Creepy Child: The youngest daughter, Rose, who is disturbingly calm during the ordeal.Based on a Great Big Lie: The film's supposed authenticity is undermined by credits at the end for the actors who played "Alien #1, Alien #2", etc.One theory as to why Rose unloads Tommy's shotgun and hides the shells when no one is looking.Aliens Made Them Do It: Matthew makes out with his girlfriend's sister, both apparently under alien influence.After Kurt guns down said intruder, however, things become more threatening. One of the brothers rationalises that the Aliens invaded the house to assess a threat as they may have thought Tommy's camera was some sort of weapon - certainly the behaviour of the first 'intruder' seems to hint at this.Aliens Are Bastards: They instigated the conflict and often appear to be deliberately screwing around with the McPhersons.Tropes used in Alien Abduction Incident in Lake County include: The film can be watched in its entirety here. Parallels can also be drawn to the famous Hopkinsville Goblin incident. The premise is similar to that of The Blair Witch Project, which it predated by a year, and the film is in general sinister and surprisingly frightening. Like The War of the Worlds before it, Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County incited controversy, as the Mockumentary style it was presented in caused many people to believe it depicted an actual alien abduction. After the aliens notice them and open fire, the McPherson family spends a harrowing night fending off an extraterrestrial home invasion. When Tommy and his brothers set out to investigate a power outage, they come across a UFO and spot aliens using a laser to dissect a cow. The story focuses on Tommy, the 16-year-old son of the McPherson family, filming his family's Thanksgiving Day dinner on home video. It is based on a lower-budget predecessor known as The McPherson Tape, filmed a decade before by the same director (and is sometimes the source of confusion as to which version people have seen).
Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County is a made for TV horror movie which aired on UPN in 1998.