Dark Skies

  • 2013


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40 % Rotten
$ 27 Million
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Positive Reviews 21
Negative reviews 26
Average Rating 2.5/5
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2.0
Horror fans should check it out for the interesting ideas provided, but its nothing more than a discount matinees worth of entertainment. We Got This Covered
3.0
Dark Skies is nothing more than a failed attempt at a slow burn horror film. We Got This Covered
3.0
More chilling than terrifying, this movies predatory aliens are creatures that mostly mess with peoples heads prior to abducting them. Austin Chronicle
1.0
Time and again, Stewart squanders the opportunity to do anything remotely interesting or worthwhile: the characters are cardboard, the visuals bland, .. Time Out
1.5
Nevertheless, with the easy translation of its premise, Dark Skies should deliver a handsome return on investment, with strong ancillary value and rea .. Screen Daily
4.5
Sadly, after that great sequence, it feels as if Stewart isnt quite sure how to wrap the film up. Collider
4.5
Its a testament to Stewarts writing that Dark Skies isnt ultimately about aliens and abductions at all, but rather about family and, more acutely, abo .. Collider
0.6
Dark Skies is a bore that even the most forgiving genre buffs will find difficult to defend or endure. Rogerebert
2.0
15 cert, 97 min Dir: Scott Stewart; starring: Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, JK Simmons If the dour home invasion chiller Dark Skies needs one thing, it .. Telegraph
2.0
The pickings are always slim in February, but before you buy your ticket to Dark Skies, you might want to take one last glance at all the options.Is t .. Ny Daily News
3.0
All of this may be unnecessary but it didnt keep me from rooting for them. JoBlo
2.5
Real Steel star Dakota Goyo has talent, and offers a nicely layered portrait of a modern young teen as Jesse. Screen Rant
1.9
But even if Dark Skies is an uncommonly reactionary genre flick at its core, its so utterly superficial as a thriller that its hard to imagine anybody .. The Globe And Mail
2.2
Since all the second hand ingredients are delivered without much style or flair, the movie makes for a pretty insipid dish. One Guys Opinion
2.5
Its a passably chilling bit of nonsense that builds on the past, the tropes of the genre, and relies on them for the odd jolt and the occasional ironi .. Rogers Movie Nation
2.2
To write that Dark Skies is his best effort to date is a tad misleading but undeniably true. Blu Ray
2.5
It is by no means a great movie.But its well made, well acted, and reasonably tense and involving. Screen It
3.5
In a genre that so rarely delivers what it promises, this horror flick never lets up on the jolts. The Wrap
1.0
A tepid attempt at making an alien abduction yarn into a Paranormal Activity movie (a dubious enough notion at best) and a boring little movie. Mountain X
3.0
Writer director Scott Stewart made his debut a few years ago with Legion, a fantastically unsubtle supernatural horror starring Paul Bettany as an imp .. Guardian
3.0
Best known as a special effects expert on horror and sci fi films, Scott Stewarts is a moderately effective supernatural tale, an allegory for our anx .. Guardian
1.0
Dark Skies: Its close encounters of the very dullest kind Dark Skies (15) Verdict: Alienating The first hour of Dark Skies does a competent, if unexce .. Daily Mail
3.2
Sci fi and horror fans know to keep watching the skies but they wont be missing too much if they decide to skip this. Ew
4.0
In either case, while Dark Skies isnt a masterpiece by any means, it does amount to some decent scares, top notch production values, and a very effect .. Cinema Crazed
2.0
Problem is: there is no revelatory Fourth of July payoff, just a setup for a sequel. Susang Ranger
3.0
...now more than ever, terror begins at home especially when the evil forces are ruining expensive cuts of meat and overturning gallon jugs of milk on .. Movies
1.9
Most horror movies are bad on simple formal terms; this one is bad in a more serious way. Slant Magazine
2.5
The movie builds a moderate, if less than monumental, level of spookiness, regardless of your ignorance.Its a workmanlike piece of suspense. Washington Post
2.5
While not advance press screened by distributor Dimension Films, audiences still have a pretty good idea of what to expect when genre director Scott S .. Hollywood Reporter
2.0
Its once groovy, now tacky style is a taunting reflection of their attempts to keep up, as even their projected anxieties project anxieties about meas .. Los Angeles Times
2.5
Featuring all the attention to character, reality grounding and slow suspense building those films had no time for, this tale of an average middle cla .. Variety
3.1
The end result is an uneven yet sporadically terrifying thriller that remains a cut above most teen friendly fare, with the films efficacy dependant p .. Reel Film
1.9
Audiences deserve better than recycled material for their $13. uFsHHBy8d0 The Star
3.8
Im giving it the benefit of the doubt, though, because Dark Skies resonates for me not as some hysterical cautionary tale, but as a requiem for what a .. Film Freak Central
2.0
It fluctuates between generic scares and misplaced attempts to explore the psychological effects of a suspected alien visitation on a small family liv .. Digital Spy
3.1
It just aint right.Up till this point, though, Dark Skies delivers some genuinely creepy moments, albeit with many a nod to earlier (and superior) sca .. New York Post
3.0
You would have good reason to bring some skepticism to the horror thriller Dark Skies, beginning with its generic title. Ny Times
3.8
Paced with a methodical deliberateness that expertly draws its audience in, the film needs not fall into the trap of hoary jump scares and the like (b .. Dustin Put Man
2.0
We horror fans are a fickle bunch.Overload us with hyperactive dread and gallons of blood and we complain about the reliance of splatter. Film Racket
2.5
The pacing also allows Dark Skies to present itself as a mystery just as much as a horror thriller. Shockya
1.5
By parading out every tired trope from the sci fi and horror genres, Dark Skies is unintentional self parody, and quite dreadful indeed.Dark Skies is .. What Culture
2.5
... a bland blend of UFO procedural and the original Amityville Horror ... You cant fault Stewart for attempting a more atmospheric, Ray Bradbury appr .. Bitly
2.0
Its reminiscent of many another crime thriller but the parts dont add up to a satisfying or even comprehensible whole. Metro
2.0
If only the same effort had been put into formulating some fresh ideas. The Ooh Tray
3.5
Dark Skies may not be a revelatory experience, but as a pure exercise in genre filmmaking, it excels. Movie Mezzanine
1.9
All three displayed short bursts of solid filmmaking, a bit of technical flourish and ideas that while hardly genius at least held the potential for s .. Scifi Movie Page
3.0
So its a pleasure to see a psychological thriller that painstakingly builds a believable suburban family dynamic..and then rips it apart without layin .. Sky
2.0
The film is, without a shadow of a doubt, one of the most boring features Ive seen in years. Bloody Disgusting
2.5
If this was an hour itd be a solid episode of The X Files; unfortunately its much longer without adding more substance, and despite my love for all th .. Schmoes Know
3.5
As long as you dont go into this expecting a full on horror flick, you shant leave disappointed. Hey U Guys
1.0
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON STRAIGHT.COM, FEB.22, 2013 The makers of Dark Skies used a quote from legendary sci fi author Arthur C. Clarke to open their new .. Ear Of Newt
2.0
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3.8
Dark Skies has almost nothing to do with dark skies but it is a quietly effective little horror movie, with an exceptional cast and a couple of decent .. Twin Cities
1.5
This is a director for whom fun and fresh ideas are alien concepts. 7 Dvt
2.0
Dark Skies doesnt suck, but nor is it particularly worth your time and money. Topless Robot
2.5
Given its relatively quick moments of actual horror and its surprisingly effective themes about the importance of family Dark Skies would actually mak .. Blog The Horror Show
2.5
Dark Skies is a drama of the fraught modern world, but Stewart doesnt tie it together.He just throws it all out there in the hope that something will .. Canada
3.8
Still, writer director Scott Stewart manages to create an eerie atmosphere that should leave all but the most grizzled viewers feeling spooked. Foresth Art Man



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