Review – Night Skies

Once again a solid premise is done in by incompetent movie-making. This picture starts out with a real UFO appearance that was seen by many people when it happened. The premise further extends to a small group of people stranded in a camper on a back road and besieged by the creatures UFO buffs call “Mister Grey.” Thus this could have turned into the horror movie that ET was originally going to be but of course didn’t become. Unfortunately, the production never takes advantage of its potential. Act one is nothing but bickering, mostly about the accident that left everyone stuck in the middle of nowhere. Act two is little besides screaming and running away. Act three shows a little more promise, with plenty of nasty alien probing action. But by then it’s too late to make much of a rebound. Mildly amusing