After a mysterious global crisis, a young girl is left alone to hide from a malevolent power that stalks her home. Her parents eventually return and the struggle begins to save their daughter.
Acting
Shree Crooks carries this entire film at age 10.
Direction
Goldsman restrains the Spielberg instinct until he doesn't.
Director
Akiva Goldsman
Shree Crooks
Stephanie
Frank Grillo
Man / Dad
Anna Torv
Woman / Mom
Jonah Beres
Paul
Lasaundra Gibson
TV Reporter
Samantha Smith
Doctor
Amanda Christine
Moppet (uncredited)
Swati Kapila
BBC Reporter (uncredited)
Deric McCabe
Moppet (uncredited)
Harold Perrineau
Leader (uncredited)
Ellen Dubin
Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Jaimi Paige
Work Husband (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Akiva Goldsman wrote this during a break from big-budget disasters; it's his only horror directorial credit.
The film deliberately mirrors E.T.'s structure — suburban isolation, mysterious presence, government threat — then twists every beat into nightmare fuel.
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