2006 · horror · sci-fi · thriller
Altered
Directed by Eduardo Sánchez1h 28m2006
Fifteen years ago, five men were abducted by aliens. Only four returned. Now, these same four men have managed to capture one of the creatures who killed their friend and ruined their lives.
Our read: Altered (2006) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · sci-fi · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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