History NightmareFuel / Signs

[[caption-width-right:350:The following footage might disturb you..]]

*** Not really. There's a clearly a struggle that's only heard, so it didn't just disappear. They had to repel the hand.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8czt8R7Z4I main titles in the opening credits]]

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8czt8R7Z4I theme music in the opening credits]]

* The theme music in the opening credits[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8czt8R7Z4I]]

* Some might never be able to look at cornfields, at least ''right behind your house'', the same way again. The taller, the wider, the scarier.

* Some might never be able to look at cornfields, at least ''right behind your house'', the same way again. The taller, the wider, the scarier.
* One of the reasons the eventual appearance of the aliens is disappointing is because so much of the film does a marvelous job of building low-grade ParanoiaFuel. Even the film's weaknesses - stilted dialogue, wooden acting, awkward camera work - might have been converted to strengths if the menace of the story had come from the subtle warping of the protagonists' own environment, so that they would question whether the world had gone mad... or they themselves had.

** ...And then it's completely GONE, within the next few seconds, ''as if was never there to begin with!''[[NothingIsScarier Ghost-alien]] [[OhCrap shapeshifters]], by any chance?

** ...And then it's completely GONE, within the next few seconds, ''as if was never there to begin with!'',[[NothingIsScarier ghost-alien]] [[OhCrap shapeshifters]] ,by any chance?

*** Even [[FromBadToWorse Worser]],is the fact that, The family has just finished getting the house secured when they suddenly realize that they forgot to bring their dog inside. Right at that moment, they hear the dog start barking hysterically, and a moment later she whines in agony and then all is silent until [[ParanoiaFuel footsteps are suddenly heard coming in the house.]]

*** Even [[FromBadToWorse Worser]],is the fact that, The family has just finished getting the house secured when they suddenly realize that they forgot to bring their dog inside. Right at that moment, they hear the dog start barking hysterically, and a moment later she whines in agony and then all is silent until footsteps are suddenly heard on the house.

*** ...And then it's completely GONE, within the next few seconds, ''as if was never there to begin with!'',[[NothingIsScarier ghost-alien shapeshifters]] ,by any chance

*** ...And then it's completely GONE, within the next few seconds, ''as if was never there to begin with!''.
[[NothingIsScarier Hallucinations]] ,by any chance

** One ''extremely'' subtle touch that makes this scene infinitely scarier is how one of the kids in the footage obscures the alien's initial appearance. One of the kids is blocking our view of the bushes, then they move aside and it's suddenly just ''[[JumpScare there.]]''
* The family has just finished getting the house secured when they suddenly realize that they forgot to bring their dog inside. Right at that moment, they hear the dog start barking hysterically, and a moment later she whines in agony and then all is silent until footsteps are suddenly heard on the house.

*** ...And then it's ' 'completely gone' ' ,in the next few seconds, ' ' as if was never ther e to begin with!' '.
NothingIsScarier ,much?

* One of the reasons the eventual appearance of the aliens is disappointing is because so much of the film does a marvelous job of building low-grade ParanoiaFuel. Even the film's weaknesses - stilted dialogue, wooden acting, awkward camera work - might have been converted to strengths if the menace of the story had come from the subtle warping of the protagonists' own environment, so that they would question whether the world had gone mad... or they themselves had.

* One of the reasons the eventual appearance of the aliens is disappointing is because so much of the film does a marvelous job of building low-grade ParanoiaFuel. Even the film's weaknesses - stilted dialogue, wooden acting, awkward camera work - might have been converted to strengths if the menace of the story had come from the subtle warping of the protagonists' own environment, so that they would question whether the world had gone mad... or they themselves had.

* Another example of brief glimpses being scary as hell: a certain scene has an alien arm sneaking behind the kid -- just before the lights go off. It made my aunt scream (and wonder why her husband was laughing).

* This troper has never been able to look at cornfields, at least ''right behind your house'', the same way again. The taller, the wider, the scarier.

* For this troper, anything in the dark or anything even remotely associated with the aliens, especially when they appear suddenly. In this troper's opinion, this movie has more {{Nightmare Fuel}} than the entire Paranormal Activity series.

* This troper has never been able to look at cornfields, at least ''right behind your house'', the same way again. The taller, the wider, the scarier.

* The scenes that keep the aliens offscreen except for brief glimpses - such as in the cornfield, home video footage, and hell, even trapped in that guy's room - are both startling and quite unsettling, as are the character's reactions.

* Very early in the movie, Gibson is talking to his daughter after she wakes him up complaining about a monster. Gibson at one point glances out the window, and he just stares at something for a few seconds. Then it cuts to a shot from his point of view, and we see the silhouette of one of the aliens standing on the roof of his barn.

* Very early in the movie, Gibson is talking to his daughter after she wakes him up complaining about a monster. Gibson at one point glances out the window, and he just stares at something for a few seconds. Then it cuts to a shot from his point of view, and we see the silhouette of one of the aliens standing on the roof of his barn.

* For this troper, anything in the dark or anything even remotely associated with the aliens, especially when they appear suddenly. In this troper's opinion, this movie has more {{Nightmare Fuel}} than the entire Paranormal Activity series.

* Just about any scene at ''all'' from the moment the aliens enter the house. Why? Because you can hear their clicking, see their shadows, hear their footsteps creak on the rafters, but you ''[[NothingIsScarier never see them]]''. And after watching the rest of the movie, it's almost impossible not to be gripping the arms of your chair, just ''waiting'' for something to jump out at any second.

* The family has just finished getting the house secured when they suddenly realize that they forgot to bring their dog inside. Right at that moment, they hear the dog start barking hysterically, and a moment later she whines in agony and then all is silent until footsteps are suddenly heard on the house.