Dark Skies
Dir: Scott Stewart
2013
***
It's quite clever that the makers of Dark Skies have picked three overdone genres; Psychological horror, Alien horror and Haunted house horror and somehow make them feel fresh and original. It's 1 part Poltergeist to 2 parts Close Encounters with a sprinkle of Body-snatchers for good measure. I didn't see the twist coming and it didn't suffer from the usual cliches such as 'Dad doesn't believe', 'Dog dies first' etc. The last few scenes were a little undercooked but I quite liked them for their originality and experimental risk. I don't really get most modern horrors but I thought this was pretty good.