| Director | Christian Long, Jay Cheel, Jordan Downey, Justin Long, Justin Martinez, Kate Siegel, Virat Pal, Джордан Дауни |
|---|---|
| Budget | $600 |
The film is presented as an anthology of five short horror films themed around science fiction tropes, and built into a frame narrative which acts as its own sixth short horror film shot akin to a documentary, with interviews from ufologists.
* Written and directed by Jay Cheel An anonymous Redditor buys a pair of video cassettes from a flea market supposedly containing evidence of an alien encounter. Director Jay Cheel receives an anonymous email with digitized footage. The footage follows the story of the "Farrington House", an urban legend in Canada. In the 2000s, a paranormal group led by Mitch Horowitz collected anecdotal evidence of a "gray form" reputed to be an alien.
* Directed by Jordan Downey * Written by Jordan Downey and Kevin Stewart * Based on artwork by Oleg Vdovenko
Police unit W.A.R.D.E.N. stumble upon a dilapidated house amidst a string of baby disappearances. Rookie Segura is tasked to film the entire mission while another member, E.T., is revealed to be the father of a missing baby. They spot and follow a shambling zombie-like person inside the house. They attract and kill several other Brooders, and after hearing a baby's cries, E.T. charges toward the noise.
The unit finds a cracked-open meteor on the second floor and infers that it is the cause of the incidents. While ascending the floors, the Brooders return to life. On the third floor, they find a tall creature holding a baby and singing a lullaby. They enter the attic and find several babies who have mutated to have beaks. Nearby, a large stork-like creature regurgitates E.T.'s corpse into the mouth of a newborn. E.T. reanimates and attacks Segura. The unit kills E.T. and the stork. Afterward, Segura, accepted into W.A.R.D.E.N., stomps on the stork's head. The unit takes a picture with the creature's body as the footage ends.
A family of Chinese immigrants arrives in Toronto in the 1950s and purchase a home built in the late Victorian era. After the parents die, the eldest son begins experiencing night terrors. Believing the house to be haunted, he sets up two cameras. By the 1980s, he put the house up for sale before disappearing shortly after.
* Directed by Virat Pal * Written by Virat Pal and Evan Dickson
Mumbai paparazzi Arnab and Sonu are tasked to get footage of the latest Bollywood sensation Tara. They meet their contact, Gippy, who instructs them to go to Tara's trailer. They instead film one of Tara's shoots, which is interrupted by Tara's manager, who demands that she go on break. Afterward, Arnab sneaks into Tara's trailer and hides in the closet.
After witnessing an argument between Tara and her manager, Arnab accidentally reveals himself when he discovers Tara's face in a bowl. Arnab tells Tara that she does not need to be pushed around. Emboldened by his words, Tara reveals herself as a gynoid and rips her face off and attempts to take Arnab's to escape stardom. Tara goes on a rampage, killing her manager and the film's cast and crew. She then kills Gippy and Sonu before killing Arnab and wearing his face. She then walks outside and meets with a large group of paparazzi, proceeding to pounce on and slaughter them as the footage ends.
Horowitz explains that alien concepts trace back to Whitley Strieber's 1987 book Communion, as it popularized the idea of grey aliens. He explains that it led us to think that maybe we are not alone, and that they may be hostile.
* Directed by Justin Martinez * Written by Ben Turner and Justin Martinez
Zach celebrates his 30th birthday with his wife Jess and best friend Logan by skydiving. Before jumping, they spot a large unidentified flying object and several fighter jets. An alien boards the plane before it collides with the ship. Zach jumps and learns that Logan, who was strapped to him, was decapitated when the parachute opened. Zach searches for Jess before an alien suddenly attacks the group, killing Zach's friends one by one. He later finds Jess' corpse, prompting him to break down crying.
Zach escapes the attack and jumps into a farmer's truck, who demands that he leave. While being held at gunpoint, the alien attacks the farmer, causing him to shoot the gun, injuring Zach's right hand. Another alien appears and shoots a beam from its forehead that stuns Zach before disappearing. Zach drives away but is pulled into the air by the ship's tractor beam. Inside the ship, a horde of aliens rushes at Zach as the footage ends.
Horowitz explains his interest in alien sightings, but says that he does not have the expertise to analyze them. The segment cuts to Niko Pueringer and Sam Gorski of the YouTube channel Corridor Digital, known for analyzing digital effects. They explain that if an alien footage relies on the viewer not being able to clearly see it, then it loses credibility, but they do express their interest.
* Directed and written by Christian Long and Justin Long
An animal rights activist group—Stuart, Angela, Miles, Pat, and Christina—investigate the house of Becky, a woman who runs a supposed dog daycare center and keeps taxidermies of her past dogs. Becky explains to Stuart and Angela that she keeps them because she does not have the heart to bury her dogs. They notice that one of the taxidermied dogs, Gary, is missing, and Becky explains that she has something planned for him, as he died defending Becky from a robber.
Becky takes Stuart and Angela to the basement. Becky states that other people asked her questions and her brother Bo captures Stuart and Angela to turn them into half-human, half-dog hybrids surgically.