They would literally die if you piss on them.
Just watched this again last week after years. Movie still holds up. My kids enjoyed it too. More thrillers like it need to be made.
The reveal in this scene only worked so well because of how good the build-up of tension was. Psychological thrillers are where it’s at.
There’s a scene where Phoenix and Gibson are just quietly talking about fate for like 10 minutes in that dark while the kids sleep, and it’s captivating.
The acting, dialog, and theme are all incredible.
Also: I’m a big believer that it’s al not about aliens, but about demons that are manifestations of people’s fear. And they’re defeated by acts of faith and hope.
Everyone in town talking about their fears of what the aliens will be is correct, and on the radio, they never actually explain what killed them worldwide.
And you never actually see a spaceship or any kind of technology for that matter.
Yeah this alien fucked me up as a kid, this movie was absolutely wild
Like yeah the twist was a little dumb but Signs was a great movie overall. Tension for the whole family. I really enjoyed it.
I’m sorry but the ‘swing away’ line is silly and I make fun of it every time I think of it
That’s kind of the point, the juxtaposition of a silly line during a serious moment.
I read somewhere that they weren’t aliens, they were demons, and the water only worked because it was blessed, so it became holy water. What a twist!
The whole movie is a Christian allegory. It’s probably one of the reasons Mel Gibson was in it.
They called the little girl an angel more than once.
Also see where he locked one in a closet and it couldn’t get out. Don’t know if that’s a demon thing or not, but he couldn’t see it’s reflection in the knife.
It turns out that Shyamalan, in an interview from 2006, has confirmed this.
“You know what I said about giving a Dracula movie a deceptive title? That’s what I did with Signs. That was a story about a war between Heaven and Hell. The aliens were demons and the people’s dead loved ones were angels.”
That scene gave me chills, and still does even when I know it’s coming.
It wasn’t just the alien, it was the setup of the scene and the reaction of Joaquins character. Brilliant moment in a silly movie.
There were a few genuinely good jump scares in that movie.
There was an old lady sitting in crying of me at the theatre, and when the cupboard scene jump scare happened I kicked the back of her reclining seat so hard I knocked her into the floor.
I noticed a few years later that all the theaters had changed the seats so that the back of the reclining seats are no longer directly exposed, so I’m guessing it wasn’t a unique incident.
Just throw some water on it and it will melt like the Wicked Witch of the West.
And who was her sister?!?
THE WICKED WITCH OF THE EAST, BRO!
Have you heard the theory about them being demons and water symbolising holy water?
This movie gave me nightmares for years…
Never mind the fact that the real horror of the movie is the scene between Mel Gibson and his wife.
Nobody thinks about what that would really be like.
“Swing away, Merle”
Holy heck, nailed it! Same for me! We’ve gotta be a shared type.
i seem to be the only one here who got bored as fuck by this movie
Maybe I had a different experience because I’m old lol I was like 21 when Signs came out and I saw it in the theatre and at the time I felt like actually showing the alien kinda ruined the tension that had been building up to that point.
I still enjoyed the movie, I just thought it would have been better to let people keep imagining what the aliens might look like
Yup absolutely. That’s when I turned it off. Of all movies signs fucked me up the most.
I always wondered why the Brazilian kid randomly yells “it’s behind!” In English out of nowhere
The actual line was “Its behind!” because the original “Dat ass!” didn’t score well with focus groups.
I don’t have evidence for this, but I’m willing to bet it was a studio note.
