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Altered (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Altered' is a 2006 American science fiction horror film directed by Eduardo Snchez and written by Jamie Nash. It was Snchez's first solo effort as director, following his co-directing of 'The Blair Witch Project' in 1999.
The plot is an inversion of the standard alien abduction formula, as four men abduct a lone alien, planning to wreak revenge on the invading species. In its early stages, the film was entitled 'Probed', and was intended as a comic homage to the work of Sam Raimi and Troma Entertainment."It was a horror-comedy I wrote called Probed about rednecks who abduct an alien. Evil Dead 2 in tone. Or maybe Troma. Ed dug it and thought it was funny. But realized horror-comedy might not be the easiest sell." http://actfourscreenplays.com/screenwriting-blog/horror-interview-with-lovely-molly-screenwriter-jamie-nash/
Plot
'Altered' is the story of four men who seek revenge on aliens, who abducted them and murdered their friend many years ago. As is explained via dialogue throughout the film, fifteen years before the events shown in the film, a group of five friends living in a remote American town were captured and experimented on by aliens while on a hunting trip. Only four of the friends returned alive.
The main character (Wyatt) has since distanced himself from his childhood friends and is shown to have decided to live with the past, albeit in apparent constant paranoia. Two of the remaining three characters, however, have been obsessed by revenge and have persuaded the remaining character that this is the correct course of action to take. The story opens with the tracking and subsequent capture of a lone alienthe consequences of which Wyatt and the three friends soon become deeply involved in.
Cast
* Paul McCarthy-Boyington as Cody
* Brad William Henke as Duke
* Michael C. Williams as Otis
* Adam Kaufman as Wyatt
* Catherine Mangan as Hope
* James Gammon as Sheriff Tom Herderson
* Joe Unger as Mr. Towne
Reception
Critical reception for 'Altered' was mixed; 'Cinema Crazed' gave the film a positive review, praising the "good old fashioned special effects mixed with wicked gore", while 'Reel Film' was more ambivalent, suggesting that the film was "a little too talky for its own good, [but] practically a horror masterpiece when compared to some of its straight-to-video brethren." Roger Moore at the Orlando Sentinel was underwhelmed, reflecting that "too many of the arguments are whispered, too many settings are missing the horrific atmosphere the movie requires," and Scott Weinberg at 'DVD Talk' described the film as "kind of a mixed bag: half chintzy and raw, half interesting and semi-creepy."
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