After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of foul play, no-one believes their story and his disappearance is treated as murder.
Practical Effects
The abduction sequence — practical effects that aged disturbingly well.
Acting
Robert Patrick's simmering desperation as the accused best friend.
Production
Gritty small-town realism that grounds the cosmic horror.
Director
Rob Lieberman
D. B. Sweeney
Travis Walton
Robert Patrick
Mike Rodgers
Craig Sheffer
Allan Dallis
Peter Berg
David Whitlock
Henry Thomas
Greg Hayes
Bradley Gregg
Bobby Cogdill
Noble Willingham
Blake Davies
Kathleen Wilhoite
Katie Rogers
James Garner
Frank Watters
Scott MacDonald
Dan Walton
Wayne Grace
Cyrus Gilson
Robert Covarrubias
Ray Melendez
Bruce Wright
Dennis Clay
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real Travis Walton briefly appears as a mourner at his own funeral scene — a gloriously weird cameo.
This film single-handedly shaped 90s alien abduction iconography; the examination table scene influenced everything from The X-Files to modern horror.
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