Storyline
From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.
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Cast
J.K. Simmons, Brian Stepanek, Dakota Goyo, Josh Stamberg, Myndy Crist, Josh Hamilton, Keri Russell, Trevor St. John, Rich Hutchman, Andy Umberger, Annie Thurman, Ron Ostrow, Josh Wingate, Kadan Rockett, L.J. Benet, Jake Brennan, Tom Costello, Marion Kerr, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Tiffany Jeneen, Judith Moreland, Adam Schneider, Jessica Borden, Kenneth Meseroll, Michael Patrick McGill, Alexandra Anthony, Scott Anthony
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Reviews
67
While there are some scares along the way, Stewart foolishly gives away the whole kit and caboodle plot-wise with an opening quotation from Arthur C. Clarke.
63
Mostly, though, it all ends up feeling like a lost, minor episode of “The X-Files:” A little scary, a little silly and catnip for those who want to believe.
58
Good horror films are imprinted by the fears and anxieties of the day, converting real-life atrocities into abstracted scares; mediocre ones are imprinted, too, but with trends and commercial formulas. If Dark Skies resurfaced on TV or brain implant 20 or 30 years from now, horror fans would be able to carbon-date the film almost to the month.
50
It’s a passably chilling bit of nonsense that builds on the past, the tropes of the genre, and relies on them for the odd jolt and the occasional ironic laugh.
50
Alien abductions are a truly terrifying idea, and building an alien abduction movie on the template of "Poltergeist" is a great idea. But "Poltergeist" had one thing Dark Skies is sorely in need of: follow-through.
