Rented “Dark Skies” Today For Funsies
“Dark Skies” was advertised as being similar to Insidious and Paranormal Activity, so I was intrigued, since both scared me. However, with that title I assumed the movie would be alien horror, instead of demons. I was right - it was more “slice of life” alien horror, and it worked for me.
I had several reactions to it as it played. Apparently it’s true - I do see SPN everywhere. Not sure if I’m supposed to hang my head in shame here, or be proud. :-/
Anywho, I did a reaction post while I was watching it, and instead of flooding my GetGlue dash, I decided to just post here and on my Tumblr. And so, here we go!
- I have no clue what it’s about, but the brief blurb sold me on some bad horror, so I picked it up from Redbox.
- The only thing I hate when I watch a horror movie is seeing all the previews beforehand. Only a few of them ever look interesting, and the rest tend to be the sort of slasher flick that I tend to stay away from.
Though one preview has a film (6 Souls) about possession with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in it; I’d always wondered what had happened to him, and I’m glad that he’s beginning to find his niche in horror films, because he can really work them. He’s pretty, but also plays disturbed perfectly. :) :) :)
- The can/appliance/kitchen stuff statue kinda reminded me of Poltergeist, ngl. Awesome crop circle style reflections, though.
- Dude, all the pictures being missing is creepy, and so is all eight sensors being triggered at once.
- The mom saw someone standing over Sam in his room, and when she turned on the lights, he was gone. I can’t be the only one getting Supernatural feels from that…the mom should be pleased she’s not on a ceiling!
- Eep! Seeing the Gray did give me a fright - I wasn’t expecting them to be shown this early.
- It started thundering IRL just as the birds started hitting the house. Still, the bird thing scared me more because they reminded me of “The Birds” than because it was creepy on its own. Might still jump next time a bird runs into my windows, though.
- Getting the SPN vibe even more. It’s almost like an Alien AU. Younger brother Sammy is visited by creepy things, while older brother tries to reassure him, and mom walks in on creeper stalking him. Now all we need is for the mom to die and them to become alien hunters, and we’ve got a full-blown SPN AU. Of course, I doubt that’ll happen, but damn, the parallels.
- They’re behind on their mortgage, ready to be foreclosed on, only one of them has a job, and it’s commission based (and she hasn’t sold the house), they were thinking of cutting off cable because it was too expensive and had already cut off their security system, didn’t want therapy for their son because of how expensive it was…and yet they had the money for all those cameras and monitors? Yeah, okay, sure.
- Her slamming her head into the wall startled me, but I’d seen it in a review so it wasn’t AS startling. I’m just surprised she didn’t give herself a concussion.
- I’d research the birds, too, cause that’s creepy. I remember just a bit ago when we had the mass groupings of birds just dropping dead, and all the conspiracy theories that came from it. Looks like she found some of them.
- Dude, the guy’s giant “OH” face and the bloody nose creeped me out more than if there had been something out there watching them. *shudders*
- Man, I always wanna smack the guys who don’t listen to their wives/girlfriends when they research the creepy shit, because the women are almost ALWAYS right.
- Dude, Sammy’s bruises are creepy as fuck. No wonder they think it’s his family. I would, too! That poor kid. CPS time, stat!
- Is that a bb gun or a paint gun, cause bb guns can hurt, so wtf is up with that? Stupid kids.
- Dude, Jesse’s non-seizure episode was creepy, too. Marks on his body, too! CPS time!!!
- Or not, cause look at those things! And branded on? OMFG, creepy as hell. Call the expert man, ffs!
- FINALLY, CPS time! I mean, you’d think this might’ve happened a bit earlier.
- Yeah, if I was Rat’s dad, I would’ve punched him too.
- Well, yeah, Sam has bruises all over him. Best friend or not, I would freak out and think you’re a bad parent, too.
- Once again, dudebro, listen to your wife. FINALLY, took you long enough!
- “I’m ready to believe.” As you should be, because the truth is out there! *cue x-files theme*
- Who knew that J. Jonah Jamison/Chief Pope would also be an alien expert? The hobbies of some people, lol.
- My dogs bark at everything, so I have zero fear that they’d be barking at aliens. One time Mohawk spent at least ten minutes barking at me for painting my toenails, so they’re not exactly alien-triggered.
Unless I’m an alien in disguise and never knew it? A changeling, perhaps? And hey, than maybe these aliens aren’t aliens at all, and we should be working to FIGHT THE FAIRIES!
- I actually LIKE the twist that there’s nothing special about anybody that the Grays visit, and his creepy as fuck comparison to a lab rat being given cancer by a scientist. Yeesh!
- This is some Cthulhu/Eldritch Abomination bullshit - that the invasion already happened, and no-one knows when or how, but they’re here and have been here, among us!
- The implants, and the guy trying to dig his out, are creepy. And how moving away won’t stop them, cause they’re so advanced that obvs. driving a car isn’t gonna stop them.
Ohhh, or how this is the END of being stalked by them, not the beginning! Creepy as fuck.
- A Winchester gun! LOL.
- A German Shepherd at the house as an early warning system, eh? I’ve seen Terminator, I know what this is.
- I love Sam Winchester’s hair, but dude, the look doesn’t work for you, kid. Jesse, get a haircut.
- Yeah, none of this is gonna make CPS think you’re odd, not at all. Then again, CPS is fucking clueless, so who knows.
- So it was Jesse that they wanted? IDGI. Oh Jesus, way to know their kid has been being stalked forever! And he WAS the one to talk about the Sandman.
- Well, after that, even CPS can’t be that blind. I mean, sure, WE know it wasn’t the parents, but still.
- And now they’re alien hunters. Yeah, cause y’all did such good jobs keeping them away, last time.
- Being talked to through the walkie talkie…creepy!!!
Okay, now I want to read the space epic (or horror story) about what happens to the kids AFTER being abducted. So they take eyes, like the boogeyman in Jeepers Creepers? Are the humans REALLY lab mice? What sort of things are they breeding? Or are the humans being used for something else, entirely? What’s life like as a Gray? These are important questions, y’all!
Also, I’m a BIT creeped out, cause I’ve been sick all my life, especially with allergies in my teens, but seriously, after seeing the Aliens franchise when I was so young, I doubt any alien movies can really compare to the sheer terror that those films make me feel.
I had several reactions to it as it played. Apparently it’s true - I do see SPN everywhere. Not sure if I’m supposed to hang my head in shame here, or be proud. :-/
Anywho, I did a reaction post while I was watching it, and instead of flooding my GetGlue dash, I decided to just post here and on my Tumblr. And so, here we go!
- I have no clue what it’s about, but the brief blurb sold me on some bad horror, so I picked it up from Redbox.
- The only thing I hate when I watch a horror movie is seeing all the previews beforehand. Only a few of them ever look interesting, and the rest tend to be the sort of slasher flick that I tend to stay away from.
Though one preview has a film (6 Souls) about possession with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in it; I’d always wondered what had happened to him, and I’m glad that he’s beginning to find his niche in horror films, because he can really work them. He’s pretty, but also plays disturbed perfectly. :) :) :)
- The can/appliance/kitchen stuff statue kinda reminded me of Poltergeist, ngl. Awesome crop circle style reflections, though.
- Dude, all the pictures being missing is creepy, and so is all eight sensors being triggered at once.
- The mom saw someone standing over Sam in his room, and when she turned on the lights, he was gone. I can’t be the only one getting Supernatural feels from that…the mom should be pleased she’s not on a ceiling!
- Eep! Seeing the Gray did give me a fright - I wasn’t expecting them to be shown this early.
- It started thundering IRL just as the birds started hitting the house. Still, the bird thing scared me more because they reminded me of “The Birds” than because it was creepy on its own. Might still jump next time a bird runs into my windows, though.
- Getting the SPN vibe even more. It’s almost like an Alien AU. Younger brother Sammy is visited by creepy things, while older brother tries to reassure him, and mom walks in on creeper stalking him. Now all we need is for the mom to die and them to become alien hunters, and we’ve got a full-blown SPN AU. Of course, I doubt that’ll happen, but damn, the parallels.
- They’re behind on their mortgage, ready to be foreclosed on, only one of them has a job, and it’s commission based (and she hasn’t sold the house), they were thinking of cutting off cable because it was too expensive and had already cut off their security system, didn’t want therapy for their son because of how expensive it was…and yet they had the money for all those cameras and monitors? Yeah, okay, sure.
- Her slamming her head into the wall startled me, but I’d seen it in a review so it wasn’t AS startling. I’m just surprised she didn’t give herself a concussion.
- I’d research the birds, too, cause that’s creepy. I remember just a bit ago when we had the mass groupings of birds just dropping dead, and all the conspiracy theories that came from it. Looks like she found some of them.
- Dude, the guy’s giant “OH” face and the bloody nose creeped me out more than if there had been something out there watching them. *shudders*
- Man, I always wanna smack the guys who don’t listen to their wives/girlfriends when they research the creepy shit, because the women are almost ALWAYS right.
- Dude, Sammy’s bruises are creepy as fuck. No wonder they think it’s his family. I would, too! That poor kid. CPS time, stat!
- Is that a bb gun or a paint gun, cause bb guns can hurt, so wtf is up with that? Stupid kids.
- Dude, Jesse’s non-seizure episode was creepy, too. Marks on his body, too! CPS time!!!
- Or not, cause look at those things! And branded on? OMFG, creepy as hell. Call the expert man, ffs!
- FINALLY, CPS time! I mean, you’d think this might’ve happened a bit earlier.
- Yeah, if I was Rat’s dad, I would’ve punched him too.
- Well, yeah, Sam has bruises all over him. Best friend or not, I would freak out and think you’re a bad parent, too.
- Once again, dudebro, listen to your wife. FINALLY, took you long enough!
- “I’m ready to believe.” As you should be, because the truth is out there! *cue x-files theme*
- Who knew that J. Jonah Jamison/Chief Pope would also be an alien expert? The hobbies of some people, lol.
- My dogs bark at everything, so I have zero fear that they’d be barking at aliens. One time Mohawk spent at least ten minutes barking at me for painting my toenails, so they’re not exactly alien-triggered.
Unless I’m an alien in disguise and never knew it? A changeling, perhaps? And hey, than maybe these aliens aren’t aliens at all, and we should be working to FIGHT THE FAIRIES!
- I actually LIKE the twist that there’s nothing special about anybody that the Grays visit, and his creepy as fuck comparison to a lab rat being given cancer by a scientist. Yeesh!
- This is some Cthulhu/Eldritch Abomination bullshit - that the invasion already happened, and no-one knows when or how, but they’re here and have been here, among us!
- The implants, and the guy trying to dig his out, are creepy. And how moving away won’t stop them, cause they’re so advanced that obvs. driving a car isn’t gonna stop them.
Ohhh, or how this is the END of being stalked by them, not the beginning! Creepy as fuck.
- A Winchester gun! LOL.
- A German Shepherd at the house as an early warning system, eh? I’ve seen Terminator, I know what this is.
- I love Sam Winchester’s hair, but dude, the look doesn’t work for you, kid. Jesse, get a haircut.
- Yeah, none of this is gonna make CPS think you’re odd, not at all. Then again, CPS is fucking clueless, so who knows.
- So it was Jesse that they wanted? IDGI. Oh Jesus, way to know their kid has been being stalked forever! And he WAS the one to talk about the Sandman.
- Well, after that, even CPS can’t be that blind. I mean, sure, WE know it wasn’t the parents, but still.
- And now they’re alien hunters. Yeah, cause y’all did such good jobs keeping them away, last time.
- Being talked to through the walkie talkie…creepy!!!
Okay, now I want to read the space epic (or horror story) about what happens to the kids AFTER being abducted. So they take eyes, like the boogeyman in Jeepers Creepers? Are the humans REALLY lab mice? What sort of things are they breeding? Or are the humans being used for something else, entirely? What’s life like as a Gray? These are important questions, y’all!
Also, I’m a BIT creeped out, cause I’ve been sick all my life, especially with allergies in my teens, but seriously, after seeing the Aliens franchise when I was so young, I doubt any alien movies can really compare to the sheer terror that those films make me feel.