It's bad points out weigh the good. --spoilers--

Rating: 4/10 (29 January 2003)

If it had stuck to the horror, which it so well developed it would've been the good movie it thinks it is, but it has a few bad moments, and a disappointing ending which ultimately detract from what little it does well. I was thrown out of the movie as soon as the director cast himself as a supporting role. His intro was practically a spoof of itself. The camera techniques to avoid seeing the aliens, and letting our imagination scare us was a clever technique (much like Aliens), but as soon as they were seen onscreen (TV bit, and end bit) the whole mystery/terror was quickly erased. Plus the reason for thier leaving is completely obsurd (as well as the end confrontation with the aliens). Lastly the director did his trademork flashback explanation ending, only for this film it wasn't necessary. The twist was that the story wasn't about aliens but about religion/family, and frankly that's not much of a twist, and you really don't need flashback to explain that.