To me what they did with such a low budget is astounding. This movie entertained me all the way through, which in the year 2014 a movie from the 80's can't do anymore.Compare it to 10 million dollar CGI snooze-fests and this movie is GOLD.GOLD I SAY!!! The effects are where the movie stands out.Usually it's a kid with a bucket of fake blood but when it's there, GOD DAMN it's awesome.My final verdict 12/10.Best movie since Dawn of the Dead (1978)

I admit to having a certain liking for the many toothed monsters. Unfortunately, there is little else to get excited about. The plot is boring, the acting amateurish, and the talky dead spots are many, especially for a film that seems well padded to only 81 minutes. Almost the entire movie takes place in one house, leading to a claustrophobic feeling throughout. The puppets with teeth eventually wear out their welcome, and the whole thing just sort of dissolves with an outdoor scene that appears only added on to push the running time. You can admire what they got out of a $25,000 budget, but that cannot hide the fact that "The Deadly Spawn" is a tedious movie to watch. - MERK

In some unidentified rural part of United States a meteorite strikes the ground one night.Two unlucky campers are killed by alien critters.The creatures then hide in the basement of the house,where they start to attack and gorily eat various family members and visitors."Return of the Aliens:The Deadly Spawn" is an enjoyable and gory sci-fi horror romp in the tradition of early Sam Raimi kinetic works.The characters are likable,but paper-thin and the gore flows freely.I was impressed by the monsters and the gore makeup in "The Deadly Spawn".Especially the baby alien spawn in the basement looked realistic.The film was actually made for under $20,000.21st Century released it in theaters as "The Deadly Spawn" and then re-released it with the "Return of the Aliens" title because "Alien" was a big commercial hit.Check out this gory piece of alien mayhem.8 out of 10.

As far as low budget alien invasions movies goes this movie was one of the best I have seen. It has been a long time since I have seen it, and the last time I did I was a kid, but I still remember it enough to know I liked every bit of it. I saw the movie with the super long title Return of the Alien: The Deadly Spawn, a title that was obviously trying to make itself out as some sort of Alien sequel like so many other alien movies of that time. This one did not really need to attach itself to that film though as it was a nice, super gory movie with a bit of humor in it to boot, humor that actually worked. The story has these aliens that look like tadpoles on the loose, and like all tad poles the turn into something bigger and even more deadly. In fact from how the movie ended I would say there is no telling how big they can get if they can feed enough. The creatures do lots of killing, even in their smaller tadpole like state and they cause a lot of havoc, thank goodness that kid shared the same hobby as Tommy from the Friday the 13th movies, though this came out first so one has to wonder if they stole that particular plot point from this film. I wonder if this movie is on DVD as I would love to see it again, granted I am sure the effects will not look as good and it will be dated, but from what I remember it will still be enjoyable to watch.