Day 6: Altered
I chose this evening’s film because it was the shortest movie in my Netflix queue and I had shit to do. I had very low expectations of Altered, a 2006 straight to dvd alien revenge film. I was wrong. A group of good ole boys catches themselves an alien out in the (scary) woods. Once they get it, though, the real question becomes what to do with the thing. This may not be the movie for everyone, but it was the movie for me. I thought the acting was well done, I thought the premise was unique. I scrunched down in my seat a couple of times, because there were some great scary scenes. The best one (let’s see if I can do it justice) was when two of the men were talking, and outside their peripheral vision, but in view of the camera, is the table where the alien was tied. And the table is now empty. They’re having this heated discussion, not noticing that their hostage has gotten free. As the conversation gets more intense, the camera zooms in on them, getting a better view of the empty table. Then they notice. I wasn’t surprised to discover that this film was directed by the chap who wrote Blair Witch. I lament that this picture didn’t get a bigger budget, because the alien looked pretty crappy. But you know, by the end of the movie, I didn’t care anymore. It wasn’t perfect…not even close, but I thought it delivered a really nice movie. Uncle Creepy over at Dread Central gives a better review than I could (though he gives spoilers, so watch out). This was a really fun movie and I really liked it. Oh...and there was lots and lots of fun to be had with intestines.
