Dark Skies2013
Dark Skies (2013)
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Critic Consensus: 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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Cast
as Lacy Barrett
as Daniel Barret
as Jesse Barrett
as Sam Barrett
as Edwin Pollard
as Kevin Ratner
as Shelly Jessop
as Bobby Jessop
as Richard Klein
as Young Father
as Young Mother
as Young Daughter
as Police Officer
as Protection One Operator
as Security System Technician
as Janice Rhodes
as Young Husband
as Young Wife
as Pete
as Alex Holcombe
as Doctor Jonathan Kooper
as Ratner's Father
as Gun Salesman
as Porn Star
as Porn Star
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Critic Reviews for Dark Skies
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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.
Time and again, Stewart squanders the opportunity to do anything remotely interesting or worthwhile ...
There's little to fear from this rather tame genre outing.
Dark Skies is sort of supernatural, but it's really more super natural....[it's] about the fragility of family, a muted meditation on how precious it is.
Stewart has some lofty ambitions, some of which he almost fulfills.
Those elements are employed with consummate dexterity.
Audience Reviews for Dark Skies
An average horror movie that manages to build an effective mystery and tension better than anyone would expect, even if it doesn't offer anything original about abduction phenomenon that we haven't seen before in better works - say, The X-Files. Still, I find the ending satisfying.
Super Reviewer
Genuinely creepy at the end, though starts out quite lame and even dull.
Super Reviewer
This movies goes into the "I was pleasantly surprised" category. The trailer was a yawner and the apparent premise initially screamed "overdone!" A family is creeped out by a a bunch of weird, unexplainable things happening in their suburban home. While this movie is not original as a whole, there are surprisingly original and creepy scenes to entertain even the most jaded horror fan. While at first it feels like a "made-for-TV" movie, the performances start growing on you and as you finally get an idea of what is really going on, you're hooked. Compared to Director Scott Stewart's previous outings, "Legion" and "Priest," this is the best of the bunch, and frankly, the best of the most recent suburban, lamely titled fright-flicks (like "Possession").
Super Reviewer
Dark Skies Quotes
| Edwin Pollard: | "People think of these beings invading our planet as some great cataclysm but it's not like that at all. The invasion already happened. You cannot escape them. Sooner or later, when they're ready, they will take your family." |
| Edwin Pollard: | People think of these beings invading our planet as some great cataclysm, but it's not like that at all. The invasion already happened. You cannot escape them. Sooner or later, when they're ready, they will take your family. |
| Daniel Barrett: | Leave my son alone! |