Extra Terrestrial Visitors

Extra Terrestrial Visitors
Original poster
SpanishLos nuevos extraterrestres
LiterallyThe New Extra-terrestrials
Directed byJuan Piquer Simón
Written by
  • Joaquín Grau
  • Juan Piquer Simón
Produced by
Starring
  • Óscar Martín
  • Concha Cuetos
  • Manuel Pereiro
Cinematography
  • Juan Mariné
  • Ricardo Navarrete
Edited byAntonio Gimeno
Music by
  • Librado Pastor
  • Michael Demer
Production
company
Spectacular Trading Company
Distributed byAlmena Films
Release dates
  • 13 December 1983 (1983-12-13) (France)
  • 26 November 1984 (1984-11-26) (Barcelona)
  • 14 December 1984 (1984-12-14) (U.S.)
Running time
100 minutes
Countries
  • Spain
  • France
LanguageSpanish

Extra Terrestrial Visitors (Spanish: Los nuevos extraterrestres, lit. The New Extraterrestrials) is a 1983 science fiction film directed by Juan Piquer Simón. The film's original draft was intended as a straightforward horror film about an evil alien on a murderous rampage, but the producers demanded script alterations in order to cash in on the success of Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial by featuring a child and a cute, lovable alien.

An co-production between France and Spain, it was first theatrically released in the former country. In the United States, it was sometimes known by the alternate title The Unearthling, and was aired on television bearing this name. The film was largely forgotten until 1991, when it was lampooned by B movie-mocking cult TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, which used a print by Film Ventures International in which it was re-titled Pod People.