Alien Abduction

After being abducted by aliens while on a camping trip with some friends, a girl named Jean wakes up in a military hospital, with hundreds of other abductees. Soon she learns that not all seems to be right in this hospital, that strange experiments are going on, and that she won't escape unless she discovers the terrifying mysteries of the hospital. Sounds like a pretty cool premise, right? Well it is, and this could have been a good movie, had it not been for an obvious lack in budget. The lead actress who played Jean, Megan Lee Ethridge, Is very good and deserves better roles. The other cast members are so-so, no one really stood out and the actor playing that creepy cackling scientist who likes to dissect aliens was just awful. The special effects were really bad. The monsters (which we only see brief glimpses of and are often confusingly shot) are sloppily done and the gore effects were simply laughable. There's one rather interesting twist involving the location of the hospital towards the end but it was too little and too late. Below average at best. 3/10.

If I said this film reminded me of a few student films I've seen, I'd have to apologize to the student film makers. The not so special effects make the beginning a cheese festival. If you check my past reviews/comments i think you'll find I tend to allow a fair amount of creative license.

If you have a few hours to kill and you are willing to approach this movie with a wink and a nod, to simply put all expectations aside and try to buy in to the story there is some enjoyment to be had. But trust me, every minute or two you'll be bombarded by 'student film' announcements, props and costumes look cheap and only marginally like they belong.

Give the story a chance....... I think you'll be pleased you did.

Yes, this movie is similar to the classic of Ridley Scott in that.. uh... mmmm.. uh... well, in that they both have the word "Alien" in the title. After that comparisons fail.

Actually I'll rate it a 3 instead of a 1 because considering how incredibly low budget this was it there was actually a plot line that could have had potential. Unfortunately it got totally submerged to gore and sadism. Personally I'm not a fan of either of those; someone that is may rate the movie more highly.

The other big time miss was the acting, which was beyond pathetic. Megan Etheridge was pretty good, but it dropped off rather dramatically from her role. In fact so dramatically that I got the impression that a bunch of people that had too much to drink at a come as you are party just decided to make a movie that afternoon. There was not a single other remotely believable character in the script. Maybe this was all low budget tongue and cheek.

I don't really think it had a scary moment, just a few intriguing ones. Worth seeing if you like science fiction plots (although this is quite derivative there are some interesting twists), or sadism/gore. For all I know it will become some kind of cult film. It's almost so bad that it can be entertaining in that way as well.

When you first see that film exists you curious to rent it. But when i saw it, i was convinced that there are films that you can rate with 1/10! Guys the film was awful! Bad scripts and acting are well combined to make a bad film! Although i am interesting in extraterrestrial life, this film was the worst that a director can make! The plot is stupid, the action doesn't even exist and there's a skinny woman that beats the well-trained (i suppose) military staff. Stupid disgusting moments make you puke! After that, i don't thing many of the ones that watched it have a clear mind about aliens. Instead, they put some robots who are killing without a serious reason! Please stay away! This doesn't fulfill the word 'film'!

Of course I had never heard about this 2005 sci-fi horror movie titled "Alien Abduction" prior to stumbling upon the movie by random chance here in 2024. And I have to say that the movie's cover was actually interesting enough to make me pick it up. And since it was a horror movie of sorts, that I hadn't already seen, of course I opted to give the movie a fair chance.

And as the movie started, my expectations went from slim to none. Why? Well, this was a movie from The Asylum. Yeah, not exactly a movie company with a stellar production value throughout all the years. But every now and again The Asylum does spew out something good, so of course I watched the movie, hoping that this would be one such movie.

I have to say that writer and director Eric Forsberg sure didn't waste any time setting up the movie and planting a narrative. Nay, the movie just throws the audience into the action right away. And that was actually something I enjoyed. But the movie quickly settled into a slump and a slow paced trot, from which it never recovered. And it was quite a struggle to sit through the movie once the narrative moved to the mental institution.

The only familiar face on the screen, for me, was actor Griff Furst. It should be noted, that even while the script was rubbish, then the acting performances in the movie were fair.

The sounds that the alien creature was making were insanely annoying, and they almost made me turn off the movie. It was quite a struggle to sit through and listen to those ridiculous and super annoying sounds. And it didn't help much that the alien creature design looked like it was made from paper mache in an Arts and Crafts class and some resin mask from Wish to top it off. It was so horrible low budget and home-made.

This movie was a swing and a miss of a movie in terms of being entertaining. And it definitely is not a movie that I would recommend you to sit down and waste 96 minutes on watching. Some of us suffered through this dumpster fire of a movie so you don't have to; you're very welcome. You will probably end up wishing that you would be abducted so you don't have to suffer through this ordeal, should you opt to actually sit down and watch it.

The movie's cover was actually the best thing about the ordeal.

My rating of "Alien Abduction" lands on a two out of ten stars.