This completely slipped under my radar until the other day I was listening to a movie podcast and they were praising it. This was really good and original. It’s a PG-13 horror, but that didn’t matter at all. Not gory at all, but full of suspense and interesting scenes. Kaitlyn Denver puts in a strong performance, despite only having a couple lines. Actually, there’s almost no dialogue in the entire movie, which is a little gimmicky, but didn’t hurt the movie at all. It’s basically about a woman who lives alone and her home gets invaded by aliens and she has to defend herself. There’s a lot more going on but I don’t want to give it away. I hope some of you have watched it and join the discussion. I found it very enjoyable.
Fantastic movie, I especially liked the body horror aspect they used with the ETs, the way they moved and the huge long limbs etc.
Spoiler time though, I reckon it was all the parasites. The only way they can survive and propagate is by assimilating new hosts, that’s why there were a bunch of different ET species but they all looked uniform and they were all sexless too because the bodies are just vessels for the parasite, they have no need to reproduce. Also why the ETs didn’t care she ganked those other ETs, the parasites escaped and there were plenty of new hosts to be had, it was only when she tried to crush the parasite that they got angry.
And the end bit where the ETs are talking about what to do with her and that ET’s throat is vibrating, it’s because the parasites are discussing what to do with her and not the hosts. The tall classic ETs are powerful telekenetics so it would stand to reason they’re equally powerful telepathics too so they wouldn’t need to talk vocally.
So I reckon the parasites cooked up the “perfect world” shown at the end to keep the humans minds docile while the parasites piloted their bodies around, assimilating new species.
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This is exactly what I was thinking too. The parasites were just using the Grays as well. Like the first one she kills, the parasite crawls out to escape.