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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    Ugh, how could I forget about this masterpiece - INBRED REDNECK ALIEN ABDUCTION.

    Sorry, no trailer to share, just the website: [www.inbredredneck.com] #aliens
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    Also freaky: my favorite band, Tool's, song "Rosetta Stoned" which is a tripped-out recount of an alien abduction.

    Rosetta Stoned #aliens
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    Image of Starwatcher Starwatcher
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    Close Encounters of the Third Kind gets my vote, because it scared the bejeezus out of me when I was a kid. Fire in the Sky was freaky too. That being said, of all of them Taken is my favorite. #aliens
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    Image of GodofMonkeys GodofMonkeys
    11/06/09

    In reply to Which Reboot Would Suck the Most?
    "Yes" should be an option in this poll. That or "all of the above". #cocoon
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    Another vote for Fire in the Sky.

    BUT. . . while it's not at all an alien abduction story, all those poor colonists on LV-426 got their butts abducted, then impregnated, then blown apart, then eaten, then incinerated in a mushroom cloud the size of Nebraska.

    Bummer. #aliens
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/06/09

    @Daveinva: As an aside, I'm a 15-years-running night terror sufferer. I'm *totally* convinced that most stories of "abductions" are the result of night terrors and sleep paralysis. *I* know what's going on because I know what they are, but even then, they're scary as hell.

    Can't move, can't breathe, and you KNOW there's somebody in the room with you, you can feel it, if only you could just turn your head, but you can't...

    Fun times.

    I can only imagine that slightly-less cosmopolitan folk might not be familiar enough with the medical terminology and simply think they're being abducted (or possessed by demons-- they're all the same stories anyway). #aliens
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    I voted Fire in the Sky because I was too scared to watch Communion. #aliens
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    Image of Jay Doors Jay Doors
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    That scene in "Fire In The Sky" rattled me to my very bones. I am not easily scared, so I can't help but wonder WHY that scene bothers me so much. #aliens
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    Image of gmarty gmarty
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    Eduardo Sanchez's ALTERED. Guys get abducted by aliens. Years later, they abduct an alien for revenge. But once they get their captive back to their compound, things don't go exactly as planned...
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    Image of Allen_Richards Allen_Richards
    11/06/09

    @gmarty: Crap, I forgot all about this one - GOOD CALL!!!! Far better than all the films included in our voting box. #aliens
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    Image of AndrosZ AndrosZ
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    I swear I read "Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Seduction Movies?" #aliens
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    11/06/09

    @AndrosZ: Oooh, caliente! #aliens
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    Image of AndrosZ AndrosZ
    11/06/09

    @BlueBeard: There's no proper response to that, so I'll just say, "Yowza". #aliens
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    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    11/06/09

    @AndrosZ: Hey, I thought of one- My "Stepmother is an Alien" is so bad it's scary. #aliens
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    Image of regis regis
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    one of my brothers forced me to go see 'communion' in the theater when it came out.

    if alien space weasels had descended in the first 10 minutes and killed everyone in the film, it would've been a better movie because it would've been shorter. #aliens
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    Image of bookwench bookwench
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    I have to go with "none". None of them have ever frightened me. Sorry. Aliens just aren't scary. Even Aliens aliens just aren't scary. Gorgeous, creepy, moody, startling; but not scary. #aliens
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    Image of ArcLyte ArcLyte
    11/06/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    "Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake" County is without a doubt the scariest alien abduction movie i've ever seen. In fact, at 20 years old i'm still too scared to finish it. It shakes me to the core. I thought "Fire in the Sky" was terrifying but this tops it in every way.

    here's a link the entire movie on google video:

    [video.google.com]

    enjoy #aliens
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    Image of chopstyx chopstyx
    11/06/09

    @ArcLyte: I was going to post about a scary movie called "Alien Abduction: The McPherson Tape" but after a quick IMDB search I've realised that's the UK name for the same movie.

    On the surface it's a low budget crap-fest, but ArcLyte is right, something about it really scares.

    It's filmed Blair Witch-style with a handheld camera and is about a family in a remote US ranch, who one night notice strange lights and noises outside. One by one they go out to investigate, while the lights flicker, the TV starts going wonly and the obligatory kid starts babbling some weird language.

    It's also interspersed with straight to camera interviews with "experts" who talk frankly about the tape (in that way that actors pretending to be experts do). Nice touch.

    Have a watch! #aliens
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    Image of Alasdair5000 Alasdair5000
    11/06/09

    @ArcLyte: Oh excellent find! That scared the hell out of me the first time I saw it.

    And...the second.

    And just now. #aliens
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    Image of kingmaker kingmaker
    11/05/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    Fire in the Sky was the first movie that made me think that there just might be aliens out there. Was freaked out for months. #aliens
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    Image of Tomb: R.O.A.C.H. Tomb: R.O.A.C.H.
    11/05/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    How about that dude that fly around in time and space and kidnaps little girls..?! #aliens
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    Image of Sunshineyness Sunshineyness
    11/05/09

    In reply to Are There Any Truly Scary Alien Abduction Movies?
    Alien abduction/invasion was my number 1 fear as a kid thanks to X-Files and the slew of other UFO related stuff Fox aired because of the popularity of it. That Alien Autopsy (which looks SO freaking fake to me now) video scared the bejesus out of me.

    I kinda want to see all these movies now because I absolutely refused to as a kid. If there was any hint of evil aliens involved I refused to watch it. #aliens
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