Story Line
In late 1970s Ohio, a group of friends filming a homemade zombie movie witness a devastating train derailment. Soon after, their quiet town is gripped by unexplained disappearances, strange phenomena, and a growing sense of fear, as they uncover that something terrifying has been set loose.
“It arrives.”
Top Cast
Joel Courtney
Joe Lamb
Elle Fanning
Alice Dainard
Riley Griffiths
Charles Kaznyk
Kyle Chandler
Jackson Lamb
Noah Emmerich
Nelec
AJ Michalka
Jen Kaznyk
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Rating
6.8/ 10
Release Date
2011-06-09
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
ThrillerScience FictionMystery
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User Reviews (6)
Andres Gomez
5/10
•12/9/2012Unsuccessful children movie trying to follow the tradition of The Goonies or E.T. from overrated J.J. Abrams.
Tons of money are wasted on FX trying to hide a weak story and a set of terrible dialogues supposedly coming from children that are total...
Gimly
5/10
•1/20/2019I kind of liked the making-a-movie-within-the-movie aspect of _Super 8_ a lot more than the chief plot with the monster and the train and the badman government and the blah blah blah. Which isn't ideal, but saying that obviously means I liked somethi...
John Chard
9/10
•8/28/2019And I just knew then that I was there, that I existed.
Super 8 is written and directed by J. J. Abrams. It stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard and Riley Griffiths. Music is scored by Michael Giacchino and cinematography by...
Peter McGinn
10/10
•4/4/2020Sometimes I feel like my interests and taste really follow the road less traveled. This is to say that Super 8 surprised me by becoming one of my Favorite.Movies.Ever. There I said it.
It seems to merge genres slightly: science fiction, of course,...