''Night Skies'' is a 2007 American

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

horror film directed by

Roy Knyrim Roy Knyrim (born 1966/1967) is an American film director and special effects makeup artist. He directed ''Demons at the Door'' (2004), ''Cemetery Gates (film), Cemetery Gates'' (2006), ''Night Skies (2007 film), Night Skies'' (2007), and ''Death ...

and starring

Jason Connery Jason Joseph Connery (born 11 January 1963) is a British actor and director. He is the son of Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. On screen, he is best known for appearing in the third series of the ITV drama series ''Robin of Sherwood'' in 1986. H ...

A.J. Cook Andrea Joy Cook (born July 22, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her role as Supervisory Special Agent Jennifer "JJ" Jareau on the CBS crime drama ''Criminal Minds'' (2005–2020, 2022). Cook has also appeared in ''The Virgi ...

, George Stults, and Ashley Peldon. It is set during the time of the so-called "

Phoenix Lights The Phoenix Lights (sometimes called the "Lights Over Phoenix") were a series of widely sighted unidentified flying objects observed in the skies over the southwestern states of Arizona and Nevada on March 13, 1997. Lights of varying descript ...

", one of the largest

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sightings ever.

Plot

A group of friends, including Matt, his fiancée Lily, his sister Molly, along with Joe and June, embark on a trip to

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in an RV. After getting lost on a shortcut, they notice lights in the sky that appear to be following the RV. While entranced by them, they crash while swerving to miss a stranded motorist called Richard. Joe is injured by a knife in the crash. Unfortunately, the knife is dangerously close to an artery, forcing them to leave it in. While searching for assistance, Molly becomes acquainted with Richard, who was a POW who was tortured by the

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is in the

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. While working on repairing the RV, Matt hears noises in the woods. He leaves to investigate them. Joe's condition deteriorates, due to damage to his artery, forcing the group to search for additional assistance. They find a house with a working phone. The group realize Matt is not with them. When aliens surround them, Richard shoots at them, accidentally killing Matt in the process. Richard returns to the RV and tells the others of the aliens, while not mentioning Matt's fate. Molly forces her way out of the RV to find Matt, but is sucked up by a green light. As Joe's breathing stops, June is pulled out of the RV. The RV shakes violently and the windows burst inward as the aliens attack, prompting the surviving Lily and Richard to escape into the forest, eventually ending up in an abandoned shack, where Richard barricades the door with a table. The aliens then locate the cabin, destroying the barriers and moving in on the hiding pair. Richard, knowing they have been found, fires on the aliens before being grabbed and subsequently abducted. Lily escapes as the aliens completely destroy the cabin. After running a short distance and accidentally becoming caught in barbed wire, she too is captured. Richard regains consciousness inside an organic chamber. Exploring his surroundings and hearing a distant voice, he finds Lily being experimented on by the aliens, ultimately having her three-month-old foetus removed. When the aliens leave, Richard approaches her. Realising the aliens have taken her unborn child, Lily begs Richard to shoot her, to which Richard reluctantly complies. The returning aliens then restrain Richard and begin mercilessly experimenting on him. Some time later, a police officer patrols a deserted area, where he finds Richard. A text epilogue states that Richard was found 100 miles from the site of his broken down truck and the group's RV. In semi-catatonic state, Richard was subsequently subject to rehabilitation which restored partial memories of the encounter. Despite his description of the night's events, no trace of either vehicle nor any of the other victims was ever found. The text concludes with the statement that the lights continue to appear over Phoenix Arizona to this day.

Cast

as Richard * A. J. Cook as Lily * George Stults as Matt * Ashley Peldon as Molly *

Gwendoline Yeo Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (; born 10 July 1977) is a Singaporean actress, musician and writer best known for her roles as Dr. Kelly Lee on '' General Hospital'', Xiao-Mei on '' Desperate Housewives'' and Sun Fu in ''Broken Trail''. She is also kno ...

as June *

Joseph Sikora Joseph Sikora (born June 27, 1976) is an American actor best known for his starring role as Tommy Egan on the Starz series ''Power'' and its subsequent spin-offs and sequels, '' Power Book II: Ghost'' and '' Power Book IV: Force'', in which he ...

as Joe *

Michael Dorn Michael Dorn (born December 9, 1952) is an American actor best known for his role as the Klingon Worf in the '' Star Trek'' franchise. He has appeared more times as a regular cast member than any other ''Star Trek'' actor in the franchise's hist ...

as Kyle

References

External links

* * {{AllRovi movie, 379105, Night Skies 2007 horror films 2007 films Alien abduction films Films set in 1997 Films set in Arizona Films about extraterrestrial life Alien invasions in films American science fiction horror films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films