The Pod People (1983)
"Los nuevos extraterrestres" (original title)

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

Director:

Juan Piquer Simón

Writers:

Joaquín Grau, Juan Piquer Simón

Stars:

Ian Sera, Nina Ferrer, Susanna Bequer

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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)

Storyline

One of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 faves. A little boy who has an extensive array of pets he likes to call "specimens" finds an alien egg to hatch, somewhat like Horton. The creature manages to use his snout to suck up peanuts and warp time and space with his fingers. Unfortunately, his brother who is found by poachers go on a killing spree.

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Plot Keywords:

boy | alien | egg | poacher | crossbow | 

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Taglines:

An extra-terrestrial from the forbidden zone.

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Genres:

Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

French Spanish

Release Date:

13 December 1983 (France)

Also Known As:

The Pod People

Filming Locations:

Sierra de Guadarrama mountain range, Madrid, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

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

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally intended as a low-budget horror movie about an evil alien. After the success of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the producers made the alien into a lovable character, and added a kid who befriends it. Director Juan Piquer Simón was not satisfied with the final result.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

[Tommy shows his uncle his specimen]
Tommy: Look, Uncle Bill!
Uncle Bill: Uh, centipede.
Tommy: It's a Lithobius microps!
Uncle Bill: To ME, it's a CENTIPEDE. It'll ALWAYS be called A CENTIPEDE!

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Connections

Featured in The Cinema Snob: Extra Terrestrial Visitors (2011)

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Soundtracks

"Hear The Engines Roll"

User Reviews

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..."