Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998)

Captivating movie !

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

I watched I cried I Jumped fer Joy I ran down the street knocking on doors passing out copies of this film.You ask Why Because my friend this was my story.Not the exact same story but it happened to me.this picture captures the truth in a unfurnished realistic way the Spielberg or Cameron could never do with their fancy shamancy billion dollar budgets.today is the night before the biggest American holiday and from now on this movie will be shown at the family dinner.when i saw aliens i went to the police But they refused to take me seriously .i'm shouting from the mountain top watch this film at least once a week its great.Please believe these people sally bobby James Matthew they are the best i will start a fan club base in Mississippi in 2015.

how can this movie even got qualify as a Biography ?? This is nothing but a low budget sci-fi movie. The script and all the actings was so terrible, I just lost for words. Maybe back in the 1998 people are more easier to believe in such craps but now the year is 2013 and with so many reality shows out there so with just a few minutes into the movie, I can tell this was not a genuine home made video and then a few more minutes into it, I also found that the script and all the supposedly 'genuine' actings are really really bad. I would not even want to waste my time to write a review for this movie if it is getting a 1 star on IMDb but it is rated 6.2 so I got to speak of the truth :-)

Looking at the plot summary, I had hopes for this film. I'm a fan of the mockumentary horror sub-genre, and to find one about alien abduction, I thought this could be interesting viewing. Unfortunately, if you go in with the same hope for a frightening, clever horror/thriller, you will also be disappointed. The film starts with a family at thanksgiving, who experience strange happenings, which they initially attribute to an electrical storm. The start is very slow, and in my opinion, is filled with a very mundane, exceptionally poorly acted dialogue of the family and their background. Unfortunately, this is a running theme throughout the film, and the boring plot of the family and the characters overshadows any morsel of suspense and horror throughout the film. Actual activity is very few and far between, and any elements involving the aliens are distracting due to the obvious use of human actors in plastic masks - especially in the end scene where they appear to be wearing black rollnecks and jeans! There are many other scenes as well, which entirely detract from the atmosphere -such as when the mother runs out of the house in a panic, yet through the whole film never fails to spill a drop of her wine, let alone put the glass down for even a second.I think this could have been better if; 1. The actors were any good. Many a time, they was appallingly unbelievable and very obviously dictating from a script and failing to capture any resemblance of fear. There is a handful of instances where there are interviews with 'experts'. Again, the acting of these characters is abysmal and verging on bizarre when they decide a good character would be a British rock star in a 'cor blimey' accent dressed in a tiger print jacket. The mind boggles. 2. The writers actually contributed a script that enabled the viewer to empathise with the characters. As best they were an annoying irritant, where you clock-watched their experiences in the vain hope something bad actually happened to them. Bar one character who plays the boyfriend of one of the sisters, I would even go as far to say the viewer is left with no choice but to actively dislike the characters. In summary, I wouldn't waste an evening's viewing on this. It is a shame, as the concept and idea could have played out so much better with just a better cast, script and direction. For the horror/mockumentary style of film, there are far better examples out there more worthy of your time, even on a very modest budget with unknown actors. The producers really missed a trick with this one.

Before the blair Witch project, three other films made movies that looked like home movies. One was Cannabal Holocaust, which I never saw, the second was the last broadcast which was pretty boring, and the third was Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County, which was great. The plot involves a family named the Mcphersons, they are about to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner, when the lights go out. Three of them go out to fix it, and what they find is something that could change our world forever. I won't spoil any more of it, you really should watch it.It's creepy, scary, and unique. Though it isn't the most realistic of these camcorder films. But, when you think about it, none of them really are.