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FilmPG-131993
Fire in the Sky
Directed by Rob Lieberman
After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of foul play, no-one believes their story and his disappearance is treated as murder. From TMDB
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Fire in the Sky is a 1993 science fiction mystery thriller film, directed by Rob Lieberman, starring D. B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick and Craig Sheffer.
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- posts span Apr 26, 2022 to Nov 5, 2026
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60 of 160 · most liked firstFire In The Sky Gonna watch that movie tonight #Nature #Photography #Sunset #Halloween #Halloween2026
neutral · AI labelView post →FIRE IN THE SKY (1993) Dir. Robert Lieberman More grounded than expected, this film explores the emotional fallout of an alien abduction. The cast brings weight to the story. Then it delivers one of the most disturbing abduction sequences in the genre. Worth a watch for that alone.🎞️📽️🎬
positive · AI labelView post →Rewatching "Fire in the Sky" (1993) and lordy, the scene near the end, inside the spaceship is still freaky as hell in 2025. 🫣 #FilmSky
positive · AI labelView post →Watched “Fire in the Sky” for the podcast. Thoughts incoming.
neutral · AI labelView post →#BreakingKindSongs #MusicChallenge Day 2️⃣0️⃣ - Song from a television series or movie that has a science fiction theme. “Fire In The Sky” by Anderson .Paak from The Ten Rings soundtrack m.youtube.com/watch?v=VbxH...
neutral · AI labelView post →2 “grey” aliens by Crooked Dice painted like the abductors from the movie Fire in the Sky. #crookeddice #aliens #fireinthesky #grimdark #28mag #miniaturepainting
neutral · AI labelView post →Nothing scared me more as kid than 1989's COMMUNION w/ Christopher Walken, based on Whitley Strieber's book. The movie is batshit crazy, but the abduction sequences make FIRE IN THE SKY look tame. I still shiver at the image of Grays type aliens stretching & hovering over his bed as he slept. Ugh.
neutral · AI labelView post →A movie that takes place where you're from: Fire In The Sky, 1993
neutral · AI labelView post →Gonna try and rewatch Fire In The Sky tonight. It’s a terrifying film, and honestly we need a good possible alien abduction film of its ilk sooner than later.
positive · AI labelView post →Fire in the Sky (1993) is an alien abduction movie with one of the most intense alien abduction scenes on film, though most of its runtime is spent on a bunch of working class guys being investigated for the disappearance of their buddy, clearly a metaphor for working class men working through their
neutral · AI labelView post →For my first film of 2025… Going to finally, finally, watch the 90s ufology flick, Fire in the Sky.
neutral · AI labelView post →My dad decided it would be a good idea to watch the alien abduction movie Fire in the Sky with the kids. It was not a good idea.
negative · AI labelView post →Just watched Fire In The Sky and: we need more movies like this. Shot on film in a nice location with strong actors and a Stephen King-esque story just good enough to get you to the third act where ILM spends the entire $15 million budget creating some of the freakiest shit imaginable? I’d watch 100
positive · AI labelView post →What fictional creature/villain traumatized you as a kid? The abduction scene in the film, Fire in the Sky
neutral · AI labelView post →Second film of the day: Fire in the Sky (1993). Much like the Ed & Lorraine Warren movies, this is a nicely crafted film based on a (most likely) bullshit "real life" event. Some engaging human drama, and some pretty effective alien abduction scenes #horrorsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's first movie is Fire in the Sky (1993) 🍿
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day in 1975, logger, UFO buff and prankster Travis Walton went missing in Arizona’s Apache–Sitgreaves National Forest. 5 days later he returned, reporting he had been abducted by aliens. Walton’s tale elicited skepticism in believers but was later made into the 1993 film Fire in the Sky.
neutral · AI labelView post →A lot of UFO sightings are due to people… well, watching media about UFOs, but it’s also a sort of trauma response. I fell down a rabbit hole once researching the film Fire in the Sky and… it’s kind of disturbing to see the cycle of UFO sightings inspiring tv movies inspiring more UFO sightings.
neutral · AI labelView post →We're starting up Movie Night with House (1977) and then Fire In The Sky! But we're also taking suggestions cause these usually last all night long. (人 •͈ᴗ•͈)💕
neutral · AI labelView post →#NowWatching 📽️💀 Fire in the Sky (1993) #scifi #thriller
neutral · AI labelView post →I saw it a year ago and since then I regularly think about how FIRE IN THE SKY is an unremarkably average "it's fine I guess" movie for 90% of it's runtime but then there's an insane 10 minute section in the middle that is some of the greatest pure horror sci-fi I've ever seen!
neutral · AI labelView post →a movie that takes place where you’re from: #horror #film #horrorsky #filmsky "Fire In The Sky" (1993)
neutral · AI labelView post →Fire in the Sky is overall just an okay movie, but the abduction flashback scenes are perfect and absolutely horrifying. I was like 12 or 13 when I saw this and it scared the shit out of me for a long, long time. youtu.be/O5e2wzjuwJQ
neutral · AI labelView post →This week’s. A Fire in The Sky is not the cool alien one. TDSOTM was ok but dragged . The Name of The Rose is a solid mystery movie & might be Ron Pearlman’s best performance. In a Violent Nature I absolutely dug&really appreciated what it was going for. #LastFourWatched #LetterboxdFriday
neutral · AI labelView post →UFOctober: FIRE IN THE SKY (1993) @jackiejardine.bsky.social on how one compelling sequence of alien abduction demands a better movie around it… #UFOctober 🛸 www.neonsplatter.com/daily-beasts...
neutral · AI labelView post →Movies that lean on the mystery/wonder/terror of UFOs themselves -- watch these first: * Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) * Arrival (2016) * Nope (2022) For UFO-centered alien movies _as baddies_: * Mars Attacks! (1996) * Signs (2002) * Edge of Tomorrow (2014) / All You Need Is Kill (2025) * Fire in the Sky (1993) * Invaders from Mars (1953) / Invaders from Mars (1986) -- very different movies, but both valid For UFO-centered alien movies _as buddies_: * E.T. (1982) * District 9…
neutral · AI labelView post →Fire in the Sky (2/8) Movie CLIP - Beamed (1993) HD www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDbB...
neutral · AI labelView post →That's the thing about the paranormal: Hollywood always feels the need to "spice things up." Like when the writer for the movie "Fire in the Sky" was warned by the studio executives the movie would not be made unless he made it 'scarier'.
neutral · AI labelView post →What are YOUR favorite Horror Movie Posters? How do you choose just four?? Also, Fire in the Sky IS a horror movie, IMO! #NightmareFuel #IconicPoster #HorrorNerd #QueerForFear #HorrorGay
neutral · AI labelView post →What movie did you see way too young. Fire in the Sky The abduction scene scarred me for life; to the point aliens looking into open windows at night are one of my top irrational fears lol. (I still think aliens are hella cool, so I'll watch YT vids and then be unable to sleep for days lol)
neutral · AI labelView post →Fire In The Sky is really good, especially when you look into the whole story beyond the movie
positive · AI labelView post →Let me tell you a story. One day, years ago, they released a movie called Fire in the Sky. It was about the search for a missing man. It also gave all of us night terrors. This was in the 90s, when the primary goal of films was to traumatize young kids. This shit was PG-13.
neutral · AI labelView post →Now playing Movie night🎥 1993 Brought us Fire in the Sky #fireinthesky #movienight #aliens
neutral · AI labelView post →Pop culture things that traumatized me as a little boy in the late '80s/early '90s include: The music video for Age of Confusion by Genesis. The alien abduction scene in the science fiction movie Fire In The Sky. The toilet scene in Ghoulies 2. The Large Marge scene in Pee-wee's Big Adventure.
neutral · AI labelView post →Unintentional theme of the past couple weekends of 1970's movie viewing. "Meteor" 1979 & "A Fire in the Sky" 1978. Both Star studded casts.
neutral · AI labelView post →My dad had a CD collection of the old H G Wells radio drama for War of the Worlds and would play that on our speaker system and it scared the crap out of me. Same with the old movie (this was in the 90s). Between that and Xfiles and Fire in the Sky I was so afraid of aliens growing up.
neutral · AI labelView post →Scary media never bothered me much as a kid, but there’s a five minute scene from the 1993 UFO movie “Fire in the Sky” that I saw in High School that still freaks me out so much that I won’t even share a gif about it. IYKYK.
neutral · AI labelView post →I had the opportunity to interview Travis Walton, the guy whose story is the basis of the book/movie "Fire in the Sky." I actually spent the day with Travis and Mike (also involved with the incident), and they seemed like genuine, sincere dudes. I don't doubt their account.
neutral · AI labelView post →after sketch setups I'll probably go ahead and VRC explore worlds and stream a movie in one ~w~ watched Fire in the Sky in one
neutral · AI labelView post →My "favourite" example: the late BBC One film on 9/11 was supposed to be... Fire in the Sky.
neutral · AI labelView post →30 years ago today - July 26, 1996 - Canadian premiere (Uptown 1) of the film "Trainspotting" Discussed in the episode "Smoke On The Water, Fire In The Sky" episode of the podcast Music Milestones YYZ.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yup. Both this and the film “Fire in the Sky” did a number on the childhood version of me.
neutral · AI labelView post →What horror movie image haunts you? I saw Fire In The Sky (1993) in the theatre as a kid and this harrowing moment kicks off the most memorable sequence of the film.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m havin an alien invasion/ visitation movie marathon. 🛸 👽 🛸 👽 Fire in the Sky ✅ Arrival ✅ Skyline ✅ Close encounters of the Third Kind ✅ The Fourth Kind Signs Dreamcatcher Extraterrestrial War of the Worlds They Live Independence Day
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh man, I saw Fire in the Sky WAAAY too young. I think my fear of needles is a direct result of that movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s late night film. FIRE IN THE SKY.
neutral · AI labelView post →The last 4 movies I watched. Fire in the Sky i have seen before but it was a long time ago. The other 3 were first time. Roots isn't technically a movie but I did not know that before watching it lol
neutral · AI labelView post →My award for most traumatizing alien abduction scene goes to 1993's FIRE IN THE SKY! (if you know of a scarier one, I'm all ears!) The great cast gives this film weight & they treat the ordeal seriously. What are your memories of Fire in the Sky? 👽 youtube.com/shorts/nffgF...
neutral · AI labelView post →"Believe It or Not" (The Greatest American Hero TV theme song)-Joey Scarbury😍🏆😂 "Blinded by Love" (I was belatedly 1st exposed to it in the underrated 1993 film Fire in the Sky👽)-Johnny Winter🔥🎸👋
neutral · AI labelView post →So I just re-watched "Fire in the Sky" - www.imdb.com/title/tt0106... It holds up super well. Great portrayal of what a small community goes through when someone disappears, with a neat paranormal touch. The abduction scene is horrific. 7/10 #Movie #Review #FireintheSky
positive · AI labelView post →Dinobot dies cuz remember Beast Wars? They drop quotes from the 86 movie all the damn time cuz remember how much you loved that? Remember Shattered Glass? Remember Fire in the Sky? Remember the movie again cuz seriously they will NOT let you forget it?
neutral · AI labelView post →One year later D.B. Sweeney would star in Fire in the Sky . He would be a part of one of the scariest movie sequences ever filmed. #HATM
neutral · AI labelView post →On this day in 1993, Fire in the Sky was released. The Spinsters discuss this film in Episode 30: Spinsters Get Abducted 🛸 Check it out open.spotify.com/episode/3MQa... #horrorsky #filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →The movie Fire in the Sky from the 90s is worth checking out if you haven't seen it.
positive · AI labelView post →Also, I’ll take this opportunity to again praise the abduction scene in 1993 movie Fire In The Sky. Truly terrifying and 100% holds up. Give it a watch!
positive · AI labelView post →Loved this movie!!!! Fire In The Sky. 1993 🎥 #behindthescenes🎬 #filmmaking #specialeffects #fireinthesky
positive · AI labelView post →He wanted the book the movie Fire in the Sky was based on but that book is out of print. I sent the Tommyknockers by Stephen King, Astronaut 1 by David Wellington, and Through the Woods by Emily Carroll. This time I sent Skeleton Crew, Watchmen, and My Heart is A Chainsaw.
neutral · AI labelView post →The 2nd scariest alien abduction movie I’ve ever seen after Fire in the Sky, gave me actual nightmares
neutral · AI labelView post →I need to see this one. Might try and watch this weekend… you both seen Fire In The Sky? Decent film but one of if not the single most disturbing abduction sequence I’ve ever seen
neutral · AI labelView post →I decided to give reviews to the two movies I saw yesterday, as they are still fresh in my mind. Movie #1 was Fire in the Sky. letterboxd.com/demikane/fil...
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