Extra Terrestrial Visitors (original title Los nuevos extraterrestres, literally The New Extraterrestrials) is a 1983 French-Spanish science fiction film directed by Juan Piquer Simón. The film’s original draft was meant to be 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. (Wikipedia)
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