The film is good. I did not see the stunning visuals that others mention nor the emotionally charged storyline, but movies speak differently to all people. Overall, I liked it. It has obvious shades of Close Encounters of the Third Kind and clearly, it takes from Signs,as other reviews have stated. What I also saw was a big influence of the X-Files, specifically in the Samantha mytharc and the stardust explanation. Dark Encounter delivers a good 90 minutes of sci-fi with a light dose of horror that should be entertaining for those of us that love anything alien 👽