User Reviews

The good points:

1 It takes itself seriously, it is not a daft parody of science fiction like Sharknado.

2 Interesting premise - millions of monsters from deep beneath the Earth's crust rise up world wide during some eclipses to eat people.

3 Good dialogue and acting. Generally not bad direction and editing.

4 Several types of monster (avian, bovine, humanoid, small worm things, giant worm things) suggest a subterranean ecosystem somewhere.

5 Okay CGI. Vast hordes are depicted with conviction. Close-up hand to hand battles, less so.

The problems:

1 There is no attempt to understand or explain the creatures, which a sci-fi or horror film ought to try to do. Some people think they are literal demons, which some people would, but why would subterranean creatures react to a total eclipse they cannot possibly detect? Is it because they really are supernatural? I can see why cold would bother them but why salt? Salt is a traditional weapon against magical threats, again suggesting a supernatural nature. They decay rapidly into red mulch when dead but nobody mentions this, making me think this was added at the CGI stage and was not in the script.

2 Just one is seen at night apparently either dead or paralysed, but mysteriously still intact. Nothing is made of this potentially intriguing episode.

3 Several action scenes are missing short vital events necessary to make the scenes flow and make sense. Easily fixable, so why weren't they? Was it edited in a rush?

It still manages to be one of the best SyFy channel movies.

Yes, honest, I actually enjoyed it, so gave it a 6.

OK, it was pretty bad but the idea was pretty original. The actors were passable - even the guy who played Grandpa (who apparently can only talk in a slow deliberate, boring voice) he wasn't too bad in this silly film.

Sure, there were lots of plot holes, like where the heck did they actually manage to climb out of where they live to come to the surface? I mean, most bore holes are pretty narrow...

Yes, the CGI was pretty lame, but as long as you don't LOOK for the problems and use your imagination, it wasn't too bad.

I still can't get over the fact that I'm writing something positive about an Epic Pictures Group film. I must go see my doctor.

The summary of this "thriller" movie was honestly the most exciting part of this horror show (pun intended). It had a great start, the characters were introduced in an obvious manner to let you know who were going to be key characters to the "plot", but as the movie progressed, the writers seemed to aggressively remove your choice of who to like and who to be suspicious of. The plot itself was very elegant in the fact that there seemed to be a really thought out story under the hideous coat of bad animations (there's obvious lag in the CGI and it was very annoying when there was a group of monsters and it looked as though the 1989 computer that processed this was begging to be freed from such medieval torture), stage fright acting, and overall underwhelming tone. It also felt as though there was no character development apart from the obvious divorced- parents-getting-back-together trope that was smashed in your face at the very beginning. This removed any chance to develop a relationship with any of the characters. What was extremely laughable was that the "divorced" wife instantly started dating her co-worker after a small remark, and he became apart of the family within what seemed like a day or so. What horrified me the most was the very annoying color palette switches between frames; not scenes or even chapters, but literal frames changed hues and saturation and it was very noticeable. The modern era touch with RGB spectrum colors would have been very nice if the colors had stayed consistent. Another thing, this movie takes place 15 years after the first event and no one has the slightest idea of what happened besides people died. 15 YEARS and yet the only information that was compiled was, "They come from underground and a table spoon of salt will stop them". The plot falls apart right there. Neil Armstrong could make 675 back to back trips to the moon in the time between the first event and the second. How did no one learn any valuable information about these creatures in that same time span yet they made sure there were sirens and one shelter (which just so happens to get destroyed) The premise of the plot is highly unbelievable, even for a movie. As well, nothing is really ever explained in the plot or through dialogue. It felt as though the "suspense" that was created was very intentional and it showed. For instance, Ted's wife gets bit and she makes a comment that is later forgotten until the "climactic" scene where she barely tries to take the pistol (that she was holding at first but somehow ended up in Ted's possession) and attempt to kill herself but just gets eaten. I've been ranting but let's end on a good note. Remember when the blond teenage girl cut the head off of one small snake and all of the sudden the knives became her signature weapon? What happened to those knives when the big snake grabbed her ankle with a smaller tentacle and all she did was watch for a full 5 seconds before she was pulled to the ground at -5 mph? I had never laughed so hard! She killed one snake and became a professional knife-stress!

This is a SyFy made for TV film. Fifteen years ago there was a "day of reckoning" when carnivorous creatures flew and ran out of the earth. Apparently they ate only humans. The fact that the earth was almost destroyed did not stop deep well drilling and fracking, making an unspoken message is here somewhere. An eclipse triggers another event and using the Asylum formula, the film concentrates on one man to unite and save his family, even the ex-wife. Now we know the creatures don't like salt or cold, yet we can't seem to avoid or fight them very well even with a new new Homeland Security to advise us.

The film is aimed at the younger male audience who won't attempt to try to make any sense out of this, just enjoy the special effects and occasional human being attacked and consumed. They managed to recruit seasoned actors such as Raymond J. Barry and Barbara Crampton for lesser roles. Don't look for anything deep in theme, just breakout the popcorn.

Guide: No sex or nudity. There was a whisper that sounded like an F-word.

Fifteen years ago evil creatures from the underworld plagued the Earth with the intent of eliminating mankind.

Called the Day of Reckoning by survivors of the nightmare event, warriors of mankind again must battle the forces of darkness......

Just so you know, the best thing about this film is the one sheet that you clicked on, because like me you thought 'hmm that artwork is nice, I'm stupid enough to fall for this trap again', and yes, I fell for it.

As soon as I saw the SyFy watermark appear, my heart dropped a little, not because I knew the effects would be bad, the effects are laughably bad, and that gives the film an extra point, it's just when it's obvious when the film stops for a commercial break, it's irritating and just stops everything dead in its tracks.

Other than that, it's your atypical invasion movie. Estranged husband looking after his cheeky son, son runs off, mother becomes concerned, and father and son bond. It was a wonderful part of the narrative, in Spielberg's War Of The Worlds, but here, there was no need to introduce this, we are here to see very amateurish extras running away from terribly designed CG monsters.

As always we have a couple of special guest stars. One is the bloke who played the Vice President in Van Dammes Die Hard homage Sudden Death, and the other is the wonderfully walking cult that is Barbara Crampton.

She adds class to any film that she is in, and this why it gets another star.

So all in all, it's a terrible film, funny when it should be shocking, and although it's a must for bad movie aficionados, it gets a little bit boring toward the end.

The theme, although recurrent, was not bad, but the film as Such performances, dynamics, special effects so poor, With the joust lasted 20 minutes. Mainly what killed the film were the performances, too forced, as imitating third-party performances, and how to present the plot, very poor, lacking in imagination and dynamism.

They kept referring to the previous event. I could actually swear I saw a movie years ago that was the prequel to this one. Maybe these cheesy sci-fi movies are all blending together.

I was so confused about the threat here! First there were the winged creatures. Got it. But then suddenly they added snake-like creatures, a sort of evil goat looking thing, and eventually these upright man type creatures! I guess they couldn't decide what monster they liked best, so they opted for ALL of them.

Predictable plot. Predictable ending. Good for making popcorn and spending time with my kid (who loves these movies-she does not have very discriminating taste. LOL!). To sum this movie up in one word: meh.