What if Hitchcock directed an "X-files" episode??

Rating: 9/10 (9 August 2002)

Answer: he would make this movie. Everything about this movie is subtle; the lighting, the acting, the special effects and most importantly the HORROR. I avoided every commercial, review and preview for this movie and it paid off. Mel Gibson is a farmer with kids and crop circles, was all I knew and all I wanted to know. This movie is terrifying. Shyamalan has become a master of tension. He creates great characters, blends mystery, with horror, warm and humor like he has been make movies all his life (he has by the way).
If you like Hitchcock, if you like the X-files, or if you just like a
good scare, you will love this movie.
**see the movie then come back and read this last part...
What I love about Shyamalan's films is that all three major releases, Sixth Sense, Unbreakable and Signs, are total fiction; a ghost story, a comic book and alien sci-fi. But he handles them with such plausibility that they we connect effortlessly to them and are touched by them. Whether the emotion be fear or sympathy we feel for these sci-fi characters, because they act like real people. We let them get to us faster. After you get past the shock of the twisted endings, the films take on a new feel. Signs is what would ACTUALLY happen if alien landed in your backyard. No laser blasters, no fast acting military, no scientist or flashing ships. A family barricaded in their house watching the news. Someone I saw this film with complained that all they did was watch tv in the movie. Well I think we all remember sept 11th, what happened... we all planted ourselves down and watching thinks unfold on a small screen. Shyamalan's three films are fantastical, but grounded in reality. Because of this, things like swings, end tables, dogs barking and train stations, things familiar to our everyday, have the power to thrill or terrify us. I hope M. Night is around for a very long time.
Go see Sign.