Skinwalker Ranch
Skinwalker Ranch
R | 30 October 2013 (USA)
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In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, but maybe most notable was the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller’s eight-year-old son Cody on November 11, 2010. Close to a year later, Modern Defense Enterprises has sent a team of experts to document and investigate the mysterious occurrences, which only escalate upon their arrival. Tensions rise as the team must decide how far they will go to unlock the mysteries of “Skinwalker Ranch.” The group debates whether the answers are worth risking their lives for, or if they should just call off the investigation and leave the ranch—that is, if leaving is actually an option…

Reviews
BootDigest Such a frustrating disappointment
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.
zero-signal What the heck was this? Okay people just admit that there won't be another Close Encounters With the Third Kind. Like Europa Report, this movie promises to give us chills but except that we only got boredom. The formula is quite basic. Mean that there was a nasty thing around here and there, set all your high tech equipment all around place and after that open the gates of tension. I don't think so. I'm really embarrassed to mention this one here but it's like 10k of the same movie, over and over again and they still got this scene: All powerful, all mysterious, all strong and maybe omnipotent compared to us aliens, can -literally- twist a huge pick cup like a beer can but can't handle a wooden door. please stop doing this s h i t. so like Europa Report - i got bored twice as this one bored me while watching it - there is a reward waiting for you if you are stubborn enough to reach the end:a cripple alien for 10 seconds.beware!
vgames89 Although the found footage genre has been overdone lately, that doesn't mean you should automatically dismiss a movie when you see it's filmed that way. Found footage is great when IT'S DONE CORRECTLY. That is the case during the first half of Skinwalker Ranch, which made me jump a few times. However, the second half, especially the end, was disappointing and predictable. Also, it really doesn't add anything original to the alien abduction sub-genre. It's just another typical easily forgettable alien abduction film. Better than The Fourth Kind, but nowhere near as good as Dark Skies (which you should see if you like these kind of movies).
mwmace First of all, I have read George Knapp's book that this film is loosely based on. I've also heard Knapp speak about the SkinWalker Ranch events. I think the film makers were trying to do a low-budget-big- money-making repeat of Blair Witch project. I gave it a seven because if you read the book, you'll realize that the this is, in reality, one very strange story. The chaotic nature of this film captures the disjointed nature of the phenomena described in the book: bizarre poltergeist-type events, orbs, invulnerable beasts, possible dimensional portals, and UFOs. However, the film wildly exaggerates the actual events as well as concocting many things that never occurred. This was my biggest disappointment with the film because a faithful retelling of the book would have been far more terrifying.
petarmatic I was very pleasantly surprised by this film. If you are after supernatural or UFO phenomenon this film is for you.Plot is very good, acting is almost very good, visual effects are excellent! With lower budget this turned to be a very good film.I wish they could somehow explain to us what really happened and what is fiction, but in a film like this is really difficult.What is it with this ranch now? Is it still there, is someone still living there or is it abandoned?Are those UFO*s finally come and present themselves to us. We would love to know what is it they want.