Abducted

Aliens and their penchant for probing helpless humans has been fodder for horror movies for a long time and, to be honest, most of them are about as much fun to sit through as the probing would be. Don’t let your past experiences (cinematic or otherwise) keep you from watching this entertainingly original riff on the theme, directed by Lucy Phillip and Glen Scantlebury. Like a lot of horror movies, the film starts out showing us a happy loving couple who are out having the time of their lives, not knowing that disaster awaits in the form of alien abductors. The key here is the actors, Tessa Ferrer and Trevor Morgan are actually believable in their roles, and the film gives us enough time to really get to know them before the mayhem begins. And when it does, the film is smart enough to avoid predictability – and an overdependence on gore – resulting in a rare treat for fans of any film genre. It all derails a bit at the end, but the ride is so much fun you can hardly complain.