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Dark Encounter

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Mysterious lights appear in the sky one year after the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl.
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Alan Jones Radio Times 02/11/2021
3/5
Spun around an intriguing premise, Strathie's film cleverly draws on genre staples such as Close Encounters of the Third Kind as he deflects attention away from the core twist and the ultimate reveal. Go to Full Review
Amos Efrat Film Threat 01/08/2020
6/10
While I may feel the film is ultimately weighed down by this objective, to its credit, the twist finale totally sticks the landing and reveals that for all its desire to recreate, its strongest quality was its own finely crafted plotting. Go to Full Review
Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall 10/21/2019
3.5/5
The film often feels gimmicky, especially when it's trying to push the emotions, but it's still involving. Go to Full Review
Jennie Kermode Eye for Film 08/27/2019
2.5/5
[Carl] Strathie succeeds in demonstrating his skill, but the result is rather overcooked. Go to Full Review
Kat Hughes THN 08/27/2019
4/5
A haunting and cerebral spin on the alien abduction story, Dark Encounter gets under you skin to truly terrify you before offering some important things to think about. Go to Full Review
Shaun Munro Flickering Myth 08/27/2019
2/5
Though competently acted, Dark Encounter is utterly airless as a piece of extraterrestrial thriller fiction. Go to Full Review
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Patrick B Jun 8 Why would such advanced aliens travel across the universe to explain to a few simple animals how their offspring died? However good or bad the characters, setting, and emotion are, this blackhole in the plot is so massive that the rest got pulled into it. See more Ricardo d 12/09/2024 A trilha sonora é belíssima. Os efeitos visuais convincentes, temos um bom trabalho de direção. A história tem uma premissa bonita com elementos figurativos que retratam a perda. Mas existe uma quebra no roteiro em alguns pontos que exigem um fechar de olhos e engolir a seco. Como por exemplo acreditar que tais seres, que no roteiro mostram-se extremamente longe de nós, se importam com uma situação de uma família? E ainda, precisamos de ajuda de fora para resolver nossos perrengues? Mas prefiro entender que tudo isso é figurativo. See more Jeffrey P 08/25/2024 Effectively creepy abduction horror, but spends a bit too much time going in circles with an invisible threat as it becomes convoluted. Some okay mystery and suspense keep it afloat in the second half despite it becoming melodramatic but the big reveal and conclusion muddy everything that preceded it. See more Dane B. M 08/21/2024 The pacing is so slowwww to induce a good nap. The acting is, well, put it this way, who is holding the strings? I wasn't terrified in the least. Their actions take forever. The critiques make me think it was the friends of the cast who wrote the reviews. Boring beyond belief. See more Brad S 07/01/2024 I really liked it. The twist was great. A well thought out movie that spent its budget wisely. Sure, it could have done with a few less characters, but it didn't hurt the story. One of those rare unknown movies that you're glad you stumbled upon, and those are hard to find. See more Kalin D 06/10/2024 This movie has no story. It's all just special effects. It being set in the "80s" has no relevance to anything. Also, don't get why we needed so many superfluous characters. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Mysterious lights appear in the sky one year after the disappearance of an 8-year-old girl.
Director
Carl Strathie
Screenwriter
Carl Strathie
Production Co
Goldfinch Studios
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
British English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 7, 2020
Runtime
1h 38m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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