i live in ontario and canada in 1997/1998 and one day in 1998 ckco tv ( own by ctv ) run a special report call abduction in lake county it run for roughly 35 min and another 30 min afterwards be the sheriff report and expert interview about the tape and etc . this be not what be originally show in 1998. this movie be clearly do by actor ( i recognize them from multiple show ) and the original be terrify and literally terrify . this one isn not and it a complete mockery . this be clearly a re make of the original footage . anyone who saw the original would know this . this be what happen in the original . a farming family be get ready for a dinner and the son be play around with the video camera and within minute the power go out and they think it a lightning storm and the father and 2 son ( 1 have the cam with him ) go to check it out outside and they notice a nearby transformer be spark and sustain damage and they walk close to see it and they look down under the transformer and notice 3 alien slice a cow with a laser and they get spot and 1 alien fire the laser at them ( no beam be see ) and the other son be injure and they run back to the house and tell the family and the family immediately panic and want to take the son to the hospital and the father and the son go to the truck ( a really old beat up truck ) and cant start it and they notice the engine be completely melt and they run back to the house and and they hear them upstairs and the father and son walk up the stair and hear a alien in the bedroom ( the door be close ) and the alien fire a laser through the door and the father fire the shotgun and kill the alien ( presumably ) and they run back down and the family be panic even more and they attempt to run out of the house and an electrical bolt or laser come through the window above the door and injure another family member and they run back to the dining room and a loud noise enter the room and they fall in pain and the sound stop and then they notice they all have nose bleeds and what appear to be radiation burn on their body and the little girl ( no old than 5 ) say ( in a monotone voice ) that everything be go to be ok and she seem zombified and keep reassure them everything will be ok and not to worry and she doesn not move or say anything else and the father finally go out of the house to try to get the truck work or find some other transportation and they hear shot fire and they all run out and notice he go and the shotgun be melt and they run back to the house and the son with the camera go upstairs to change his pant ( because he pee himself ) he go back down and notice everyone be go and he run back upstairs in the bathroom sit on the toilet and set the camera to point at him and he say he scar and doesn not want to die and he start cry and he say he doesn not know what go on or why be they do this and then you see a 3 fingered hand grab the camera lens and a alien grab it and look at it ( meanwhile the lens be face it so you see the alien ) it then put the camera down in a different direction and and that all you see . ( all this happen in roughly 35 min ) these people be not recognizable and not actor and they be kind of ugly in fact . this movie ( warn represent contain spoiler ) be nothing like the original . this movie last over an hour and and it include family argument and bad acting and a lot of soap opera style drama . this family sit down and eats dinner while they know alien be outside and no one panic and the little girl be a lot old in the video and be too active and talkative . she take shell out the gun and hide it ( do not happen in the original ) . this movie include element of racism ( again which do not happen in the original ) . the truck be new . the battery be destroy and not the engine . the eldest male person be an old brother and not a father . you see a red light hit the son . you see a ufo and 2 alien in front of it ( which look like terrible halloween costume ) they be not under the transformer . there be no electric bolt or laser ever show . alien be hear on roof and not upstairs . a alien be shot upstairs in a different room . they go through a whole ordeal with walking in the room and look at the body and tie the door and put a bookcase in front of it . the whole family come upstairs ( again not original ) . the family sits and eat some more and the mother drink heavily and be only talk about the dinner and have dinner . everyone be relax and not panic . the african american actor be a lot taller and play a major role in the film ( in the original he be a quiet guest that be terrify and want to leave ) . there be drama where he make out with the other guys wife . the son with the camera run upstairs to his room to change his pant and that when he encounter a alien that seem to hypnotize him and but somehow he end up go downstairs to eat dinner again . he place the camera on a kitchen counter and they eat dinner some more and a red light enter the room and it show 2 alien ( obviously costume and it awful ) begin take the family member away and then the camera slowly get static on it and fade out and then it go to credit . seriously and do they think that people who saw the original and remember it would honestly fall for this film . the real footage be go forever i assume . this movie be not worth see because it not the original .