The Return (1980)

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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.

Released: 1980-03-31
Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Science Fiction
Runtime: 1h 26m
Status: Released
TMDB rating: 5.9/10 from 134 votes

Directed by Greydon Clark.

Top cast

Jan-Michael Vincent as Wayne
Cybill Shepherd as Jennifer
Martin Landau as Niles Buchanan
Raymond Burr as Dr. Kramer
Neville Brand as Walt
Brad Rearden as Eddie
Vincent Schiavelli as Prospector
Darby Hinton as Darren
Steven Hirsch as Dr. Parkfield
Susan Kiger as Joyce

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Where to watch The Return

United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Philo, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel; watch free on The Roku Channel, Pluto TV, Plex, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, YouTube, Fandango At Home
United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; watch free on Tubi TV, Plex; rent on Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube
Canada: watch free on Tubi TV, Plex; rent on Apple TV Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, YouTube
Australia: watch free on Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Amazon Video, YouTube

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