Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Maidexpl Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

znegative I like Eduardo Sanchez, the director of 'Blaire Witch' and 'Lovely Molly'. Sure, 'Exists' wasn't too good, but of the four movies I've seen of his, 3 were really great.'Altered' is a sci-fi/thriller/horror hybrid. In a nutshell, it's a movie about a few hillbillies who capture an alien in the woods years after having been abducted and experimented upon by the same extraterrestrial menaces. They bring the captured yet alive E.T back to one of there friends house, where horror and havoc ensue. I'm not going to go too much into what happens from there as that would be giving away the movie, but the plot is simple enough to be interesting without getting convoluted. The first thing I liked about this movie is that it clearly had a pretty limited budget. IMO, that worked out in Sanchez's favor, for instead of gratuitous use of CGI for effects, we get good old fashioned puppets, costumes and great make-up. It looks like a really good horror movie from the late 80's/early 90's which was a golden age in terms of special effects for the horror and sic-fi genre IMO.Most of the film takes place in one of two rooms, which creates a sense of claustrophobia and tension. Ridiculous as the premise may sound, it is not a light-hearted or campy movie. There is a constant sense of dread and fear, and the actors do there job without too much backstory to lend towards this effect. I also must commend the make up artist and costume designer. The Alien looks great, probably the best portrayal of an E.T since H.R Giegers' Alien design. The gore is noteworthy as well if you're into that kind of thing. When one of the red-necks becomes infected, it truly is pretty sickening .Unlike a lot of his other films ('Blaire Witch', 'Exists' and 'Lovely Molly') there is no 'found- footage' angle or use in 'Altered', which is a nice change of pace. I've said it before, so excuse me for being redundant, but while I don't mind the 'found-footage' technique when it's applied in a way that makes sense, it's nice to see a talented director like Sanchez step out of what I imagine might be his comfort zone and achieve with some grace, a traditional movie in terms of cinematography (it looks great btw).Fans of Sci-FI and Horror will both like this movie. It's kind of sad to think that this one's probably been overlooked, and truth be told, had I not known who directed it, I would never have rented a movie with a cover which screams 'B-MOVIE'!.My only complaint is that I wish it was a bit longer, but really, everything was quite satisfactory. A nice change of pace for the director of 'Blaire Witch'.

tieman64 Directed by Eduardo Sanchez, "Altered" is an unconventional alien abduction movie. Here a band of foul-mouthed rural folk, all of whom have been repeatedly abducted by extra-terrestrials, concoct a plan to vengefully capture and torture an alien."Altered's" first half unfolds like John Carpenter's "The Thing", mixing gritty realism with paranormal suspense. Its second half then indulges in much gore, blood and violence. Because our human victims have been so abused, so psychologically altered by their abductions, this violence seems almost cathartic. The film's ancestor seems to be "I Spit on Your Grace", an infamous rape-and-revenge movie.7.5/10 – Worth one viewing.

leeroykincaid I started watching this movie because I saw a lot of positive reviews...now I wonder about the sanity of those people...This is THE FIRST review I ever wrote for IMDb, and this movie made me do it! At first, for a few minutes at least, it seems promising. Then it starts sliding a slope and it keeps accelerating. The acting is bad, but even worse are the characters' lines. It's as if they were retarded. A four year old would make decisions that make more sense. And the whole story, if you can call that mess a story, makes no sense at all.Then comes the production which is very cheap, but that really isn't the problem - I've seen movies with lower budgets that were great. This one had a really great potential atmosphere-wise. We've seen it all - an isolated house, a bunch of people barricading in because of the possible attack by unknown evil forces (here: alien), with a somewhat unique twist - they have one captured... it could have been at least an average flick, but - trust me - it's utter crap! They say smart people learn from other people's mistakes, and stupid ones learn from their own mistakes so I'm not sure if you'll want to hear the advice of a sucker but I did step in a load of poo here, so don't say I didn't warn you! 2/10

sco919 I like it as far it had some good action moments that put me at the edge of my bed. Enjoyed the gore and some of the ponds in the movie. I'll recommend watching this movie on a nice Sunday evening..... just because its a chill Horror movie.I wish they would add more to the movie, meaning more information on what happen in the movie, because it didn't kind of start story off into a chase which was pretty interesting. This by far is a good alien movie to watch because its like the humans are now fighting back, but like in a cool hill billy way. For a movie made in like the mid 2000's passes for today film.