Though he’s a nice enough chap his whole “yee-haw” schtick and gun-and-dog combo makes him a blatant character in a film that purports to be showing us real people. Sean is a stereotypical redneck character who brings any sense of authenticity the film had crashing to a halt almost immediately. That said, it isn’t without its iffy moments, particularly halfway through the film when the family come across a house in the middle of the woods and meet Sean. It’s also not afraid to shock you with some surprising moments: without spoiling anything, it isn’t a film that’s afraid to ‘kill’ anyone in the cast regardless of who they are. Once the initial discovery is made the pace is fairly frantic throughout, with plenty of tense moments and lots of obligatory running through forests. Unfortunately the family don’t have time to stop and ponder it because it quickly appears that someone – or indeed something – is also in the tunnel, and it’s looking to cause a jump-scare or twelve.Īlien Abduction is a decent wee effort, especially considering how done-to-death the found footage style is these days. “Siri, text the colonoscopy clinic and tell them I’ll be late for my appointment” It looks as if masses of people suddenly left their cars without warning and have disappeared. The car has been abandoned, as have the numerous other cars scattered around inside the tunnel.

Ah, shucks and such.Īll seems well when they come across a tunnel with a police car parked outside, but it soon becomes clear that this is far from an ideal situation. This pleasant atmosphere starts to go slightly awry when the car’s GPS stops working and the family finds itself lost and running low on gas. The family is on a camping holiday near Brown Mountain in North Carolina, where the usual family-based hijinks ensue: in-jokes, gentle ribbing, general bonding and such. The film follows the Morris family: a dad, a mother, their 20-something son and daughter and little Riley, an affable wee chap who constantly films things on his camcorder, because autism (that convenient catch-all excuse so many movies use to explain things). See if you can guess what it is by the title.

Starring: Corey Eid, Jillian Clare, Katherine Sigismund, Jeff Bowser, Riley Polanski, Peter Holdenīy this point in my life I must have seen more ‘found footage’ movies than I’ve had lamb vindaloos, and let’s just say Indian Express in Wandsworth greatly appreciates my custom.Īfter all, a quick gander at the ‘handheld footage’ tag on this site will reveal that I’ve reviewed no fewer than 15 of the bastards on this site already.Īlien Abduction at least tries something slightly different by going with a subject matter you don’t often get in these first-person frightfests.

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