Los nuevos extraterrestres (1983)

Director:

Juan Piquer Simón

Writers:

Joaquín Grau (writer)
Juan Piquer Simón (writer)

Release Date:

13 December 1983 (France)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Men were not ready to meet these...

Plot:

A young boy in the woods discovers a lovable alien...or is it?

Plot Keywords:

Poacher | Alien | Young Boy | Egg | Enemy Alien

Cast

Ian Sera	...	Rick
Nina Ferrer	...	Sharon
Susanna Bequer	...	Lara Stapleton (as Susan Blake)
Sara Palmer	...	Kathy
Óscar Martín	...	Tommy Stevens
Maria Albert	...	Tracy
Emilio Linder	...	Brian (as Emil Linder)
Concha Cuetos	...	Molly Stevens (as Connie Cheston)
Manuel Pereiro	...	Bill Stevens
Frank Braña	...	Burt
Guillermo Antón	...	Matt Collins (as William Anton)
Frank Sussman
Gary Richardson
Hugo Astar
Luis M. Martín		(as Louis Martin)
Marcos Treviño		(as Mark Treving)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edward Mannix	...	Bill Stevens (voice: English version) (uncredited)
Pat Starke	...	Tracy (voice: English version) (uncredited)
George Stover	...	Man who gets killed in opening credits (uncredited)
Frank von Kuegelgen	...	Brian (voice: English version) (uncredited)

Directed by
Juan Piquer Simón

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Joaquín Grau		writer (as Jack Gray in US version)
Juan Piquer Simón		writer

Produced by
Faruk Alatan	....	executive producer
Edward L. Montoro	....	executive producer (US version)
Dick Randall	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Demer
Librado Pastor

Cinematography by
Juan Mariné		(as John Marine in US version)
Ricardo Navarrete

Film Editing by
Antonio Gimeno		(US version) (as Tony James)

Set Decoration by
Emilio Ruiz del Río		(as Emilio G. Ruiz)

Makeup Department
Pedro Camacho	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Emanuel Pine	....	production manager
Manuel Pinilla	....	production manager

Sound Department
Jorge Rodríguez Inclán	....	sound effects (also as George Rodriguez: US version) (as Jorge Rodríguez)

Special Effects by
Basilio Cortijo	....	special effects (as Basil Court in US version)

Visual Effects by
Juan Piquer Simón	....	visual effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Ricardo Navarrete	....	2 degree operator (as Richard Navarro)
Peter Villard	....	3 degree operator

Other crew
Juan Fava	....	consultant: xenobiology

Production Companies

• Almena Films
• France 2 (FR2)
• France 3 (FR 3)

Distributors

• Astral Video (1985) (Canada) (VHS)
• Film Ventures International (FVI)

Also Known As:

Extraterrestial Visitors (Philippines: English title)
L'eclosion des monstres (France)
Les nouveaux extraterrestres (France) (literal title)
Tales of Trumpy
The New Extraterrestrials (International: English title) (informal literal title)
The Pod People (USA)
The Return of E.T.
The Unearthling
Visitor (France) (video title)

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

French | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

France:-12 | Spain:T

Filming Locations:

Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range, Madrid, Spain

Company:

Almena Films

Trivia:

Originally filmed in French and Spanish; the actors learned both languages. It premiered in France before Spain.

Goofs:

Continuity: The alien attacks Bill and Brian at the ranger's station. Bill escapes in his truck. The alien, walking very slowly, beats him back to the house.

Quotes:

Studio engineer: [after recording a song; gives thumbs-up] Well?
Rick: [gives OK sign] It stinks!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Atomic Brain (#6.18)" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Hear The Engines Roll

Terrible in every way.

They say that MANOS is the worst movie that MST3k has ever shown, I beg to differ. I'm not just saying this to get it through that this movie is a piece of trash, I actually mean everything I'm going to say. This movie is so awful it's unbelievable. I never thought anyone could make a movie that I actually hated as much as this heap of garbage. There is absolutely nothing scary at all, except the fact J.P. Simon made this as a serious film. The acting, dubbing, directing, dialogue, producing, editing, anything you can say about this is in the poorest quality. They couldn't even use the right opening credits for the re-release, they had to use choppy scenes of "The Galaxy Invader" for no reason at all. Why would anyone in their right mind actually want to see this without Joel and the bots? Who would want to see this in its uncut, subtitled version? Who would want to see this at all. Scene for scene, much worse than "Plan 9..."