Extraterrestrial
Five friends head to a secluded woodland cabin for a carefree weekend, only to have their hopes dashed as extraterrestrial visitors turn the retreat into a survival ordeal. Snapped from their daydreams by a flickering beacon crashing deep in the forest, they investigate and unexpectedly discover an alien spacecraft, whose occupants have arrived with hostile intent.
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Colin Minihan
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**_Cabin-in-the-woods mixed with Alien invasion/abduction_** Five college-aged youths spend the weekend at a retreat home in the sticks of Washington when extraordinary and terrifying things start happening, linked to beings… not of this world. Gil Bellows plays the local sheriff while Michael Ironside is on hand as a “crazy” recluse. "Extraterrestrial" (2014) has the same basic plot as "Night Skies" (2007), but with a bigger budget and all-around superior filmmaking, not to mention a low-key sense of black humor, which make for a more compelling experience. There are also bits of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" (1977), "Signs" (2002), "The Forgotten" (2004) and "Dark Skies" (2013). The writers wisely had a list of staples pertaining to extraterrestrial phenomena and worked them all into the movie one way or another, like UFOs, isolated conspiracy theorists, Roswell, body probes and so forth. Like “Night Skies,” the final act gives you everything you might want in a movie of this nature. I won't say anymore. Let's just say that the film doesn't wuss out and the F/X are well done. Anja Savcic stands out in the female department as the blonde. Brittany Allen (April) and Melanie Papalia (Melanie) are also on hand with Brittany being the main protagonist, aka the ‘final girl.’ The film runs 1 hour, 41 minutes, and was shot at Port McNeill, British Columbia, which is on the northeastern side of Vancouver Island, about a 6-hour drive northwest of Vancouver. GRADE: A-/B+
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Colin Minihan is the director of Extraterrestrial.
The cast of Extraterrestrial includes Melanie Papalia as Melanie, Emily Perkins as Nancy, Anja Savcic as Lex, Michael Ironside as Travis, Gil Bellows as Sheriff Murphy, Fred Keating as Mike, Brittany Allen as April, Reese Alexander as Military Officer, Freddie Stroma as Kyle, Jacob Tremblay as Matty, Sean Rogerson as Deputy Mitchell, Jesse Moss as Seth, and more.
The duration of Extraterrestrial is 1h 41 mins.
Extraterrestrial was released on 17 Oct 2014.
Extraterrestrial is listed under Horror and Science Fiction on Fanbiz.
Extraterrestrial has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 8.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "**_Cabin-in-the-woods mixed with Alien invasion/abduction_** Five college-aged youths spend the weekend at a retreat home in the sticks of Washington when extraordinary and t..."
