I've always liked the 1982 British horror flick XTRO, a cheapo alien spree set in the English countryside.
It got caught up in the Video Nasty furore in the late 80's, so be warned, its certainly not for the squeamish!
Besides the appearance of a life-size Action Man, featured before here, I did some digging into the location.
The early scenes are set in this lovely big house near a river and it always struck me as quite idyllic, the quintessentially English rustic backdrop for the gruesome terrors that unfold.
A little image searching of this house took me to this, Stockers Farm in Rickmansworth near London.
image: historic
Although looking slightly different, there are enough points of similarity to make me pretty sure its the same house.
Checking up on Stockers Farm, turns out its a well-known London rustic location according to IMDB.
Strangely their list does not include XTRO!
I wonder why?
What do you think?
XTRO was great, saw it in the theatre, and also INSEMINOID/HORROR PLANET, Judy Geeson birthing an alien monster-baby, yow!
ReplyDeleteGot Inseminoid on big box VHS Rob. What a film! Yuk!
ReplyDeleteSpent a day filming scenes for the first series of Gangs of London there back in 2019
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How fab Fenton! It is a real farm isnt it?
DeleteIt certainly is mate
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