Wow! Such a good movie.

One of my all time favorites.

For all the hype it got I was expecting a lot more!

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Writer/director Jeffrey Obrow is another relatively unknown filmmaker, but surely fans of '80s creature features will remember his slimy magnus opus "The Kindred" (1987). In recent years the man brought us "They Are Among Us". What if our parents were actually aliens, starting colonies on earth, converting human beings into their race to secretively walk among us? With a mouthful premise like this, the script could have used a talented supervisor as Obrow's story feels very inconsistent. But still a handful of interesting ideas stand out and the special effects are commendable. In an era where CGI had taken over, Obrow opted for real make-up effects and old fashioned creature designs. A muddled affair, but a curious watch nonetheless.

"They Are Among Us" is a spectacularly decent killer alien film.**SPOILERS**Living in a small town, friends Daniel, (Michael DiLallo) Devon, (Lacey Beeman) and Harlan, (Michael Maples) are growing concerned over the growing number of strange disappearances their friends are experiencing. Thinking that there's something his parents Hugh, (Bruce Boxleitner) and Colette, (Nana Visitor) are hiding, they find a strange medallion hidden away, and after a few attempts at tracking down the truth, stumble across a plot from a group of alien insects. Investigating more with Sammy Finley, (Alison Eastwood) they find that it is a parasitic race of creatures that need human collagen to survive, and is being held down in a conspiracy by Ralph Parks, (Diedre Madsen) June Jarrett, (Hunter Tylo) and Dr. Norbert, (Corbin Bernsen) prominent members of town and race to stop them from unleashing their deadly plans.The Good News: This here was a somewhat decent killer alien film. That the aliens themselves, in the few scenes of them seen, are really nice and one of those points. They're tall, lanky, scaly and dripping with claws and fangs, together with their domestic look and demeanor make for a really great creature. Along with the rare on-screen appearances of them in total, it leads to some really impressive scenes with them. They are most apparent in the finale, which is really fun. From the prevalent windstorm to the creepy locations, which set-up a nice atmosphere, this one has a really creepy air at times. The beginning in the film, where there's a really nice mystery built-up, also works for this. From the mystery about the missing teenagers to the evidence of the parents being involved in something, there's some pretty decent scenes from these parts as it's all done to make the other parts feel that much creepier since it's backed behind the other parts in the film setting it up nicely. There's also a couple of really well-done scenes which are really great. The party scene at the house is awesome, taking the simple concept it presents in theory and offering a superb twist when, down in the basement with the strobe-light in full effect, it offers up the sacrifice scene and is even better for it. There's also all the good stuff from being in the underground caves, which always produce some good scenes. Anytime down in there is really good and satisfies with their inclusion. The last good thing about this one was the acceptably-sized body count, which had some okay deaths if not anything new or standout-ish, but the quantity here takes precedence. These here are the film's good points.The Bad News: There wasn't a huge flaw to this one, though there is a lot of damage caused by it. The biggest issue is that the film has nearly way too much plot going on, as, entertaining as the mystery is, throws in way too many parts and ideas into it that there's simply overkill at a point. There's the fact that the aliens are involved with the crop-circles and medallion as well as the effects of the collagen works well, since they are presented in logic, accurate and believable manners, and this would've been well and good except for the fact that there's the inclusion of the parasite angle. They were terrible enough, but rather than doing anything good about it, this one has the effects of the parasite go indirect opposition of the alien angle. It's almost as though it was thrown in merely to add a twist to the film and make the creatures feel threatening. It all just feels tacked on instead, and then comes the big sequence where it's supposedly mushed together with the other elements but catastrophically fails, making the whole thing more complicating and headache-inducing than necessary. This also brings up the film's other real flaw, the slow pace at the beginning since its got the different stories woven together. Nothing really happens until the end, and the set-up for this is a little lacking. These here really hurt the film.The Final Verdict: This here wasn't that bad, but it wasn't that great either and had a few problems with it that really lower this one. Really only give this entry a chance if you're into these kinds of creature features or are in the mood for cheesy, harmless fun, otherwise heed caution.Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence and a clothed sex scene

No scenario, bad actors (poor Melissa Gilbert)... Beurk Beurk Beurk ...Give a such budget to make this... In Belgium, we make ten films which win all prices in Cannes with this.Last time that I've seen a such NULL-Film was Hypercube. But scenario was better.Is anyone knows if the director was a graduate in school-film or a cop ?The better things in this film was the word "End".Why authorize to sell this ? 1ç is to expensive. I've pay ten dollars to buy this.For me, pay for this was my BIG MISTAKE of millennium.Too bad.Next time I'll break my arm but buy this type of sh*t.

Words fail me.And that isn't common.Done properly this could have been great, funny spoof B-movie sci-fi, but sadly, it was not to be. Rarely in the field of drama have so many competent actors struggled so vainly with such a dogs-breakfast of a script. I can only endorse the previous reviewer's comments - go clean the bathroom. In fact do ANYTHING except watch this film.Positives: Lucy Beeman's nose. Negatives: Everything else.Most apposite line: "This isn't going anywhere".If only every plastic surgeon could meet with such a fate.