Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion, a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the U.S. border.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 14 wins & 15 nominations total
Kerry Valderrama
- Marine
- (as Kerry Valderrema)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
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- TriviaThe film was improvised, with little to no outline of scenes and their direction. The two main actors were given a general outline of scenes and simply interacted with one another and the other cast members, many of whom were not actors. All the shots were improvised as well.
- GoofsSam can't get on the ferry because Andrew lost her passport, but when he bought the ticket the previous day, the sign said "no passport required."
- Quotes
Samantha Wynden: Doesn't that kind of bother you, that you need something bad to happen to profit from it?
Andrew Kaulder: You mean, like a doctor?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Behind the Scenes of 'Monsters' (2011)
- SoundtracksEl Cascabel
Written by Lorenzo Barcelata
Performed by Conjuntos Tlalixcoyan Y Medellin
Published by Peer International Corp. USA
Courtesy of Warner Music UK Limited
Featured review
Beautiful movie. A true science fiction adventure at it's best.
Not exactly what I expected, but a movie well worth watching nonetheless. It's a story about a journey through zone infected by alien organisms. Where it lacks action, it makes up by amazing scenery. As you follow the two main characters, you see the fight between humans and the aliens from their point of view – on the TV, in the radio, in the scenery all around them. Most of the destruction happened before the main protagonist get on the scene, which really draws you in and it gives you this eerie feeling it just might be real. While you don't see much of the monsters, you can always feel their presence. At the end you can only feel awe, respect and humility towards the huge octopus-like aliens.
The actors are good and you can relate to them. Whitney Able is stunning girl in a very natural way and she deserves to be cast in lead roles more often.
For such a low-budget movie it's amazing how well it came out. I give it solid 8/10 and hope we will see more movies like this.
The actors are good and you can relate to them. Whitney Able is stunning girl in a very natural way and she deserves to be cast in lead roles more often.
For such a low-budget movie it's amazing how well it came out. I give it solid 8/10 and hope we will see more movies like this.
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- wurmik
- Jun 10, 2011
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official sites
- Languages
- Also known as
- Mahluqlar
- Filming locations
- Yaxha, Maya ruins, Guatemala(Exterior)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $237,301
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $20,508
- Oct 31, 2010
- Gross worldwide
- $5,060,438
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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