10 Scariest Scenes In "True Story" Films

Much like Communion, the effectiveness of Fire in the Sky will depend on one's own personal belief in certain theories, but anyone who lived in Arizona may have had a more direct connection upon its release. Fire is account of the Travis Walton experience in Snowflake, Arizona in 1975, during which a logger vanished for five days only to turn up dehydrated with a report of being abducted by extraterrestrials.

Arizona has long been a hotspot for reported UFO activity, given its proximity to Area 51. Though Fire In the Sky was a bit early in recent UFO hysteria, it does fit in nicely if one were to construct a conspiracy-laden timeline regarding 1997's Phoenix Lights, which appeared over the skies of the city and Tucson for over two hours, including by then-governor Fyfe Symington.

So it's somewhat interesting that Fire In the Sky's scariest moments are the least faithful to logger Travis Walton's book. Screenwriter Tracy Tormé (Mel's daughter), found his account boring, so instead she relied on more film-friendly alien lifeforms. Cue the milky white cocoon Walton (D.B. Sweeney) emerges from in the discordant, disorienting opening moments of a hypnotic, terrifying abduction flashback at the film's climax.

Smartly, the film also zeroes in on a small group of Walton's friends led by Robert Patrick (whose performance landed him The X-Files), keeping all the emotional elements of Walton's tale at the fore.