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*Silent Warnings*
Silent Warnings
	DVD coverart
Also known as	Dark Harvest; Warnings
Screenplay by	Christian McIntire; Bill Lundy;
Story by	Kevin Gendreau; Christian McIntire;
Directed by	Christian McIntire
Starring	Stephen Baldwin; A. J. Buckley; Billy Zane; David O'Donnell; Michelle Borth;
Music by	Richard McHugh
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Cinematography	Lorenzo Senatore
Editors	David Flores; Christian McIntire;
Running time	87 minutes
Original release
Network	Sci Fi Channel
Release	May 3, 2003

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Silent Warnings (also known as Dark Harvest) is a 2003 science fiction/horror television film about a group of college students who begin finding crop circles by the house they have moved into. Following the disappearance of one of them, they begin suspecting something sinister. It was commissioned by Syfy (then known as Sci-Fi Channel), written and directed Christian McIntire, and stars Stephen Baldwin, A. J. Buckley and Billy Zane.^[1]^[2] The project was released on DVD as Warnings by WL on June 23, 2003 and as Silent Warnings by Universal on August 26, 2003.^[3]

Plot

After his cousin Joe (Stephen Baldwin) dies, Layne Vassimer (A. J. Buckley) and his girlfriend Macy (Callie De Fabry), along with their friends Stephen (David O'Donnell), Maurice (Ransford Doherty), Iris (Kim Onasch) and Katrina (Michelle Borth), decide to clean up Joe's house with the intention of selling it. When they see it for the first time, they discover the house completely covered in plates of iron armor.

The group also finds crop circles in the nearby cornfield. When Iris suddenly disappears, they realize something is really wrong. During a blackout, the house is attacked by aliens. The group figures out the aliens are allergic to iron, which is why Joe had covered the house in it to keep them out. They attempt to fight the aliens off, but the house is eventually blown up with Layne, Macy, and Katrina the only survivors.

In the end, they drive off, listening to the radio. They hear a news report stating that the blackout they experienced affects five western states and parts of Canada. They also hear that people everywhere are being attacked by "strange creatures."

Cast

Stephen Baldwin as Joe Vossimer
A. J. Buckley as Layne Vossimer
Billy Zane as Sheriff Bill Willingham
David O'Donnell as Stephen Fox
Michelle Borth as Katrina Munro
Callie De Fabry as Macy Reed
Ransford Doherty as Maurice Hall
Kim Onasch as Iris Doyle

Reception

Dread Central panned the film, beginning by comparing it to Signs and remarking that it was more a rip off of Roger Corman’s Carnosaur 2 rip-off of Aliens. The only differences found between this and Signs is that the farm family of Mel Gibson was replaced by bland teenagers, with a dash of T&A and gore. Considering it low-budget knock-off of a Hollywood blockbuster, the reviewer offered that a more appropriate title would have been Crap Circles.^[1]

Movie Gazette also noted the film is just M Night Shyamalan’s Signs remade on a budget. They noted it even had similar failings, in it "being a movie of two halves, and going downhill when it stops building tension and turns into an alien horror movie." When the aliens are finally revealed, they disappoint by being "rendered in almost cartoon fashion". Another flaw was that the film's two biggest star names have their talents wasted by being relegated to roles seen only briefly in the film. The only plus was while the ending was confusing, it "s better than that of Signs which was corny and obvious."^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Condit, Jon (8 March 2005). "Silent Warnings (2004)". Dread Central. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
^ Perry Seibert of Rovi (2015). "Silent Warnings (2003)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ Seibert, Perry. "Silent Warnings (2003), DVD releases". All Movie Guide. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
^ staff (7 August 2003). "Warnings (2003)". Movie Gazette. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

External links

Silent Warnings at IMDb

[Dread_Central-1] Condit, Jon (8 March 2005). "Silent Warnings (2004)". Dread Central. Retrieved 20 February 2015.

[New_York_Times-2] Perry Seibert of Rovi (2015). "Silent Warnings (2003)". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 February 2015. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[All_Movie_Guide-3] Seibert, Perry. "Silent Warnings (2003), DVD releases". All Movie Guide. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[Movie_Gazette-4] staff (7 August 2003). "Warnings (2003)". Movie Gazette. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

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-'''''Silent Warnings''''' (aka '''''Dark Harvest''''') is a 2003 sci-fi/horror [[TV movie]] about a group of college students who begin finding [[crop circle]]s by the house they've moved into.  Following the disappearance of one of them, they begin suspecting something sinister. It was commissioned by [[Syfy]] (then known as Sci-Fi Channel), written and directed Christian McIntire, and stars [[Stephen Baldwin]], [[A. J. Buckley]] and [[Billy Zane]].<ref name="Dread Central"/><ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|last1=Perry Seibert of [[Rovi]]|title=Silent Warnings (2003)|url=http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/288187/Silent-Warnings/overview|accessdate=21 February 2015|publisher=[[New York Times]]}}</ref>  The project was released on DVD as ''Warnings'' by WL on June 23, 2003 and as ''Silent Warnings'' by [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]] on August 26, 2003.<ref name="All Movie Guide">{{cite web|last1=Seibert|first1=Perry|title=Silent Warnings (2003), DVD releases|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/silent-warnings-v288187/releases|publisher=[[All Movie Guide]]|accessdate=21 February 2015}}</ref>
+'''''Silent Warnings''''' (also known as '''''Dark Harvest''''') is a 2003 science fiction/horror [[television film]] about a group of college students who begin finding [[crop circle]]s by the house they have moved into.  Following the disappearance of one of them, they begin suspecting something sinister. It was commissioned by [[Syfy]] (then known as Sci-Fi Channel), written and directed Christian McIntire, and stars [[Stephen Baldwin]], [[A. J. Buckley]] and [[Billy Zane]].<ref name="Dread Central"/><ref name="New York Times">{{cite news|last1=Perry Seibert of [[Rovi]]|title=Silent Warnings (2003)|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/288187/Silent-Warnings/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221215133/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/288187/Silent-Warnings/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 February 2015|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|accessdate=21 February 2015}}</ref>  The project was released on DVD as ''Warnings'' by WL on June 23, 2003 and as ''Silent Warnings'' by [[Universal Pictures Home Entertainment|Universal]] on August 26, 2003.<ref name="All Movie Guide">{{cite web|last1=Seibert|first1=Perry|title=Silent Warnings (2003), DVD releases|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/silent-warnings-v288187/releases|publisher=[[All Movie Guide]]|accessdate=21 February 2015}}</ref>
 ==Plot==
-After his cousin Joe ([[Stephen Baldwin]]) dies, Layne Vassimer ([[A. J. Buckley]]) and his girlfriend Macy (Callie De Fabry), along with their friends Stephen ([[David O'Donnell]]), Maurice (Ransford Doherty), Iris (Kim Onasch) and Katrina ([[Michelle Borth]]), decide to clean up Joe's house with the intention of selling it. When they see it for the first time, they discover the house completely covered in plates of iron armor.
+After his cousin Joe ([[Stephen Baldwin]]) dies, Layne Vassimer ([[A. J. Buckley]]) and his girlfriend Macy (Callie De Fabry), along with their friends Stephen ([[David O'Donnell (actor-director)|David O'Donnell]]), Maurice (Ransford Doherty), Iris (Kim Onasch) and Katrina ([[Michelle Borth]]), decide to clean up Joe's house with the intention of selling it. When they see it for the first time, they discover the house completely covered in plates of iron armor.
 The group also finds [[crop circle]]s in the nearby cornfield.  When Iris suddenly disappears, they realize something is really wrong.  During a blackout, the house is attacked by [[extraterrestrial life|aliens]]. The group figures out the aliens are allergic to iron, which is why Joe had covered the house in it to keep them out. They attempt to fight the aliens off, but the house is eventually blown up with Layne, Macy, and Katrina the only survivors.
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 In the end, they drive off, listening to the radio. They hear a news report stating that the blackout they experienced affects five western states and parts of Canada. They also hear that people everywhere are being attacked by "strange creatures."
-==Main cast ==
+==Cast==
+* [[Stephen Baldwin]] as Joe Vossimer
-{{divcol|2}}
-* [[Stephen Baldwin]] as Cousin Joe Vossimer
 * [[A. J. Buckley]] as Layne Vossimer
 * [[Billy Zane]] as Sheriff Bill Willingham
-* [[David O'Donnell]] as Stephen Fox
+* [[David O'Donnell (actor-director)|David O'Donnell]] as Stephen Fox
 * [[Michelle Borth]] as Katrina Munro
 * Callie De Fabry as Macy Reed
 * Ransford Doherty as Maurice Hall
 * Kim Onasch as Iris Doyle
-{{div col end}}
 ==Reception==
-''[[Dread Central]]'' panned the film, beginning by compsring it to ''[[Signs (film)|Signs]]'' and remarking that it was more a rip off of [[Roger Corman]]’s ''[[Carnosaur 2]]'' rip-off ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]''. The only differences found between this and ''Signs'' is that the farm family of [[Mel Gibson]] was replaced by bland teenagers, with a dash of T&A and gore. Considering it low-budget knock-off of a Hollywood blockbuster, the reviewer offered that a more appropriate title would have been ''Crap Circles''.<ref name="Dread Central">{{cite news|last1=Condit|first1=Jon|title=Silent Warnings (2004)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/3642/silent-warnings-2004/|accessdate=20 February 2015|publisher=[[Dread Central]]|date=8 March 2005}}</ref>
+''[[Dread Central]]'' panned the film, beginning by comparing it to ''[[Signs (2002 film)|Signs]]'' and remarking that it was more a rip off of [[Roger Corman]]’s ''[[Carnosaur 2]]'' rip-off of ''[[Aliens (film)|Aliens]]''. The only differences found between this and ''Signs'' is that the farm family of [[Mel Gibson]] was replaced by bland teenagers, with a dash of T&A and gore. Considering it low-budget knock-off of a Hollywood blockbuster, the reviewer offered that a more appropriate title would have been ''Crap Circles''.<ref name="Dread Central">{{cite news|last1=Condit|first1=Jon|title=Silent Warnings (2004)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/3642/silent-warnings-2004/|accessdate=20 February 2015|publisher=[[Dread Central]]|date=8 March 2005}}</ref>
 ''Movie Gazette'' also noted the film is just [[M Night Shyamalan]]’s ''Signs'' remade on a budget.  They noted it even had similar failings, in it "being a movie of two halves, and going downhill when it stops building tension and turns into an alien horror movie."  When the aliens are finally revealed, they disappoint by being "rendered in almost cartoon fashion".  Another flaw was that the film's two biggest star names have their talents wasted by being relegated to roles seen only briefly in the film. The only plus was while the ending was confusing, it "s better than that of ''Signs'' which was corny and obvious."<ref name="Movie Gazette">{{cite news|last1=staff|title=Warnings (2003)|url=http://movie-gazette.com/307|accessdate=21 February 2015|publisher=Movie Gazette|date=7 August 2003}}</ref>
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