The Wicksboro Incident [DVD]

Yeah, it's a rip-off of Blair Witch. So what? I still thought it was pretty fun and effective. It was surprisingly funny at times, too. Lloyd, the central figure of the film, was pretty hysterical. The Plot: In an attempt to uncover a decades-old conspiracy involving alien-cover-up, old guy Lloyd enlists the help of some amateur documentary filmmakers. In the process, Lloyd inadvertantly unleashes a seemingly omnipresent gaggle of shadowy, violent federal agents who chase them down at every turn. As the tension builds, so does the fun. However, the last fifteen minutes of the movie are shot in virtual blackness. All you can do is pretty much listen to what's happening in the film. However, if you're like me and you love alien-related junk, you'll probably dig this little movie. All those expecting special effects and violence, however, beware! There is none. Check it out if you like X-Files and Blair Witch or Paranormal Activity or The Fourth Kind. You might like it.

This is a mix of The Blair Witch Project and The X-Files. This is somewhat true, and it was mildly entertaining, but I was disappointed in that it didn't really follow through with the concept. I enjoyed The Blair Witch Project, and this takes a lot from that movie except it doesn't follow through with the concept. The basic story involves a old guy who once worked on a secret military project which ultimately met with a somewhat supicious end. Nearly all the people and all the people those people knew died mysteriously, with the excepttion of this one guy, who has managed to hide in California for the last 40 years. He decides he wants to come clean, tell his story, and the best way to do so is to get involved with these independant film makers and try to find evidence of what happened. He and a couple of others worked in a farmhouse and its' underground bomb shelter in the small town of Wicksboro, Texas. At some point Wicksboro had been wiped off the map, and all information with regards to the town vanished. The man's work involved a machine that could supposedly detect whether or not you were an alien by analying your aura, or something like that. It started off kind of slow, but picked up about halfway through. As I said before, I was a little disappointed that they really didn't follow through with the concept in that they really didn't make any effort to make this seem real, unlike The Blair Witch Project. From the credits at the beginning and the end of the movie, and the ominous background music that played throughout, I knew this was phoney. With The Blair Witch Project, atleast they tried to keep you guessing whether or not it was real. It just seems to me if you are going to make a movie like this, a documentary apparently based on real facts, play it that way all the way through. In The Blair Witch Project (TBWP), the footage was supposedly found after the disappearance of the people who made the film and was presented to help find clues as to what happened to them. In this movie, based on what happened at the end, what the conspiracy uncovered by the individuals was trying to protect, this film would have never seen the light of day, espcially not after great pains where shown as to how far certain people and groups were willing to go to protect the secrecy of the information. Yeah, I know it's just a movie, but I still feel if you are going to delve into this genre, then fully explore it, and try to maintain the 'realism' all the way through. This would include information as to where this footage came from and how it came to be released. Maybe the concept is flawed in that with this subject matter, as if it were true, it would be in certain parties best interests to keep it hidden, so we would probably not see this. That being said, there were some moments of creepiness and shock, and it was fun and funny at times (see where they stop off at a local convience store and the old man comes out with an armful of booze), but with respect to the genre, I didn't convince me the way I would have wanted it to. And the alien detecting device looked a little too polished, a little too much like a manufactured toy for me to believe it was a home made gizmo.

This is a documentary style found footage film. Several reviewers have compared it to the Blair Witch. That is not a fair assessment of this film. Both are found cottage films, but both are handled completely different.An intelligent script acted out by very good actors. Subtle background music that does not over power the activity on the screen.Three men set out to search for a lost city that seems to have been intentionally wiped off the face of the earth and from history. The soon discover that somethings should have been well left alone.Bottom line---I loved this film!

Didn't know what to think of this film before seeing it but I knew the premise intrigued me enough to want to buy it. I have to say I totally loved it!! Though there were parts that were "out there" it just made the film that much more interesting. I wouldn't really consider this a scary film but something about it really had me looking over my shoulder,creeped out while watching it. Perfect for conspiracy theorists and found footage lovers alike!

This film is quite good for a lower budget project! Decent acting and writing helps make this one feel like a real "documentary'! Some improved props would have helped a bit, but the sets were quite adequate though! This one is a good addition to a collection of any fan who likes the "lost documentary" type films! Enjoy!

If there's one thing I've discovered with the "found footage" genre, it's that we horror fans have to agree to disagree. We have to take each entry on a case-by-case basis and have an open mind while doing so... "The Wicksboro Incident" must definitely be viewed with an open mind. I didn't think it was bad; on the contrary, I found the premise - an alien invasion conspiracy - to be a welcome change from the onslaught of haunted, abandoned insane asylums. However, I thought so much more could have been done with the film. Marginal scares, decent acting.

The movie I had long known of and I wanted a hard copy dvd just to keep forever, as my experience has been that these increasingly old and odd (in the genre of "lost footage films" type of) films which seem like they're really happening, are a real labor for me to get ahold of. I highly recommend aokmovies2.

when this movie first started out as really good, and then may went just a little too far, and made it ridiculous where this guy is pointing this homemade object at people claiming their aliens and from that moment on for me The movie went downhill . But in the beginning. Like I said, it started off really good with the interview. It was very convincing, and then the writers and producers turn this into a joke and very on believable.