Review of Grey Skies (2010) by Bill S — 26 Dec 2013

One line summary: Bad SFX, bad acting, bad screenplay trump the reasonable camera work.

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Old friends get together for a weekend in the woods. Sandy and Hayden hit it off immediately, sharing sex and drugs. Michael brought his photographer friend Brian. Robert and Jenny are together, but are bickering. Annie and Glen seem to be unattached. They look at the stars which are very clear out in the middle of nowhere. There are also shooting stars. One lands relatively nearby. Some of them are high, and decide to go find it.

Hayden does not come back, so they go looking for him. They find him, a bit worse for the wear. Thing move back toward normal, somewhat, except for Jenny's telling Robert that she is pregnant. Shelly disappears about the same time that the lights go out. The search is on. They find her, and she's a bit garbled in her responses. They decide to leave, but none of their four vehicles will start.

Then the elimination derby is on. One after another the aliens take over the minds and wills of the people in the party.

Will anyone survive the onslaught?

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Cinematography: 7/10 Well done for a low budget film.

Sound: 8/10 Not too bad.

Acting: 0/10 Michael Cornacchia and Anne Griffin were absolutely terrible. Stacy Jorgensen was also rather bad. The others were unconvincing.

Screenplay: 2/10 There are lots of inconsistencies about what the aliens can do. There was a large percentage of the film that was just plain boring. The pointless yelling sequences were very irritating.

SFX: 2/10 Amateurish; special effects were laughably bad.