Beloved '80s classic E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is getting a theatrical re-release this year to celebrate the film's 40th anniversary, so what better time to take a look back at the film that went down in cinema history and launched a plethora of less than stellar knock-offs.

This week it's a case of E.T. and Mac and Me, and Nukie and Xtro (the black sheep of the family) as we look at not only the little alien who was afraid, totally alone and 3 million light years from home when cinema goers took him into their hearts in 1982, but also all of his cursed brethren. 

Burn them. Burn them with fire.