A HUGE Hit, But Scary Movie Spoof Has Ruined It

Rating: 9/10 (5 February 2017)

Signs (2002)
Plot In A Paragraph: A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
I'll admit from the off, Signs is a silly movie. I enjoyed seeing it in the cinema. But it's absolutely ridiculous. And I can't watch it anymore without thinking about the Scary Movie spoof, and asking questions about why an alien race which can travel through space cant figure out how to escape a pantry. Or why, if water is so lethal to them, why would invade a planet that is mostly water. But it has a lot of genuine tension and Shyamalan has made a lot, lot worse. So there is that.
I recall in interviews prior to Signs release, Gibson often stated he was no longer interested in being a movie star, . Instead, he would be focusing on producing and directing. I forget what show it was, but I remember him saying his image was not used on the posters, as it was an ensemble movie.
Signs was Gibson's biggest hit (in terms of gross) as an actor, grossing $227 million at the domestic box office to end the year the 6th highest grossing movie of 2002.