10 Terrifying Movie Apocalypses We Should All Embrace
7. Alien Invasion - Signs
You just have to laugh about this one. The concept of demented aliens high-tailing it through space headed for earth in order to destroy mankind and pillage the planet has been doing the rounds for years. Even the discovery of actual real life aliens and their bungled attempt at human enslavement in Roswell in 1947 hasnt soured the general publics optimism that one day theyll be our extra-terrestrial overlords. Countless movies have depicted this exhilarating scenario: from the brilliant satirical parody that is Mars Attacks! to the inexplicably successful Independence Day in which every single character on-screen was deserving of a swift punch to the back of the head such was their free-flowing ability to irritate. The most bafflingly stupid alien invasion film of all, however, is awarded to M. Night Shyamalans, Signs, in which a crisis-of-faith priest played by Mad Max gets all in a tizz about some crop circles in his field. It transpires, by way of little plot and lots of frowning, that theyre caused by a load of tanked-up aliens, one of which Mr Max and his delinquent family end up battling in his front room. In the end it turns out that a simple splash of water kills these hopelessly defective creatures which obviously begs the question of just how stupid are these empty-headed ETs? Honestly though, if youre going to travel millions of light years in your fancy spaceship to wage war on another civilisation with your equally fancy laser guns, perhaps it would be pertinent to double-check that the planet youre aiming for isnt made of 70% H20. Idiots.
Chris James Peet says hello. His interests include hoping for the best and sitting in chairs. He much prefers moaning to counting his blessings and suffers fools gladly. He also likes to look out of the window and check what's in the fridge but he hates standing up, dripping taps and reality.
