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)

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:

[about Rick]
Sharon: Oh, he's good.
Man with "I'm a virgin" T-shirt: GOOD? He's the BEST.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Pod People (#4.3)" (1991)

Soundtrack:

Hear The Engines Roll

Don't Step In Any Trumpy Dumpy!

Oh, how I love this, the movie that introduced me to the work of Juan Piquer Simon, one of the best "bad" directors ever. It was also the very first episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 I ever saw, way back when, so it will always have a special place in my heart. Although this version of his movie was run through the Film Ventures International ringer (a company that takes movies and re-edits them, adding new music & credits), Simon's style shines through. There's also the usual Juan Piquer Simon stable of actors, including Ian Sera (Kendle in "Pieces") and Frank Brana (the guy who says "You don't have the authority to declare Happy Birthday!" in "Slugs").

The movie is about some poachers who encounter some strange eggs in the woods- no wait, it's about a rockin' rock-n-roll band who are going on a camping trip- no, wait, it's about an animal-loving red-haired kid named Tommy who lives with his unpleasant aunt and uncle deep in the woods. Eventually all these tales converge when Trumpy, a lovable fuzzy alien with an odd shaped head and phallic snout, hatches out of one the aforementioned strange eggs.

Tommy takes in Trumpy and teaches him the joys of jigsaw puzzles and eating peanuts (which Trumpy sucks through his snout, which should be charming but is ultimately a creepy image). Unfortunately, another alien who looks exactly like Trumpy is on a killing spree, and a case of mistaken identity could land Trumpy on the business end of alcoholic Uncle Joe's shotgun!

This is a pleasantly dumb movie, full of dumb characters and dumber dialog ("Oh yeah? Well, you're a jerk!" says Brana to his bearded sidekick). Trumpy is cool, especially when he does "magic things" like stand on the ceiling, make Tommy's laundry fly through the air, and turn an old Simon game into a slammin' beat box (Mix Master Trumpy's jams would later be pilfered by Moby, The Beastie Boys, and others). Also putting in an appearance is a picture of Ronald Reagan, which completely fooled me into thinking this was an American movie.

The MST3K episode featuring this masterpiece is available on video from Rhino, and no fan of absurd cinema should be without it!