Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- bleak
- visceral
- creepy
- late night horror marathon
- independent horror showcase
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the independent production’s disturbing imagination, practical effects, cinematography, and unusually visceral horror.
What sets it apart
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The disease rapidly wipes out almost all of mankind, leaving Lance and Rachel among a tiny remnant of survivors.
The creatures experiment on corpses and the critical reception repeatedly highlights the film’s extreme blood and gruesome imagery.
Survivors flee to remote locations to avoid infection, only to encounter mysterious figures carrying away the dead.
Critics specifically praise practical effects rivaling major Hollywood productions and describe the film as visually striking.
Films like The Sky Has Fallen, and why
The Evil Dead
Shared post-apocalyptic survival horror, isolated survivors, grotesque creatures, and practical-effects intensity.
28 Days Later
Shared bleak outbreak premise, desperate survivor characters, graphic creature violence, and relentless horror atmosphere.
The Battery
Shared low-budget post-apocalyptic horror, human extinction anxiety, and grim survival conflict.
The Girl with All the Gifts
Shared zombie-adjacent horror, isolated survivors, revenge themes, and visceral splatter filmmaking.
Movie Details
- Director
- Doug Roos
- Release Date
- 2009-05-06
- Runtime
- 73 min
- Rating
- 3.2 / 10 (8)
Cast
- Carey MacLaren
- Laurel Kemper
Common questions
- What is The Sky Has Fallen about?
- After a plague nearly erases humanity, two isolated survivors wage a bloody campaign against the corpse-harvesting creatures responsible for finishing the job.
- What is The Sky Has Fallen like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Sky Has Fallen as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Sky Has Fallen violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Sky Has Fallen as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Sky Has Fallen?
- Critics broadly praised the independent production’s disturbing imagination, practical effects, cinematography, and unusually visceral horror.
- Which films are like The Sky Has Fallen?
- Films with a similar feel include The Evil Dead, 28 Days Later, The Battery, and The Girl with All the Gifts.
- How long is The Sky Has Fallen?
- The Sky Has Fallen runs 73 minutes.
