dutchchocolatecake I don't know why this page has so many positive reviews. This movie is a remake of "UFO Abduction" (The McPherson Tape), so other reviewers probably have it confused with the original. This has got to be the dumbest, corniest way to waste an hour and a half of your life. But if you want to take a hilarious skip down memory lane of the cheesy late-90's, this might be what the doctor ordered.There is a rumor circulating around the Internet that what happened is real and that the original footage has been taken down off the Internet several times. I don't buy it because it follows too well with the late 80's-90's UFO mythology. I remember those times well. The UFO subculture had us all believing (well, those of us willing to waste our time listening) that little gray men wasted 7 trillion dollars worth of jet fuel traveling across millions of light years just to scare the bejeezus out of the first (and dumbest) human specimens they came across. The movie pays homage to all the stuff that became associated with alien encounters - strange lights, circular metallic spacecraft, electrical malfunctions, nose bleeds, branding and/or implants, paralysis and/or mind control, spooky little girls, and an audience gullible enough to buy the entire sordid mess of a story.I'm not a total skeptic. I think there is probably life somewhere out there in the Universe; but if it's half as advanced as people say it is, its got better things to do than to waste its time studying our pathetic self-destructive species.Anyway, the most generous rating I can give is a 3. The believability is nonexistent. The actors try, but no one can salvage a poorly written script or storyline. The entire movie is supposed to be suspenseful and evoke terror in the audience, but only a tiny two minute scene made me pause long enough to take it seriously. Then I was right back to LOLing at the suburbanites and their drunken matriarch.The idea behind the movie is not completely bad. It pre-dates The Blair Witch Project as the first found footage movie - even if it is a mash up of Alien Autopsy, Night of the Living Dead and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.I'd like to see a third version of this made (third times a charm?). The storyline can remain the same but it desperately needs re-scripted and directed by someone competent.

mikblyth When they are in the passage, the Shotgun is shot and puts a hole into the bedroom door, shortly after the Smoke alarm goes off, someone says "Take the battery out" when they try and remove the battery, the alarm has wires going into the ceiling, thus the smoke alarm is hard wired to the electric circuit so removing the batteries would make no difference. Also the hole from the shotgun looks perfectly round. Other than that to me the film is pretty average at best, its unconvincing from some of the actors and when they are all down in the kitchen with nose bleeds etc, they are all going far over the top than you would otherwise expect.

emma s Looking at the plot summary, I had hopes for this film. I'm a fan of the mockumentary horror sub-genre, and to find one about alien abduction, I thought this could be interesting viewing. Unfortunately, if you go in with the same hope for a frightening, clever horror/thriller, you will also be disappointed. The film starts with a family at thanksgiving, who experience strange happenings, which they initially attribute to an electrical storm. The start is very slow, and in my opinion, is filled with a very mundane, exceptionally poorly acted dialogue of the family and their background. Unfortunately, this is a running theme throughout the film, and the boring plot of the family and the characters overshadows any morsel of suspense and horror throughout the film. Actual activity is very few and far between, and any elements involving the aliens are distracting due to the obvious use of human actors in plastic masks - especially in the end scene where they appear to be wearing black rollnecks and jeans! There are many other scenes as well, which entirely detract from the atmosphere -such as when the mother runs out of the house in a panic, yet through the whole film never fails to spill a drop of her wine, let alone put the glass down for even a second.I think this could have been better if; 1. The actors were any good. Many a time, they was appallingly unbelievable and very obviously dictating from a script and failing to capture any resemblance of fear. There is a handful of instances where there are interviews with 'experts'. Again, the acting of these characters is abysmal and verging on bizarre when they decide a good character would be a British rock star in a 'cor blimey' accent dressed in a tiger print jacket. The mind boggles. 2. The writers actually contributed a script that enabled the viewer to empathise with the characters. As best they were an annoying irritant, where you clock-watched their experiences in the vain hope something bad actually happened to them. Bar one character who plays the boyfriend of one of the sisters, I would even go as far to say the viewer is left with no choice but to actively dislike the characters. In summary, I wouldn't waste an evening's viewing on this. It is a shame, as the concept and idea could have played out so much better with just a better cast, script and direction. For the horror/mockumentary style of film, there are far better examples out there more worthy of your time, even on a very modest budget with unknown actors. The producers really missed a trick with this one.

Lucien Wayneson This movie is based on a supposedly genuine piece of film which depicts a family being terrorised and eventually kidnapped by aliens. As to whether or not this movie is based on TRUE EVENTS I cannot say, but i can say that as a believer I think that all the people represented in this movie by actors were abducted by aliens. My decision may be biased due to the fact that I believe in aliens.The movie is basically a typical thanksgiving dinner gone horribly wrong. Aliens begin to attack! All of the events are taped on video by a 17 year old boy. Eventually as two of the sons go missing one of the group goes into a comatose-like state and eventually dies. A young girl whom is seemingly possessed then unloads a gun and at the end supposedly opens the door for the aliens. The group also retreat outside and are followed. One character in particular is felt sorry for and that is the old lady. She is in a state of distraught and denial in several parts of the movie and ends up speaking to her dead husband. This was not a review but a list of key events that may interest you enough as to make you see the movie for yourself. The actors also are very convincing because they do not take turns to talk but argue and debate over each other. The best actor in this movie by far is Gillian Barber who plays the eldest of the characters.She is truly a master of sending the message that she is TRULY scared. I really felt sorry for her during the course of this movie.BRAVO GILLIAN BRAVO!