Dark Skies Trailer Screams In

Though Jason Blum and his Blumhouse Productions have largely focused on found footage or other low budget horrors, it now appears that the producer is stretching a little bit. That said, Dark Skies isn't a huge leap, but does at least appear to be sprinkling a little sci-fi into the scare recipe. Check out the trailer above. Dark Skies (nothing to do with the cult paranoia series that briefly tried to ride the X-Files mania back in the late 1990s) follows Keri Russell and Josh Hamilton as Lacey and Daniel Barret, a seemingly happy couple. They live a regular life in the suburbs with their sons. But then strange things start happening – odd lights, a weird home invasion and scary encounters. And then it all gets really crazy, as marks appear on their younger son's body and they start to act as though they're possessed. But instead of demons, could it be aliens targeting them for some dark purpose? Given what we see in the trailer, we're going with a big ol' yessir. Our only concern here is the presence of director Scott Stewart, who hasn't exactly thrilled us with Legion or Priest so far. But perhaps a smaller scale might work for him? We'll all see when the movie arrives on February 22.