Alien Abduction
IFC Midnight | Release Date: April 4, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
46
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
5
Negative:
3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlApr 1, 2014
Credit this spirited, uncommonly effective found-footage thriller for breaking the templates promised by its genre and title. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyApr 4, 2014
Beckerman intersperses the footage with static, loud and jagged, and the couple of "effects" included are quick and dirty. If you're going to go the found-footage route, you might as well try to find a new way to approach the material. Beckerman has. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisApr 3, 2014
Matty Beckerman’s Alien Abduction repackages ancient legend for modern audiences in a found-footage story of streamlined efficiency. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckApr 3, 2014
Despite a neat narrative twist delivered during the end credits, Alien Abduction is ultimately a by-the-numbers enterprise that will please only the most undemanding audiences at midnight screenings. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreApr 2, 2014
The performances are perfunctory and the scenario standard-issue even if the execution of this no-budget thriller is top drawer. Read full review
45
Paste MagazineScott WoldApr 3, 2018
Alien Abduction fails to thrill or chill. Read full review
40
VarietyJoe LeydonApr 10, 2014
A sci-fi thriller as generic as its title, Alien Abduction generates only low-voltage shocks. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineEd GonzalezMar 28, 2014
A few jolting scares are deployed throughout, but more difficult to shake is how the story's overacting lambs walk a rather programmatic path toward slaughter--or at least anal probing. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 3, 2014
Suffers from the tired POV gimmickry, the weak characterizations, the numbing sameness of stuck-in-the-woods-with-dolts narratives. Read full review
30
The DissolveKristen SalesApr 3, 2014
A rote, unimaginative entry in the found-footage subgenre of science-fiction/horror. It looks better than a YouTube video, but it’s rarely more engaging. Read full review
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