Rating: C -- Alien abductions are a truly terrifying idea, and building an alien abduction movie on the template of "Poltergeist" is a great idea. But "Poltergeist" had one thing "Dark Skies" is sorely in need of: follow-through. Full Review

Rating: 6/10 -- Dark Skies works best when it leans on this nerve. It's tapping into a low-level fear, but one that's extremely relatable, and therefore more able to get under one's skin than a typical boogeyman. Full Review

3 stars out of 5 -- As a shocker, Scott Stewart’s film is solid, but it’s the thoroughly depressing backdrop that you’ll take away.

Rating: 2/5 -- Zero points for originality, but interestingly messy at the same time. Full Review

Rating: 3/5 -- Russell and Hamilton convince as the initially skeptical parents who come under suspicion from neighbors, but are eclipsed by the subtle performance of Dakota Goyo as their troubled eldest son. Full Review

Rating: C+ -- There's a definite bittersweet tone to the end of Dark Skies and it's a bold departure from the endings from such films as Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Poltergeist or even Signs, but Stewart didn't quite bring it all the way home. Full Review

Rating: 3/5 -- An old-fashioned scary movie; a sci-fi horror that is a workmanlike piece of film-making, with some effective shocks, cheerfully borrowing from other sources, most obviously Spielberg. Full Review