to warm up, though when it does, it belies it's low budget and scarcely world-famous cast and pulls off one top-notch sequence that will make you look askance at Action Man for a long time to come. Includes d'Abo ( The Living Daylights) as an au-pair and yes, she does take her clothes off, which has to be worth a few minutes of anyone's time...

7/10

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