10 Great Horror Movies That Are Actually Ripoffs Of Other Films

7) Xtro

The science-fiction genre saw some of its biggest success with Alien in 1979 and E.T. in 1982. But one of the best cult classics of the genre would be released in 1983, where it would attempt to ripoff these properties. This film was Xtro, and it became one disturbingly memorable experience. That’s partly because it doesn’t slow down for even a minute, opening with a hellish sequence which is almost impossible to predict.

Xtro then takes itself down a winding path of cosmic horror, following an alien life form that crashes to Earth. We get to see the monster literally crawl out of the ground, like some kind of alien seed, before killing a couple driving out on a country road. But this is no generic slasher film, for the alien soon invades a small cottage and impregnates the woman living there. She immediately gives birth to a fully grown man, the reincarnation of the alien which attacked her. We realize it’s actually the man who was abducted in the opening credits – and the film just gets crazier from there.

With killer clowns, ravenous black panthers, explosive toy-sized tanks, and vicious alien creatures – Xtro is an unpredictable film that must be seen to believe. As for its two sequels, there are some redeeming qualities for each one, but they both pale in comparison to the original. They lack the creativity and bizarre content of the original Xtro, and exist as sequels in-name only.

There were reports of the original director coming back to do a fourth Xtro film nearly a decade ago, but as there’s been no news since, the project is most likely and unfortunately dead in the water.