Ryan Gosling had the best time playing Ken in Barbie… and he’s not ready to hang up his rollerblades just yet.
As the host of this week’s Saturday Night Live, Gosling assured fans during his monologue: “I’m not going to make any jokes about Ken… because it’s not funny.” Yes, he and his beloved character “had to break up,” he shared, and it hasn’t been easy on him. To get over the heartache, Gosling sat down at a piano and sang a Ken-ergized version of Taylor’s Swift’s “All Too Well,” donning his Ken...
As the host of this week’s Saturday Night Live, Gosling assured fans during his monologue: “I’m not going to make any jokes about Ken… because it’s not funny.” Yes, he and his beloved character “had to break up,” he shared, and it hasn’t been easy on him. To get over the heartache, Gosling sat down at a piano and sang a Ken-ergized version of Taylor’s Swift’s “All Too Well,” donning his Ken...
- 4/14/2024
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
For this month’s installment of “TV Terrors” we revisit the found footage remake Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County, which aired in 1998 on the Upn Network.
Found footage in its early days was a rare novelty that often astounded and confounded audiences. The overseas had bits like “Ghost Watch” while the States had television movies like Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County. The latter is an early example of found footage, coming along just before The Blair Witch Project, making it a notable entry in the genre.
A remake of Dean Alioto’s 1989 low budget The McPherson Tape, Alien Abduction aired on January 20, 1998 and became something of an urban legend. Not only was it aired without much preamble on a network known mainly for comedies, but allegedly the movie caused a stir among audiences that assumed that we were watching actual accounts of a family confronting aliens in a rural countryside.
Found footage in its early days was a rare novelty that often astounded and confounded audiences. The overseas had bits like “Ghost Watch” while the States had television movies like Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County. The latter is an early example of found footage, coming along just before The Blair Witch Project, making it a notable entry in the genre.
A remake of Dean Alioto’s 1989 low budget The McPherson Tape, Alien Abduction aired on January 20, 1998 and became something of an urban legend. Not only was it aired without much preamble on a network known mainly for comedies, but allegedly the movie caused a stir among audiences that assumed that we were watching actual accounts of a family confronting aliens in a rural countryside.
- 9/27/2023
- by Felix Vasquez Jr
- bloody-disgusting.com
Joel Kinnaman (For All Mankind) is attached to star in They Found Us, an alien abduction thriller to be directed for AGC Studios and Temple Hill by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Neill Blomkamp (District 9), which will head into production in Australia later this year.
The film to be fully financed by Stuart Ford’s fast-growing independent content studio, AGC Studios, is based on an original screenplay by Jeremy Slater, whose credits include Moon Knight, Fantastic Four, The Exorcist, The Lazarus Effect and The Umbrella Academy. It will follow a father (Kinnaman) and his daughter Kaylee as they undertake a camping trip in the Utah wilderness to heal their broken relationship. After being attacked by a hostile extraterrestrial lifeform, their lives — not just their relationship — wind up at stake, as they fight with a humanoid beast to stop their abduction to an unknown and terrifying alien world.
Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen...
The film to be fully financed by Stuart Ford’s fast-growing independent content studio, AGC Studios, is based on an original screenplay by Jeremy Slater, whose credits include Moon Knight, Fantastic Four, The Exorcist, The Lazarus Effect and The Umbrella Academy. It will follow a father (Kinnaman) and his daughter Kaylee as they undertake a camping trip in the Utah wilderness to heal their broken relationship. After being attacked by a hostile extraterrestrial lifeform, their lives — not just their relationship — wind up at stake, as they fight with a humanoid beast to stop their abduction to an unknown and terrifying alien world.
Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen...
- 4/26/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Alien abduction film, Static Codes to start production in Thousand Oaks, Ca. this June 2022 from Lux Angeles Studios, Safier Entertainment, and PhilaDreams Films. The new thriller under the direction of David M. Parks stars Sadie Katz (Wrong Turn 6), Mike Ferguson (Amityville Uprising), and Shane Woodson (8 Days To Hell). Richard Wiltz, a man …
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- 5/28/2022
- by Mike Joy
- Horror News
Freestyle Digital Media, the digital film distribution division of Byron Allen's Entertainment Studios, has acquired North American rights to the dramedy Pretty Broken. Pretty Broken debuts on VOD and will be available to rent and own on North American digital HD internet and satellite platforms through Freestyle Digital Media on March 1, 2019. Pretty Broken will also be released theatrically in Los Angeles on March 1st and will be available on DVD.
Pretty Broken tells the story of Lindsey Lou (Jillian Clare), an unemployed, college drop-out on the verge of divorce who finds herself couch surfing at her childhood home while her family grieves the death of her father. As the family tries to put the past behind them, Lindsey fights to keep his memory alive before her mother, Caroline Lou (Stacy Edwardse), replaces him with a younger man, Jerry Carlyle (Tyler Christophere).
Pretty Broken stars Jillian Clare, Tyler Christopher, Stacy Edwards,...
Pretty Broken tells the story of Lindsey Lou (Jillian Clare), an unemployed, college drop-out on the verge of divorce who finds herself couch surfing at her childhood home while her family grieves the death of her father. As the family tries to put the past behind them, Lindsey fights to keep his memory alive before her mother, Caroline Lou (Stacy Edwardse), replaces him with a younger man, Jerry Carlyle (Tyler Christophere).
Pretty Broken stars Jillian Clare, Tyler Christopher, Stacy Edwards,...
- 1/25/2019
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Pretty Broken, a heartfelt dramedy feature film for the entire family from Leonian Pictures and Resonance Productions, will screen at the Portland Film Festival on Friday, October 26th at 7:30 p.m. in Portland, Oregon.
The indie darling stars Portland native Jillian Clare, Tyler Christopher, Stacy Edwards, Preston Bailey, Peter Holden and Adam Chambers. Pretty Broken is directed by award winning director Brett Eichenberger from a script penned by Jill Remensnyder.
The story follows Lindsey Lou (Clare), an unemployed, college drop-out on the verge of divorce who finds herself couch surfing at her childhood home while her family grieves the death of her father. As the family tries to put the past behind them, Lindsey fights to keep his memory alive before her mother (Edwards) replaces him with a younger man (Christopher).
“We're excited and honored to screen Pretty Broken at our hometown Portland Film Festival” says director/producer Brett Eichenberger.
The indie darling stars Portland native Jillian Clare, Tyler Christopher, Stacy Edwards, Preston Bailey, Peter Holden and Adam Chambers. Pretty Broken is directed by award winning director Brett Eichenberger from a script penned by Jill Remensnyder.
The story follows Lindsey Lou (Clare), an unemployed, college drop-out on the verge of divorce who finds herself couch surfing at her childhood home while her family grieves the death of her father. As the family tries to put the past behind them, Lindsey fights to keep his memory alive before her mother (Edwards) replaces him with a younger man (Christopher).
“We're excited and honored to screen Pretty Broken at our hometown Portland Film Festival” says director/producer Brett Eichenberger.
- 10/17/2018
- by Roger Newcomb
- We Love Soaps
Director Matty Beckerman’s upcoming sorority slasher The Row hits select theaters and On Demand on Friday, July 27th, from Lionsgate. And today we have an exclusive clip to share, which you can check out below. The film is directed by Matty Beckerman (Alien Abduction) from a script written by Sarah Scougal and stars Lala Kent, Dylan Sprayberry […]
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- 7/18/2018
- by Mike Sprague
- DreadCentral.com
The roll-out of Saudi Arabia’s nascent film industry continue apace. Today sees the official launch of the kingdom’s first full-service production studio Nebras Films which hopes to be a home to features, TV, documentaries and advertising content. The 42,000 square-foot production facility will be offering post-production services, art workshops, 3D animation, audio, casting, crew, equipment, props and sets.
Among the studio’s ‘state of the art equipment’ will be Arri cameras, Master Prime, anamorphic lenses, lighting and grips, vehicles, aerial drones, 3D scanners and surveying and camera stabilizers and cranes. Production recently wrapped on the facility’s first international co-production, Born A King, produced by Andres Gomez, directed by Agustí Villaronga and starring Deadpool‘s Ed Skrein.
Studio principals include Chairman Abdullah Al Nafisah, General Manager Niko Ruokosuo, Head of Production Matty Beckerman, Deputy General Manager Abdulrahman Al Nafisah, Assistant Producer Fouad Al Khateeb and Project Manager Saad Abutaily.
Among the studio’s ‘state of the art equipment’ will be Arri cameras, Master Prime, anamorphic lenses, lighting and grips, vehicles, aerial drones, 3D scanners and surveying and camera stabilizers and cranes. Production recently wrapped on the facility’s first international co-production, Born A King, produced by Andres Gomez, directed by Agustí Villaronga and starring Deadpool‘s Ed Skrein.
Studio principals include Chairman Abdullah Al Nafisah, General Manager Niko Ruokosuo, Head of Production Matty Beckerman, Deputy General Manager Abdulrahman Al Nafisah, Assistant Producer Fouad Al Khateeb and Project Manager Saad Abutaily.
- 4/30/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Ghosts. Demonic possession. Witchcraft. Vampires. The lost colony of Roanoke. For six spooky seasons, Ryan Murphy and his team have leaned hard into the supernatural to deliver the scares on American Horror Story. FX's landmark anthology series' only rule seemed to be: There are no rules. Minotaurs in New Orleans? Sure! A man with a face on the back of his head rising on Halloween to collect the souls of freak show performers? Why not? Alien abduction? Throw it in there. Installment after installment, Murphy would plumb the depths of the supernatural playbook, cramming as much as possible in to each run of episodes in an effort to keep us entertained. But somewhere along the way, the recipe became...
- 10/24/2017
- E! Online
Taking cues from Jason Eisener’s V/H/S/2 segment “Alien Abduction Slumber Party”, this first clip from the Ridley Scott-produced Phoenix Forgotten shows a trio of teens who are in the desert seeking proof of UFOs…and find exactly what they’re looking for. Justin Barber directs the film, in theaters April 21st. Based on the shocking, true events […]...
- 4/12/2017
- by Brad Miska
- bloody-disgusting.com
To vote in this lineup, scroll to the poll at the bottom of the page, then head back to the bracket to see all of The Greatest Alien Abduction, The A.V. Club’s no-holds-barred competition to see which space visitor sequence from TV or film deserves the title, “Greatest Of All Time.”
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Vs.
The Simpsons...
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Vs.
The Simpsons...
- 10/28/2016
- avclub.com
To vote in this lineup, scroll to the poll at the bottom of the page, then head back to the bracket to see all of The Greatest Alien Abduction, The A.V. Club’s no-holds-barred competition to see which space visitor sequence from TV or film deserves the title, “Greatest Of All Time.”
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Vs.
Under The Skin...
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Vs.
Under The Skin...
- 10/27/2016
- avclub.com
To vote in this lineup, scroll to the poll at the bottom of the page, then head back to the bracket to see all of The Greatest Alien Abduction, The A.V. Club’s no-holds-barred competition to see which dream sequence from TV or film deserves the title, “Greatest Of All Time.”
War Of The Worlds
Vs.
Under The Skin...
War Of The Worlds
Vs.
Under The Skin...
- 10/24/2016
- by Alex McCown-Levy
- avclub.com
To vote in this lineup, scroll to the poll at the bottom of the page, then head back to the bracket to see all of The Greatest Alien Abduction, The A.V. Club’s no-holds-barred competition to see which dream sequence from TV or film deserves the title, “Greatest Of All Time.”
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Vs.
Fire In The Sky...
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Vs.
Fire In The Sky...
- 10/24/2016
- avclub.com
A relaxing night outdoors takes a bone-crunching turn for an unfortunate camper in the latest promo video for season six of FX’s American Horror Story.
American Horror Story‘s sixth season premieres on Wednesday, September 14th. The official synopsis of the new season has yet to be revealed, but the new teaser sheds a spotlight on potential horrors to come, although the wide variety of these promo videos only adds to the intriguing mystery surrounding season six.
We’ll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details concerning the new season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series. What do you hope to see in the show’s sixth season?
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American Horror Story‘s sixth season premieres on Wednesday, September 14th. The official synopsis of the new season has yet to be revealed, but the new teaser sheds a spotlight on potential horrors to come, although the wide variety of these promo videos only adds to the intriguing mystery surrounding season six.
We’ll be sure to keep Daily Dead readers updated on further details concerning the new season of Ryan Murphy’s anthology series. What do you hope to see in the show’s sixth season?
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- 8/14/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Canadian filmmaker Jason Eisener is a special talent. After breaking onto the scene with his legendary holiday short, “Treevenge,” he became a horror name with his indie Hobo With a Shotgun. While he’s not directing on the reg (he did helm the fantastic V/H/S/2 segment, “Alien Abduction Slumber Party/Abduction”), he’s all over the place in the horror genre. Not only is he […]...
- 7/30/2016
- by MrDisgusting
- bloody-disgusting.com
After all these years, fans still want to believe. The X-Files returned to television roughly 14 years after it ended and fans embraced Mulder (David Duchovny), Scully (Gillian Anderson) and the spooky occurrences that plaque the FBI agents. There were lizard monsters, nose-less golems, Joel McHale and of course alien conspiracies. Ever wonder what your x-file would be? You're in luck. The quiz below will help you get to the bottom of why Mulder and Scully would come calling for you. Alien abduction? Were-monster? You will soon find out. The X-Files season 10 (also known as an event series) is out on Blu-ray, DVD and digital HD now, so you can relive the flashlight investigations all over again. No official word...
- 6/17/2016
- E! Online
Saturday Night Live has this weekend off — and coupled with its bruisingly bad Ronda Rousey episode on Jan. 23 — that’s an awfully long wait for funny business from Studio 8H.
RelatedSNL: Melissa McCarthy Returning as Host, Kanye West Set as Musical Guest
Fret not; TVLine’s got you covered.
We’ve reviewed every sketch up to Season 41’s current midway point and gathered the 12 best (with handy video links) all in one gallery.
RelatedPilot News: ABC Orders Shondaland’s Toast Comedy, Reverse Will & Grace
“Alien Abduction” is there. So is “Santa Baby.” And naturally, Adele’s Thanksgiving “Hello” makes the cut,...
RelatedSNL: Melissa McCarthy Returning as Host, Kanye West Set as Musical Guest
Fret not; TVLine’s got you covered.
We’ve reviewed every sketch up to Season 41’s current midway point and gathered the 12 best (with handy video links) all in one gallery.
RelatedPilot News: ABC Orders Shondaland’s Toast Comedy, Reverse Will & Grace
“Alien Abduction” is there. So is “Santa Baby.” And naturally, Adele’s Thanksgiving “Hello” makes the cut,...
- 1/30/2016
- TVLine.com
Saturday Night Live‘s holiday episode might still be two weeks away, but this week’s Ryan Gosling-hosted installment was most definitely a case of Christmas coming early.
RelatedTVLine’s 10 Best Comedy Series of 2015
While the Canadian heartthrob’s opening monologue wasn’t especially inspired — not even with fellow north-of-the-border import Mike Myers offering support — the remainder of Gosling’s episode ranked among the better SNL installments of the last few seasons.
The strictest of viewers might’ve objected to Gosling’s multiple thisclose-to-breaking incidents, but to me, the fact that the Notebook actor was clearly amused by the...
RelatedTVLine’s 10 Best Comedy Series of 2015
While the Canadian heartthrob’s opening monologue wasn’t especially inspired — not even with fellow north-of-the-border import Mike Myers offering support — the remainder of Gosling’s episode ranked among the better SNL installments of the last few seasons.
The strictest of viewers might’ve objected to Gosling’s multiple thisclose-to-breaking incidents, but to me, the fact that the Notebook actor was clearly amused by the...
- 12/6/2015
- TVLine.com
Reports of alien abductions are common enough these days that we’re familiar with all the usual tropes. But someone had to be the first to call one in, and in 1961 that was Betty and Barney Hill. The New Hampshire couple claimed to have been captured by a UFO on the night of September 19, and then returned with […]
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- 9/17/2015
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
A film adaptation based on the book "Captured! The Betty and nm3441111 autoBarney Hill[/link] UFO Experience: The True Story of the World's First Documented Alien Abduction" is in development by the producers of the upcoming "Maze Runner: Scorch Trials" - Bryce Zabel and Jackie Zabel of Stellar Productions. Written by Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden, the book gives readers an insider's look at Barney and Betty Hill, an interracial couple who claimed that they were abducted by extraterrestrials in rural New Hampshire, on September 19, 1961 through September 20, 1961. It was the first widely publicized report of alien abduction, adapted into the best-selling 1966 book...
- 9/17/2015
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Maze Runner: Scorch Trials producers Gotham/Principal and WGA award winners Bryce Zabel and Jackie Zabel of Stellar Productions have announced a partnership to make the feature film Captured. It’s based on the book Captured! The Betty And Barney Hill UFO Experience: The True Story Of The World's First Documented Alien Abduction, by Stanton Friedman and Kathleen Marden. The film will follow Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple from Portsmouth, New Hampshire who…...
- 9/17/2015
- Deadline
Betty and Barney Hill were the alleged victims of the world’s first documented alien abduction case Gotham/Principal, producers of this Friday’s Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, has partnered with WGA award-winners Bryce Zabel and Jackie Zabel and their Stellar Productions to produce Captured, based on the rights to the first reported alien abduction that took place…
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- 9/16/2015
- by Silas
- shocktillyoudrop.com
The producers of this week’s release Maze Runner: Scorch Trials have partnered with Bryce Zabel and Jackie Zabel on the alien abduction thriller.
Captured is based on the rights to the first reported alien abduction that occurred 54 years ago this week and tells of Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple from New Hampshire, who claimed they were captured by a UFO in 1961.
Bryce Zabel will adapt the screenplay from the 2007 non-fiction book Captured! The Betty And Barney Hill UFO Experience: The True Story Of The World’s First Documented Alien Abduction.
Nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman co-wrote the book with Betty Hill’s niece Kathleen Marden. The film will be set in the context of Cold War paranoia and race relations.
Eric Robinson of Gotham/Principal negotiated the deal with Jason Leibovitch of Leibo Management on behalf of Stellar.
Captured is based on the rights to the first reported alien abduction that occurred 54 years ago this week and tells of Betty and Barney Hill, an interracial couple from New Hampshire, who claimed they were captured by a UFO in 1961.
Bryce Zabel will adapt the screenplay from the 2007 non-fiction book Captured! The Betty And Barney Hill UFO Experience: The True Story Of The World’s First Documented Alien Abduction.
Nuclear physicist Stanton Friedman co-wrote the book with Betty Hill’s niece Kathleen Marden. The film will be set in the context of Cold War paranoia and race relations.
Eric Robinson of Gotham/Principal negotiated the deal with Jason Leibovitch of Leibo Management on behalf of Stellar.
- 9/16/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
There is and always will be something special about terrific unique found footage films. They tap a serious nerve. Apollo 18 broke the mold. So did The Blair Witch Project Rec Alien Abduction and Lucky Bastard. Those were standout subgenre features and if this trailer is any indicator of what genre freaks are in store for Creep may be the next handycam pic to leave viewers truly unnerved.
- 6/7/2015
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
Area 51 – where the hell do I begin? You have to respect Oren Peli for single-handedly redefining the horror landscape with a 10K budget and a haunted video tape (Paranormal Activity), an act that led everyone to assume the director would be treated as a golden God on whatever project he decided to tackle next. Unsurprisingly, Area 51 was announced – an obvious thematic followup. Found footage scares, alien conspiracies and a handful of unknowns who run around the Neveda desert? Hell, Peli was able to accomplish unspeakable bouts of terror by using an invisible monster, now he’d actually have evil creatures to play with! Blumhouse fanatics immediately started salivating based on Peli’s concept alone.
But then uncertainty set in. Years passed with no updates on the Area 51 front, Peli kept producing and writing other projects (The River), and not even Jason Blum could confirm what the hell...
But then uncertainty set in. Years passed with no updates on the Area 51 front, Peli kept producing and writing other projects (The River), and not even Jason Blum could confirm what the hell...
- 5/19/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Calling back to the minimalist sci-fi stories of yesteryear, Ejecta blends found footage camerawork with an Area 51-esque experiment that wants to prove the existence of alien lifeforms. Penned by genre favorite Tony Burgess (Pontypool/Septic Man), it’s a story about paranoia that hits on a possession arc we typically see connected to exorcisms and demonic overtakings – but it’s not one that dares to push the envelope.
What’s been said about extraterrestrial invasions is restated by Ejecta in a lot of the same ways, which only reminds us of past films that have executed interplanetary thrills with far more energy. Whether you’re thinking of the basement scene in Signs, or any first-person chase scene from the Vicious brothers’ Extraterrestrial, directors Chad Archibald and Matt Wiele are only able to produce another bland case of flying saucers and gangly spacemen. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Julian Richings stars as William Cassidy,...
What’s been said about extraterrestrial invasions is restated by Ejecta in a lot of the same ways, which only reminds us of past films that have executed interplanetary thrills with far more energy. Whether you’re thinking of the basement scene in Signs, or any first-person chase scene from the Vicious brothers’ Extraterrestrial, directors Chad Archibald and Matt Wiele are only able to produce another bland case of flying saucers and gangly spacemen. Nothing more, and nothing less.
Julian Richings stars as William Cassidy,...
- 3/1/2015
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Happy Tuesday the 13th! This week’s home entertainment releases are an eclectic bunch but we’ve got a lot of fun titles to look forward to including two sci-fi classics- At the Earth’s Core and Supernova- as well several recent indie titles including Honeymoon and Jessabelle.
Spotlight Titles:
At the Earth’s Core (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray)
They’re in it Deep now! Murderous monsters, scantily clad prehistoric playmates and telepathic pterodactyls inhabit the center of our world in this colorful fantasy-adventure about a manned “drill-craft” boring its way to the center of the Earth! Starring sci-fi superstars Doug McClure (The Land That Time Forgot), Peter Cushing (Nothing But the Night) and Caroline Munro (Maniac), this subterranean chiller is the most endearingly whimsical entertainment on – or under – the planet’s surface! There’s more than lava at the Earth’s core. There’s also Pellucidar: an underground empire...
Spotlight Titles:
At the Earth’s Core (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray)
They’re in it Deep now! Murderous monsters, scantily clad prehistoric playmates and telepathic pterodactyls inhabit the center of our world in this colorful fantasy-adventure about a manned “drill-craft” boring its way to the center of the Earth! Starring sci-fi superstars Doug McClure (The Land That Time Forgot), Peter Cushing (Nothing But the Night) and Caroline Munro (Maniac), this subterranean chiller is the most endearingly whimsical entertainment on – or under – the planet’s surface! There’s more than lava at the Earth’s core. There’s also Pellucidar: an underground empire...
- 1/13/2015
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Welcome to the latest episode of The ScreamCast! Each episode Usually sees hosts Sean Duregger and Brad Henderson review a Scream Factory release, however this week the ScreamCast gang are tackling something a little different…
This week the guys are joined by John Portanova (The Invoking, The Device, Valley Of The Sasquatch) to discuss all things alien! They discuss his newest film, The Device as well as Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray release of The Quatermass Xperiment and their Top 10 Alien Abduction/Invastion flicks.
Don’t forget to check out TheScreamCast.com for the show notes and for more news and reviews of Scream Factory releases and make sure to follow them on Twitter too!
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This week the guys are joined by John Portanova (The Invoking, The Device, Valley Of The Sasquatch) to discuss all things alien! They discuss his newest film, The Device as well as Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray release of The Quatermass Xperiment and their Top 10 Alien Abduction/Invastion flicks.
Don’t forget to check out TheScreamCast.com for the show notes and for more news and reviews of Scream Factory releases and make sure to follow them on Twitter too!
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- 1/7/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Continuing their recent trend of acquisitions, IFC Midnight has tossed another found footage alien adventure into the ring with Daniel Simpson’s Hangar 10 – a monotonous effort that somehow makes Alien Abduction seem endearing, exciting, and extraterrestrially invigorating. Yet again a filmmaker experiments with shaky camera angles, choppy footage and off-camera action while supposedly creating the next great invasion thriller, dragging audiences down a disenchanted road without a modicum of entertainment in sight. The Vicious brothers recently schooled science fiction buffs with their own invasion flick, Extraterrestrial, yet Daniel Simpson’s film learns nothing from the more jovial genre ploy by revering back to boredom, sluggishness, and inconsequential storytelling that focuses on anything But non-stop action. The thrills fall flat, the scares die quick, and we’re left with a few treasure hunters sporting some nasty, aggravating attitudes, who spend most of their time mesmerized by flashing lights – like moths to a dimly lit,...
- 11/30/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Despite such bland, generic branding, the Vicious Brothers’ Extraterrestrial shies away from repeating the same mistakes of their ambitiously convoluted last film, Grave Encounters 2, by reaching for a fast-paced, fun-filled watch that’s more in line with their original Grave Encounters. Alien invasion movies have been recycled time and time again – a statement also easily said about found-footage – but the Vicious Brothers decide instead to go the route of reinvention. Why not just have a ton of fun playing with other-worldly stereotypes? Unfortunately there’s no reward without risk, as this haunting chase won’t go down in history, but if you’re looking for a confident horror flick about gangly grey men, strap in and hold on. The ride may be bumpy, but enough flashing lights and shadowy figures distract from a passable simplicity – or maybe I was just brainwashed to believe as much?
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- 11/18/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Found-footage horror flicks laboriously source the provenance of every shot, letting us know which camera each image comes from, but they demand that we never wonder who has edited those images together — and to what purpose. Let's say you're the person who "finds" the footage that becomes one of these films. And let's say that that footage includes — as it does in Hangar 10, Europa Report, Alien Abduction, and a couple others — definitive proof that we earthlings are not alone in the universe. Having lucked into the greatest discovery in human history, you could do the sensible thing and alert the world's scientists. Or you could painstakingly assemble that footage into a narrative feature concerned with the backstories and group r...
- 11/5/2014
- Village Voice
Alien Abduction
Written by Robert Lewis
Directed by Matty Beckerman
USA, 2014
Let me start this review by destroying my credibility: I actually like found footage horror movies. No, like’s too weak a word; I love them. I actively seek out every one of them I can find. Whenever a new one comes up on Netflix, VOD, or in the theaters, I can’t help but be a bit giddy. At least once a month, I check IMDb or other film sites for lists of the things, hoping to stumble across a new one I haven’t seen. I know this puts me in an undistinguished minority of critics, but I can’t help it; something about the way they use perspective, the way they tell their stories, the treatment of the camera as a subjective character, it just works for me, and it works with what I find frightening.
Written by Robert Lewis
Directed by Matty Beckerman
USA, 2014
Let me start this review by destroying my credibility: I actually like found footage horror movies. No, like’s too weak a word; I love them. I actively seek out every one of them I can find. Whenever a new one comes up on Netflix, VOD, or in the theaters, I can’t help but be a bit giddy. At least once a month, I check IMDb or other film sites for lists of the things, hoping to stumble across a new one I haven’t seen. I know this puts me in an undistinguished minority of critics, but I can’t help it; something about the way they use perspective, the way they tell their stories, the treatment of the camera as a subjective character, it just works for me, and it works with what I find frightening.
- 7/26/2014
- by Michelle
- SoundOnSight
Alien Abduction is an indie horror title from director Matty Becerkman and writer Robert Lewis. This title recently released through IFC Midnight and some horror fans might have missed the April 4th, 2014 release date (like this one). Alien Abduction is a found footage styled film and it stars Katherine Sigismund (Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon), Corey Eid, Riley Polanski and Jillian Clare. The story revolves around the Brown Mountain Lights. Strange lights have been spotted near a local North Carolina mountain range since the early 1900s. A family sees the lights, during a camping trip and a strange presence makes itself known. Now, the Morris family must face more than burnt marshmallows as aliens infiltrate the local hills. A trailer for Alien Abduction looms below. The clip shows the Morris family trapped in a tunnel by mysterious shapes. Horror fans can view the film through online platforms until July...
- 4/14/2014
- by noreply@blogger.com (Michael Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Why are there so few horror movies coming out in October? That's a question we asked last year after noticing Carrie was the only horror movie set to hit movie theaters in a Halloween-loving month that used to be swamped by scary movies. It just seemed strange that no one was taking advantage of that dearth of horror movies by releasing something -- anything -- in theaters. Several months later and we're still a bit confused about that, but now we're looking at the 2014 release calendar and wondering something different: Is April the new month of horror movies? Here are all of the genre films hitting theaters this month: Afflicted Alien Abduction Jinn Under the Skin (It may not be a typical horror movie, but it's absolutely terrifying) Oculus Only...
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- 4/9/2014
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Not a huge confession here: the "horror / sci-fi" combo is my favorite type of movie. From the top of the heap (aka Alien) to the lowest rung on the ladder (pick one of the Resident Evil sequels), if it combines those two most fantastical of genres into one story, that's a film I want to see. Another obvious confession: in recent years I've grown rather fond of the "found footage" style of horror filmmaking.
So obviously a new indie film that tosses horror, science fiction, and found footage into a blender is bound to keep me entertained for 71 minutes, right? Wrong. The blandly titled (and plainly inaccurate) Alien Abduction is virtually worthless. "Virtually," because this tiresome piece of Diy nonsense could probably work as an academic tool; you could call the lecture "How not to make a found footage film."
Alien Abduction is about a very bland family that goes...
So obviously a new indie film that tosses horror, science fiction, and found footage into a blender is bound to keep me entertained for 71 minutes, right? Wrong. The blandly titled (and plainly inaccurate) Alien Abduction is virtually worthless. "Virtually," because this tiresome piece of Diy nonsense could probably work as an academic tool; you could call the lecture "How not to make a found footage film."
Alien Abduction is about a very bland family that goes...
- 4/9/2014
- by Scott Weinberg
- FEARnet
Title: Alien Abduction Director: Matty Beckerman Starring: Peter Holden, Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Jillian Clare, Jeff Bowser, Riley Polanski There will be a time when young, aspiring indie filmmakers return predominantly to shooting what they know, which will give us a surge in chatty, beer-soaked navel-gazing — a quality that would almost seem radical in today’s cinematic environment. This is not yet that time, however, as the extraordinarily derivative, forthrightly titled and essentially pointless “Alien Abduction” confirms. Eschewing more sophisticated and higher-degree-of-difficulty moodiness for lots of panicked thrashing about, this found-footage horror tale is an exercise in well-intentioned tedium. The story centers on a vacationing family in Western North Carolina, comprised [ Read More ]
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- 4/4/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Matty Beckerman’s extraterrestrial thriller Alien Abduction has landed on VOD and in limited theatrical release via IFC Midnight today, and you should do yourselves a favor by watching this one. It's as unsettling and spooky as they come. That being said... check out the new eye candy!
Written by Robert Lewis, Alien Abduction stars Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Riley Polanski, Jillian Clare, Jeff Bowser, and Peter Holden.
Synopsis
A terrifying sci-fi story inspired by dramatic found footage, Alien Abduction preys on our fear of the unknown as we follow an average American family who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
While driving to a campsite in the Brown Mountains of North Carolina, the Morris family's Gps malfunctions, and they are lead to a remote tunnel surrounded by abandoned vehicles. The father, Peter Morris, is abducted, leaving his traumatized wife and children to flee and seek refuge in a nearby cabin.
Written by Robert Lewis, Alien Abduction stars Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Riley Polanski, Jillian Clare, Jeff Bowser, and Peter Holden.
Synopsis
A terrifying sci-fi story inspired by dramatic found footage, Alien Abduction preys on our fear of the unknown as we follow an average American family who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
While driving to a campsite in the Brown Mountains of North Carolina, the Morris family's Gps malfunctions, and they are lead to a remote tunnel surrounded by abandoned vehicles. The father, Peter Morris, is abducted, leaving his traumatized wife and children to flee and seek refuge in a nearby cabin.
- 4/4/2014
- by Steve Barton
- DreadCentral.com
Beware of strange alien lights.
“Alien Abduction” is a fictional found footage movie about the Brown Mountain Lights in North Carolina. It follows a family’s camping trip in the woods, in which they encounter a threat after witnessing the lights.
The movie stars Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Jillian Clare, Peter Holden, and Riley Polanski.
Latino-Review had an exclusive interview with director Matty Beckerman. We discussed the history and origins of the Brown Mountain Lights. We also got into the topics of certain special effects throughout the movie, including the alien costumes and the camera falling from the sky.
“Alien Abduction” is playing in select theaters and on VOD today.
Read the interview transcript below.
Latino-Review: What attracted you to this script?
Matty Beckerman: I spent time living in the mountains of North Carolina working with my family there. There’s a legend over 800 years that lights have been...
“Alien Abduction” is a fictional found footage movie about the Brown Mountain Lights in North Carolina. It follows a family’s camping trip in the woods, in which they encounter a threat after witnessing the lights.
The movie stars Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Jillian Clare, Peter Holden, and Riley Polanski.
Latino-Review had an exclusive interview with director Matty Beckerman. We discussed the history and origins of the Brown Mountain Lights. We also got into the topics of certain special effects throughout the movie, including the alien costumes and the camera falling from the sky.
“Alien Abduction” is playing in select theaters and on VOD today.
Read the interview transcript below.
Latino-Review: What attracted you to this script?
Matty Beckerman: I spent time living in the mountains of North Carolina working with my family there. There’s a legend over 800 years that lights have been...
- 4/4/2014
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
Matty Beckerman’s unsettling extraterrestrial thriller, Alien Abduction, will be landing on VOD and in limited theatrical release via IFC Midnight on April 4th and we had a chance to catch up with the director and discuss all things extraterrestrial.
Based around the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon down in North Carolina, a vacationing family winds up taking a much longer ride than they had planned for. Below, Beckerman himself talks in detail about the film and what inspired him to look up to the stars to find his latest inspiration.
DC: I’ve seen a lot of found footage movies, more than I care to even mention, and few of them were as effective as this one actually is. The Brown Mountain Lights are based on an actual phenomena, correct?
Mb: Oh yeah, it’s very very real. I’ve seen the lights myself and taken video of them and pictures of them.
Based around the real-life Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon down in North Carolina, a vacationing family winds up taking a much longer ride than they had planned for. Below, Beckerman himself talks in detail about the film and what inspired him to look up to the stars to find his latest inspiration.
DC: I’ve seen a lot of found footage movies, more than I care to even mention, and few of them were as effective as this one actually is. The Brown Mountain Lights are based on an actual phenomena, correct?
Mb: Oh yeah, it’s very very real. I’ve seen the lights myself and taken video of them and pictures of them.
- 4/3/2014
- by Drew Tinnin
- DreadCentral.com
If you find yourself questioning the possibility of usable footage being salvaged from a video camera that fell from an alien spaceship flying high up in the Earth's atmosphere, you might as well just forget about watching Matty Beckerman's Alien Abduction. Said camera once belonged to an autistic boy, Riley Morris (Riley Polanski), who studiously documented pretty much every single second of the Morris family's vacation to Brown Mountain in North Carolina. Presumably Riley's annoying affinity for experiencing everything via the viewfinder of his video camera is in some way related to his autism, but whether or not that is true can be left up to the medical experts to decide. Again, if you find yourself questioning the reasons why Riley never turns his camera off, no matter how mundane or dangerous the world is around him, then Alien Abduction is probably not for you. Sure, some of the...
- 3/31/2014
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
“Oh My God What Is That?! What Is It!” – I don’t know, stop shaking the camera violently and I’ll tell you!
I’ve been watching a ton of “found footage” lately, not because I’ve furiously been seeking out such subgenre work, but those are the screeners that have been falling into my lap. There’s been a nice variation, from cyber killers to zombies, vampires to the paranormal, but my most recent “found footage” watch branches into different territory – the final frontier. Alien Abduction is exactly that, a recounting of events that end with a camping family being abducted – but it stumbles into every generic “found footage” pitfall along the way. Mix that with my lack of interest in abduction stories, and you’ve got a sci-fi horror flick that’s a dizzying whirl of costumed actors, screaming children, and fuzzy imagery. Until I wake up to...
I’ve been watching a ton of “found footage” lately, not because I’ve furiously been seeking out such subgenre work, but those are the screeners that have been falling into my lap. There’s been a nice variation, from cyber killers to zombies, vampires to the paranormal, but my most recent “found footage” watch branches into different territory – the final frontier. Alien Abduction is exactly that, a recounting of events that end with a camping family being abducted – but it stumbles into every generic “found footage” pitfall along the way. Mix that with my lack of interest in abduction stories, and you’ve got a sci-fi horror flick that’s a dizzying whirl of costumed actors, screaming children, and fuzzy imagery. Until I wake up to...
- 3/31/2014
- by Matt Donato
- We Got This Covered
Formerly titled Project Blue Book, Matty Beckerman's found footage alien invasion flick Alien Abduction is set for release from IFC Midnight on April 4th, and right now we have the film's poster and a really effective trailer. Check 'em out!
Written by Robert Lewis, Alien Abduction stars Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Riley Polanski, Jillian Clare, Jeff Bowser, and Peter Holden.
Synopsis
A terrifying sci-fi story inspired by dramatic found footage, Alien Abduction preys on our fear of the unknown as we follow an average American family who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
While driving to a campsite in the Brown Mountains of North Carolina, the Morris family's Gps malfunctions, and they are lead to a remote tunnel surrounded by abandoned vehicles. The father, Peter Morris, is abducted, leaving his traumatized wife and children to flee and seek refuge in a nearby cabin. There they...
Written by Robert Lewis, Alien Abduction stars Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Riley Polanski, Jillian Clare, Jeff Bowser, and Peter Holden.
Synopsis
A terrifying sci-fi story inspired by dramatic found footage, Alien Abduction preys on our fear of the unknown as we follow an average American family who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
While driving to a campsite in the Brown Mountains of North Carolina, the Morris family's Gps malfunctions, and they are lead to a remote tunnel surrounded by abandoned vehicles. The father, Peter Morris, is abducted, leaving his traumatized wife and children to flee and seek refuge in a nearby cabin. There they...
- 3/5/2014
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Check out the new trailer poster from IFC Midnights Alien Abduction. This science fiction horror comes from producers Mike Fleiss (Hostel) Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds) The film is based on a true phenomenon in North Carolina of the Brown Mountain Lights. you can read more about the Brown Mountain Lights on Wikipedia. Alien Abduction opens in select theaters VOD on Friday April 4th 2014 Directed by Matty Beckerman written by Robert Lewis and stars Katherine Sigismund Corey Eid Jillian Clare Peter Holden Riley Polanski.
- 3/5/2014
- Best-Horror-Movies.com
From director Matty Beckerman and courtesy of IFC Midnight comes a new fright filled found footage flick titled Alien Abduction. We have for you below a teaser trailer which is not very long but it is enough to plant the want to watch it seed. This horrific tale is inspired by found footage from a vacationing family that encountered an alien threat known as the Brown Mountain Lights phenomenon. Alien Abduction takes aim at the fear of the unknown…...
- 2/17/2014
- Horrorbid
Formerly titled Project Blue Book, Matty Beckerman's found footage alien invasion flick has been renamed Alien Abduction and is set for release from IFC Midnight on April 4th. Details and the first teaser trailer await, earthlings!
Written by Robert Lewis, the film stars Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Riley Polanski, Jillian Clare, Jeff Bowser, and Peter Holden.
Synopsis
A terrifying sci-fi story inspired by dramatic found footage, Alien Abduction preys on our fear of the unknown as we follow an average American family who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
While driving to a campsite in the Brown Mountains of North Carolina, the Morris family's Gps malfunctions, and they are lead to a remote tunnel surrounded by abandoned vehicles. The father, Peter Morris, is abducted, leaving his traumatized wife and children to flee and seek refuge in a nearby cabin. There they are horrified to learn...
Written by Robert Lewis, the film stars Katherine Sigismund, Corey Eid, Riley Polanski, Jillian Clare, Jeff Bowser, and Peter Holden.
Synopsis
A terrifying sci-fi story inspired by dramatic found footage, Alien Abduction preys on our fear of the unknown as we follow an average American family who find themselves in the wrong place at the wrong time.
While driving to a campsite in the Brown Mountains of North Carolina, the Morris family's Gps malfunctions, and they are lead to a remote tunnel surrounded by abandoned vehicles. The father, Peter Morris, is abducted, leaving his traumatized wife and children to flee and seek refuge in a nearby cabin. There they are horrified to learn...
- 2/14/2014
- by John Squires
- DreadCentral.com
We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a trailer for Devil in My Ride, an announcement of The British Horror Film Festival lineup, details on Circus of the Dead, an excerpt from Ground Zero, Five Things You Need For the Zombie Apocalypse from Michael Garza, a Q&A with Rachel and Simon Light, and much more:
Devil in My Ride Trailer and Premiere Details: “Red Band Films, the specialty genre label of L.A. based production and finance company Unified Pictures, announced today that its debut feature “Devil in My Ride,” starring Sid Haig (“Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” “Jackie Brown,” “The Devil’s Rejects”), will make its much anticipated World Premiere at the Shriekfest International Film Festival, taking place October 3rd to 6th in Los Angeles.
“Devil in My Ride” is a horror comedy directed by...
Devil in My Ride Trailer and Premiere Details: “Red Band Films, the specialty genre label of L.A. based production and finance company Unified Pictures, announced today that its debut feature “Devil in My Ride,” starring Sid Haig (“Kill Bill: Vol. 2,” “Jackie Brown,” “The Devil’s Rejects”), will make its much anticipated World Premiere at the Shriekfest International Film Festival, taking place October 3rd to 6th in Los Angeles.
“Devil in My Ride” is a horror comedy directed by...
- 9/22/2013
- by Tamika Jones
- DailyDead
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