Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Dean Alioto

Writers (WGA):

Dean Alioto (story)
Paul Chitlik (teleplay)

Release Date:

20 January 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

After a mysterious blackout, a son goes out to investigate and captures footage of actual aliens. When the aliens follow he and his brothers back to their home all hell breaks lose. |

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Video Footage | Fake Documentary | Video | Cattle Mutilation

Cast

Benz Antoine	...	Matthew McPherson
Kristian Ayre	...	Tommy McPherson
Gillian Barber	...	Roselyn McPherson
Michael Buie	...	Brian McPherson
Emmanuelle Chriqui	...	Renee Laurent
Marya Delver	...	Melanie
Katlyn Ducharme	...	Rosie McPherson
Ingrid Kavelaars	...	Linda McPherson
Aaron Pearl	...	Kurt McPherson
Bart Anderson	...	Professor Green
Jim Smith	...	Sheriff Tilson
Forbes Riley	...	Herself / TV Reporter
Anthony Beninati	...	Fredrick Pearl
Amanda Harvey	...	Jeane Sutton
Douglas Jackson	...	Al James

Also Known As:

Alien Abduction: The McPherson Tape (UK)
Incident in Lake County

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

UK:15

Company:

Dick Clark Productions

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: When the young girl who is implied to be under alien control begins to 'mysteriously' play the piano like a true artist to the bewilderment of the family they forgot to actually dub the 'brilliant' playing on afterward in the final cut.

Wow! Absolutely brilliant!

This film is an absolutely brilliant idea executed to perfection. The actors are superbly convincing from beginning to end. I first saw it under the belief that it was supposed to be an actual incident - and this is how the film was intended to be seen. It was years later that I realised it was a film not an actual record of events. Perhaps it is because of this that I found the film so convincing, but it is well worth watching even though you have seen that it is not a record of an actual alien abduction. However, the impact of the film will be lost on you. This does not diminish the skill of the film at all and I congratulate all concerned on conceiving the film and in carrying it off so convincingly.