Altered (2006)

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The acting in this movie is really good.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I started watching this movie because I saw a lot of positive reviews...now I wonder about the sanity of those people...This is THE FIRST review I ever wrote for IMDb, and this movie made me do it! At first, for a few minutes at least, it seems promising. Then it starts sliding a slope and it keeps accelerating. The acting is bad, but even worse are the characters' lines. It's as if they were retarded. A four year old would make decisions that make more sense. And the whole story, if you can call that mess a story, makes no sense at all.Then comes the production which is very cheap, but that really isn't the problem - I've seen movies with lower budgets that were great. This one had a really great potential atmosphere-wise. We've seen it all - an isolated house, a bunch of people barricading in because of the possible attack by unknown evil forces (here: alien), with a somewhat unique twist - they have one captured... it could have been at least an average flick, but - trust me - it's utter crap! They say smart people learn from other people's mistakes, and stupid ones learn from their own mistakes so I'm not sure if you'll want to hear the advice of a sucker but I did step in a load of poo here, so don't say I didn't warn you! 2/10

In Altered, the director puts the "alien abduction" scenario on it's head. We've all seen movies and TV shows about alien abductions. They're a genre into themselves. But what happens when the abductees decide to kidnap an alien themselves? This is the question the director attempts to answer in a movie which can be taken as serious or comedic. Years ago, four friends were kidnapped in the wilds of Florida by aliens from outer space. They were eventually released, but only after the invaders had "done things" to them. Now they are grown men and the laughing stock of their small town. Nobody believed them at the time, nobody does now. Finally, tired of the ridicule, three of the four head out to a remote farm where the aliens have established a hidden compound. They manage to capture one of the aliens and haul it back. Their prey secured in a van, they take it to the last member of the four, Wyatt, who lives on an isolated compound. Wyatt is horrified; he's got a girlfriend living with him and still has vivid memories of what the creatures did to him. He's also in a psychic link with the aliens and knows they will be furious at having one of their number captured. All hell breaks loose when the captured alien breaks free in the compound. And, worse, a whole ground force of aliens are on their way to rescue their fallen comrade.The plot is tight. The film opens with the capture of the alien, then speeds to Wyatt's compound, where most of the action takes place. The actors who play the trio responsible for snaring the beast all do a top- notch collective performance as a bunch of confused and scared rednecks. The actor playing Wyatt has just enough fear and bravery to make him a great horror movie hero.Plus points to the team who did the effect work on the alien costumes; it was done without CGI. More plus points to the people who did the stunt work.I recommend giving this film a chance. You might be able to find a cheap used DVD.http://cinemaofhorror.com/altered/

That was going to be the original title to this film.Ans they were gonna make it a comedy! That would have been interesting to see but I'm glad they just kept it the way they did it.They was some decent acting and scares around.Adam Kaufman as our hero "Wyatt" did an OK job.His 3 partners-in-crime, big Brad William Henke as "Duke", Michael C. Williams as "Otis"(from Blair Witch) and Paul McCarthy-Boyington as "Cody". Did OK also as some "good-ole hick-boys" alien hunters.Out of those three, Paul McCarthy-Boyington as 'Cody', stood out for me. His portrayal of Cody, reminded me so much of David Patrick Kelly. The same compact, feisty and slightly crazed-look. His Cody was like a grenade with the pin pulled.It was a very nice surprise to see the late great character actor, James Gammon as "Sheriff Henderson" in one of his last film roles before he passed away.Ala in all, not a great film but not a bad one either. Check it out!

The aliens in this sci-fi horror flick do it all: control your mind and make you attack your friends, deliver flesh-eating viruses, plant bony, Cronenberg-esque tracking devices in your intestines, and just flat-out, violently attack you. From a distance, they look like men in green rubber suits, but up close they are intricate, disgusting, scary, and best of all, not CG.This movie has enough to please all types of horror fans. Although most of the fear it delivers is in the form of tension -- both from the aliens and from human anger -- it does contain some truly graphic scenes. The rotting flesh and intestine dismantling will please any splatter fan. The only thing that prevented this movie from being great is that I never found much reason to care about any of the characters.