First 20 minutes: half-decent setup.
Next 40 minutes: tedious, repetitive, unimaginative action.
Last 25 minutes: garbled, pretentious, incomprehensible third act.
Roll credits.
The scariest thing about this movie is that Stephen King liked it.
One thing Mr. King got right is that the film's premise is lifted from a dialogue-free Twilight Zone episode in which Agnes Moorhead battles mysterious aliens in an isolated farmhouse. The episode runs half an hour and has a satisfying twist at the end. This movie runs three times as long and the ending is garbage.
Nothing else you'll find here is original, either. The aliens are indistinguishable from many we've seen before. Images and tropes from the Alien franchise, War of the Worlds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Signs, and even E. T. abound.
Avoid.
Next 40 minutes: tedious, repetitive, unimaginative action.
Last 25 minutes: garbled, pretentious, incomprehensible third act.
Roll credits.
The scariest thing about this movie is that Stephen King liked it.
One thing Mr. King got right is that the film's premise is lifted from a dialogue-free Twilight Zone episode in which Agnes Moorhead battles mysterious aliens in an isolated farmhouse. The episode runs half an hour and has a satisfying twist at the end. This movie runs three times as long and the ending is garbage.
Nothing else you'll find here is original, either. The aliens are indistinguishable from many we've seen before. Images and tropes from the Alien franchise, War of the Worlds, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Signs, and even E. T. abound.
Avoid.