History YMMV / Xtro

* TooBleakStoppedCaring: This was an issue that many critics, including Creator/RogerEbert, had with the film - the tone is so spiteful and nihilistic that it's almost painful to watch.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: For all the film's problems, you cannot deny that the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEeakcNB0k main theme]] is pretty damn awesome. In fact, most of the score is actually quite beautiful out of context. It helps that [[DoItYourseflThemeTune director/composer]] Harry Bromley Davenport is a classically trained pianist.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: For all the film's problems, you cannot deny that the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEeakcNB0k main theme]] is pretty damn awesome. In fact, most of the score is actually quite beautiful out of context. It helps that director/composer Harry Bromley Davenport is a classically trained pianist.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: It's pretty much ''Film/{{Alien}}'' by way of Creator/DavidCronenberg as interpreted by a stoner. That last part is not an exaggeration, by the way - Davenport was regularly stoned during production of the film.

* UncannyValley: Sam's first form is a twisted wreck that scuttles backwards and the Action Man walks jerkily, making an eeries breathing noise the whole times. The creature and Action Man were played by "Tik and Tok", a pair of mimes, which explains it.

* SoBleakItsBoring: This was an issue that many critics, including Creator/RogerEbert, had with the film - the tone is so spiteful and nihilistic that it's almost painful to watch.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: It's pretty much ''Film/{{Alien}}'' by way of Creator/DavidCronenberg as interpreted by a stoner. No, really - Davenport was regularly stoned during production of the film.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This was an issue that many critics, including Creator/RogerEbert, had with the film - the tone is so spiteful and nihilistic that it's almost painful to watch.

* FollowTheLeader: The film's gruesome focus on horrific birthings and eggs that clasp onto humans' faces was no doubt indebted to the likes of ''Film/{{Alien}}'' and ''Film/TheBrood''.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: It's pretty much ''Alien'' by way of Cronenberg as interpreted by a stoner. No, really - Davenport was regularly stoned during production of the film.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Averted - Davenport was regularly stoned during production of the film.

* AwesomeMusic: For all the film's problems, you cannot deny that the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEeakcNB0k main theme]] is pretty damn awesome. In fact, most of the score is actually quite beautiful out of context. It helps that director/composer Harry Bromley Davenport is a classically trained pianist.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The practical effects are excellent, and have held up extremely well over the years. Sam's first form in particular is a real stand-out example.

* AwesomeMusic: For all the film's problems, you cannot deny that the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEeakcNB0k main theme]] is pretty damn awesome. In fact, most of the score is actually quite beautiful out of context. It helps that directorcomposer Harry Bromley Davenport is a classically trained pianist.

* AwesomeMusic: For all the film's problems, you cannot deny that the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEeakcNB0k main theme]] is awesome.

* AwesomeMusic: For all the film's problems, you cannot deny that the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcEeakcNB0k main theme]] is pretty good.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: This was an issue that many critics, including Creator/RogerEbert, had with the film - the tone is so spiteful and nihilistic that many of them couldn't be bothered to care about the plot or characters.

* VisualEffectsOfAwesome: The practical effects are excellent, and have held up extremely well over the years. Sam's first form in particular is a real stand-out.

* InNameOnly: Fans of the original film think this of the 90's sequels.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Davenport has insisted that the film was only meant to shock people and there is "no thought to it at all", which scuppers any chance to interpret the film. Then again, this was two decades after he made the film and he was only one of FOUR writers on the film (not counting the producer's influence), so maybe he's unreliable.