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Dark Skies
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Dark Skies

2013 · PG-13 · 1h 37m

Once you have been chosen. You belong to them.

From the producers of Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and Sinister comes Dark Skies: a supernatural thriller that follows a young family living in the suburbs. As husband and wife Daniel and Lacey Barret witness an escalating series of disturbing events involving their family, their safe and peaceful home quickly unravels. When it becomes clear that the Barret family is being targeted by an unimaginably terrifying and deadly force, Daniel and Lacey take matters in their own hands to solve the mystery of what is after their family.

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Release & where to watch

In theaters
February 22, 2013
Home release
July 6, 2013

Curator Score

Based on 1 curator rating · How we score

Built on atmosphere, light on gore.

Jump scares

Dark Skies has 11 jump scares. Compare counts

Age suitability

Dark Skies is rated PG-13. Watch Darkly does not assign its own age rating. It scored 7.0/10 for fear and 1.0/10 for gore, and carries 3 content warnings: animal death, child endangerment, and self harm.

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7.5Overall
Fear7.0
Gore1.0
Atmosphere8.0

Genres

science-fictionhorrorthriller

Tags

Subgenre

alienfamilycreature-feature

Tone

psychologicalslow-burncharacter-drivendread

Setting

suburban

Content Warnings

child-endangermentself-harmanimal-death
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Details

Budget$3.5M
Box office$27.9M

Directed by

Scott Stewart

Written by

Scott Stewart

Cinematography

David Boyd

Starring

Keri Russell as Lacy Barrett · Josh Hamilton as Daniel · Dakota Goyo as Jesse · J.K. Simmons as Edwin Pollard · Trevor St. John as Alex Holcombe · Annie Thurman as Shelly · Myndy Crist as Karen · Josh Wingate as Gun Salesperson

Production

Alliance Films, Automatik Entertainment, Blumhouse Productions, Cinema Vehicle Services

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