Yes, very. More frightening than 97% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Return easy watching?

Barely. Less comforting than 86% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is The Return violent?

Yes. More violent than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does The Return end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

The Return

Name: The Return
Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction
Released: 1980
Duration: 86 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Landau, Raymond Burr, Neville Brand

Directed by Greydon Clark

198086 min5.9 / 10

A paranoid sci-fi thriller about childhood trauma and alien horror converging in a small town, where past encounters return to haunt the present with escalating violence and dread.

Two young children and an adult in a small town have an encounter with an alien spaceship. 25 years later the children are reunited as adults in the same town which is now beset by strange cattle mutilations. Matters become worse when the cattle mutilations are joined by human murders and mutilations.

Clusters

Injury And Mental Breakdown Found-Footage Horror Films Claustrophobic Paranoid Thrillers Crimes That Resurface Space & Alien Movies

Genres

Mystery Thriller Science Fiction

Keywords

Sheriff Alien Alien Abduction Cattle Mutilation

Questions people ask

Is The Return scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 97% of films.
Is The Return easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.
Is The Return violent? Yes. More violent than 83% of films.
Does The Return end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is The Return sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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