Product Details

• Actors: Misty Rosas, Paul McCarthy-Boyington, Brad William Henke, Michael C. Williams, Adam Kaufman
• Directors: Eduardo Sánchez
• Writers: Eduardo Sánchez, Jamie Nash
• Producers: Andrew Lang, Andy Jenkins, Bob Eick, Gregg Hale, Jeff Johnsen
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: January 27, 2009
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000JLQPYU
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #50,905 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Altered" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Experience the evolution of terror. From the writer-director of The Blair Witch Project comes this shocking story of four men determined to exact revenge against the savage alien life form that held them prisoner and killed their friend. But in this life-and-death game of hide-and-seek, will they be the ones who are found and destroyed? Prepare for the relentlessly harrowing journey that will leave you disturbed...horrified...Altered. Starring: Brian William Henke, Catherine Manghan, James Gammon, Brad William Henke, Misty Rosas, Paul McCarthy-Boyington, Mike C. Williams, Joe Unger Directed by: Eduardo Sanchez

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore Negative Reviews, Movie is Great!, December 20, 2006

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M. Randall "Deadpool" (Allen Park, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altered (DVD)

The general public (sadly) enjoys only horror movies that deliver tons of action and a incredibly easy story to follow. Luckily for some of us, once in awhile there is a director that dares to challenge us and make us figure out things for ourselves. Altered is such a movie. Aside from the little paragraph on the back of the DVD, we are forced to put together the pieces of why these men are trying to catch this creature and why they need to keep it alive. Blair Witch fans will be expecting this to be a similar movie, but its quite the opposite. Without giving away too many spoilers, we get to see the creature this time around... a lot. Definitley watch this one at night time alone in a dark room for full effect. Haxan delivers once again!

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe Eduardo Sanchez has a future in horror!, January 31, 2007

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S. Marzioli (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altered (DVD)

Picked this dvd up on a whim. I personally hadn't heard anything about it, but I saw it was directed by one of the guys who co-wrote and co-directed (whatever that means) The Blair Witch Project. That's not great, but it was something to go on. In the very least it promised that the storyline might be innovative.

I thought Altered was really good! It's a pretty simple plot: three hicks, who have been hunting aliens for seven years, finally catch one and take it to their friend's house. The friend, Wyatt, has had contact with the aliens before, having been abducted nearly fifteen years ago. Most of the hijinks involves these four guys Wyatt's girlfriend and the abducted alien. The story is sort of derivative, combining elements from Night of the Living Dead, the original Alien and maybe a dash of Signs. But this managed to take those pieces and still make a highly suspenseful film!

The characters were fleshed out just enough where you cared what happened to them. Honestly Adam Kaufman's Wyatt stole the show. The man has charisma. As for the rest, in this day and age where every horror character is a sassy b*tch, it was nice to see dialog that was restrained and functional. They still managed to sneak a few jokes in, but they were so subtle and/or situational that it worked pretty well. The only one who comes across as an amateur is the girlfriend. I've seen oak trees that were less wooden than her delivery. Still, considering this was a nobody, no publicity, nothing, straight to video indie flick I'm surprised at how good she was in comparison to other similar projects.

The special effects were pretty good. Everything was hand made special effects, so you don't have any of that fakey CGI smeared around. Movies ten times the budget haven't learned that lesson yet. The character design for the alien was pretty good. It sported an animatronic face and probably a small, athletic bloke in a rubber suit with the result being some of the best monster realism since Aliens. The best part was the disembowel scene; realistic without being disgusting, a chuckling that's-gotta-hurt moment if I ever saw one. Really, this was a pleasant surprise, given where the sequel to the Blair Witch went. Maybe Eduardo Sanchez has a future in horror after all!

32 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great sci-fi thriller!, December 31, 2006

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Kevin Stanton "stanke36" (Pittsburgh) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Altered (DVD)

This movie brings to the screen what a lot of 'thrillers' have lacked as of late. Tension, suspense, fear, dread... it's all here.
Granted the female actor could have been more in the movie than not, but aside from that it's a great movie.
It brings you in right away and keeps you with the characters. You get to know them and the story that brings them together. Good versus evil.... us versus them. It plays the plot out thoughtfully with the balance shifting many times throughout the film.
The struggles follow logically as control shifts back and forth. The battle escalates til the end. Not giving the ending away here, but it's left open for a follow up. Which I do believe I would like to see.
This is the old fashioned alien... evil... powerful.
Definitely a dark night/popcorn kind of movie with a few jump out scenes.
You won't be sorry you watched this one.