Well, dipping my toes back into the Netflix pool. Will this be another horror dud? We shall see. It started with promisingly scary music, let’s hope that isn’t the only scary aspect of this flick. Dad was scary – in fact, Dad (played by Neville Archambault) wasn’t quite right. But his grown children seemed to think he was fine. Son Harry (played by Chris Sheffield) said, “Dad’s good” to his sister Audry (played by Michaela McManus). I don’t think so. As an aside, Michaela McManus looks like Claire Danes- I had to google her to see if she was related but, nope. In any event, the story was about strange happenings on an island off the coast of Rhode Island. Dad was a fisherman, and dead fish were washing up and being caught at sea. Additionally, dead birds were dropping from the sky. What’s going on here?
So twenty minutes into this movie and so far, just dead fish and creepy Dad. I heard Homer Simpson heckling in my head, “BORE-RING!” Creepy sleep walking Dad started sleep boating – this time, he disappeared from the boat. It seemed creepy Dad was gone… or was he? Yep, he was dead – washed up on the beach with more dead fish. However, Harry wasn’t buying any of this and was convinced something sinister was afoot. Well, this was a horror flick, so maybe he was on to something… Speaking of Harry, he sucked as a character, and an actor. He looks a little like Lee from Tenacious D movie/videos (played by JR Reed). I wish JR Reed played Harry in this movie. But sadly, it wasn’t to be. The good new was, Harry also started sleep boating, and returned from a cruise looking and acting like creepy Dad. Whatever Dad had, Harry had it, too. Hopefully Harry’s days were numbered. Good!
Almost an hour in now, and this was one of those glacial pace movies – which means it was really a short story which some fool in Hollywood tried to stretch into a full-length movie. These almost always fail.
Anywho, finally some action. Harry boated to the same spot in the sound, this time with a deer (requested by dead creepy dad). Suddenly, everything in the boat, including Harry, got sucked up into the sky. Okay, now we get it… aliens! I had a feeling that’s where this was heading. And now it’s Audry – fly, Audry, fly! Sadly, the ending was predictable, ludicrous and desultory.
The ending credits showed this was a McManus brothers movie. I could’ve sworn I reviewed something else they have done. Note that Audry was also a McManus – a sister to the two brothers. I’m thinking another one of CK’s Ironclad rules of movies is in order here:
If a movie is made by McManus, It will surely be lame and outlandish!
In any event, my initial instincts were correct – another dud. Three cheesy alien effects out of nine.