Altered (2006)

Director:

Eduardo Sánchez

Writers:

Jamie Nash (screenplay)
Jamie Nash (story)

Release Date:

15 December 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

They will find you...

Plot:

Fifteen years ago, a group of men's lives were forever changed by a strange occurrence. Now, the same group of men will spend a night together ... in terror.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Shot In The Head | Blood | Spaceship | Loss Of Brother

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Misty Rosas	...	Foki Scout
Paul McCarthy-Boyington	...	Cody
Brad William Henke	...	Duke
Michael C. Williams	...	Otis (as Mike C. Williams)
Adam Kaufman	...	Wyatt
Catherine Mangan	...	Hope
James Gammon	...	Sheriff Henderson
Joe Unger	...	Mr. Towne
John William Wright	...	Monger Warrior
Shea Elmore	...	Monger Warrior
Klaus Heesch	...	Monger Warrior
Matt McCann	...	Monger Warrior
Phil Stevenson	...	Monger Warrior
Eduardo Sánchez	...	Monger Warrior (as Ed Sanchez)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence and gore, and for pervasive language.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:15 | Canada:18A (Manitoba) | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA (2007) | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-15 | Netherlands:16 | Italy:VM14

Filming Locations:

Florida, USA

Company:

Haxan Films

Trivia:

Was originally planned as a horror/comedy with the title "Probed".

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Wyatt is telling his friends to return the alien to the farm and Cody begins to get angry, there is a red dot from the camera on Wyatt's white tank-top.

Sci-fi horror from Eduardo 'Blair Witch' Sánchez.

Seven years after the incredible success of indie horror film The Blair Witch Project, director Eduardo Sánchez returns with this effective sci-fi chiller that proves that he still has the ability to creep out the audience.

In Altered, a group of men, who were abducted by aliens when they were young, face a night of terror after they manage to capture a nasty extra-terrestrial. Sánchez, once again working on a low budget, manages to create a truly scary film with some nifty effects to boot.

Using the trusty old 'man in a rubber suit' method, rather than dodgy CGI, Sanchez delivers a convincing and rather nasty little ET which is the stuff of nightmares; this is the kind of toothy critter that thinks nothing of disembowelling its victims and then playing a game of tug of war with their entrails!

With a lean running time of only 84 minutes, the film never has time to get boring. The cast give good performances, the direction is solid, the creature is creepy and a guy gets a flesh eating disease and disintegrates during the course of the film. What more could you ask for?