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George Hutton
"The Fourth Kind," the recently released psychological thrillers is a rare movie that scares the you-know-what out of you without relying on blood, gore, monsters, or even violence. If jumping out of your skin is your thing, then this movie is for you. Caution, spoilers ahead. Before the movie begins, we are met with the actress who plays the main character talking directly to the audience. She claims the movie is based on true events, and leaves it up to the viewer to make up our own minds. This gives the movie a surprising edge of realism that is difficult to find these days. The entire movie takes on a documentary effect. Several of the shots are shown in split screen style, with the actors portraying a scene on one shot, and "original" footage on the other shot. Whether or not this "original" footage is indeed original is up for debate, but it doesn't take away from the realness of the movie. This kind of realism is present throughout the movie, giving the impression that you are watching events exactly as they unfolded nearly thirty years ago, giving this an extra terrifying edge. Supposedly, thirty years ago in a small town in Alaska, there were several unexplained disappearances. This movie is a supposed reenactment of the reason why. The basic story is that a psychologist, played by Milla Jovovich, is seeing several patients who all are suffering from what would be called "night terrors." They all share a similar vision of a white owl outside their bedroom window. When one of the patients enters hypnosis to try and remember better, he suddenly remembers the terror of what has been happening at night. This is where the movie gets its name. "The Fourth Kind" refers to the level of encounter with an alien entity, with the fourth kind meaning abduction. One patient, after a particular frightening hypnosis session, becomes so agitated and frightened that he kills his family before killing himself. The police believe that the psychologist has inadvertently caused the murders through her hypnosis. As this psychologist begins to unravel the mystery behind her patients troubles, she begins to have troubles herself. Her own daughter is abducted, and the police, of course, don't believe anything about alien involvement and believe she had something to do with it. Regardless of the veracity of this, and what actually did cause those disappearances, the way this movie was crafted gives it a particular scary edge. Oftentimes, the scariest things are the ones just outside of our perception, and are made up wholly in our minds. This movie does a great job of allowing us to do just that.
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