FilmRFound Footage Supernatural Cosmic & Lovecraftian

Skinwalker Ranch2013

Name: Skinwalker Ranch
Genre: Found Footage, Supernatural, Cosmic & Lovecraftian, Folk Horror
Released: 2013-10-30
Rating: 5.2

“There is a place The Unexplained calls home”

Directed by Devin McGinn

5.2

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.1TMDB 5.3

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Year

2013

Runtime

86 min

The premise

In 2010 “Skinwalker Ranch” gained media attention after experiencing a wide range of unexplained phenomena. Reports ranged from UFO sightings to livestock mutilation, but maybe most notable was the disappearance of ranch owner Hoyt Miller’s eight-year-old son Cody on November 11, 2010. Close to a year later, Modern Defense Enterprises has sent a team of experts to document and investigate the mysterious occurrences, which only escalate upon their arrival. Tensions rise as the team must decide how far they will go to unlock the mysteries of “Skinwalker Ranch.” The group debates whether the answers are worth risking their lives for, or if they should just call off the investigation and leave the ranch—that is, if leaving is actually an option…

Horror Vault's take

When a private defense team arrives at the infamous Skinwalker Ranch nearly a year after a child's chilling disappearance, they find that the property's reputation for the unexplained is anything but exaggerated. Presented in found-footage style, the film layers UFO activity, livestock mutilation, and something far older and stranger into a mounting sense of dread. As the investigation deepens, the team begins to question whether the answers they're hunting are worth the price — and whether the ranch will ever let them walk away.

Content: Animal Mutilation, Disturbing Imagery, Peril Involving A Child, Jump Scares