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Dark Skies writer director Scott Stewart has a solid cast, an interesting premise, and some admirable ambitions, but he can't figure out what to do with any of them, and the result is a dull, muddled effort that will bore all but the most devoted horror buffs.
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Dark Skies is alien encounter done on the cheap. September 18, 2019 | Full Review…
Dark Skies is alien encounter done on the cheap.
Noah Berlatsky
Puts a new spin on a tired subgenre. June 8, 2019 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Puts a new spin on a tired subgenre.
Matthew Lucas
Dark Skies works best when it leans on this nerve. It's tapping into a low-level fear, but one that's extremely relatable, and therefore more able to get under one's skin than a typical boogeyman. December 4, 2018 | Rating: 6/10 | Full Review…
Dark Skies works best when it leans on this nerve. It's tapping into a low-level fear, but one that's extremely relatable, and therefore more able to get under one's skin than a typical boogeyman.
Marisa LaScala
Alas, several decades of Majestic 12 conspiracy theories work to undermine the novelty and Stewart's best efforts. Fun, nonetheless. December 4, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Alas, several decades of Majestic 12 conspiracy theories work to undermine the novelty and Stewart's best efforts. Fun, nonetheless.
Tara Brady
There's a definite bittersweet tone to the end of Dark Skies and it's a bold departure from the endings from such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Poltergeist or even Signs, but Stewart didn't quite bring it all the way home. December 4, 2018 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…
There's a definite bittersweet tone to the end of Dark Skies and it's a bold departure from the endings from such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Poltergeist or even Signs, but Stewart didn't quite bring it all the way home.
Dave Trumbore
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. December 4, 2018 | Rating: C | Full Review…
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.
Drew Taylor
Russell and Hamilton convince as the initially skeptical parents who come under suspicion from neighbors, but are eclipsed by the subtle performance of Dakota Goyo as their troubled eldest son. December 4, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Russell and Hamilton convince as the initially skeptical parents who come under suspicion from neighbors, but are eclipsed by the subtle performance of Dakota Goyo as their troubled eldest son.
Terry Staunton
Unfortunately, for a supposedly scary movie, the only thing from above that may chill you when you leave the theater is rain. December 4, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Unfortunately, for a supposedly scary movie, the only thing from above that may chill you when you leave the theater is rain.
David Crow
Dark Skies is utterly generic, down to a meaningless title lifted from the 1996 X-Files knock-off TV series. December 4, 2018 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Dark Skies is utterly generic, down to a meaningless title lifted from the 1996 X-Files knock-off TV series.
Kim Newman
The story is oddly pessimistic. Nothing is learned, no victory is achieved, and even the expected "twist" ending is curiously dull. It's as if the aliens have already won. December 4, 2018 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
The story is oddly pessimistic. Nothing is learned, no victory is achieved, and even the expected "twist" ending is curiously dull. It's as if the aliens have already won.
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Leaving the theatre, there's an indistinct feeling that something is missing from the film; but that doesn't keep it from being a generally spine-tingling experience. October 22, 2018 | Full Review…
Leaving the theatre, there's an indistinct feeling that something is missing from the film; but that doesn't keep it from being a generally spine-tingling experience.
Sarah Gopaul
Poltergeist meets The X-Files when an average US suburban family is plunged into horror, blah blah blah. September 1, 2017 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…
Poltergeist meets The X-Files when an average US suburban family is plunged into horror, blah blah blah.
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