Not only has Jozsef Gallai mastered the art of suspenseful found footage filming, but he has created the perfect algorithm when taking his viewers on a journey into the world of the unworldly. Gallai’s obsession with the supernatural genre of generating unforeseeable tension beyond the sky’s limit is astronomical. And I am always a willing participant to climb aboard and see where the next trip will take me. So, let’s go!

Cassie and best friend Margot (two talented “Lauras” – Wilson and Saxon) have been so intrigued by the recent phenomenon called ‘Skyquakes’, it has led to the young ladies packing up for an exploration to unravel the mystery behind the trumpeting sounds and lightning flashes appearing from the grey skies in their township. Uncertain if they are derived through a solar eclipse, Cassie receives several theories and impressions based on possible planet noise, our mortal presence through ancient scripture or the encounter of a crack in the sky from time and space. With the assistance from intellectual analyst Scott Carmichael (another truly mesmerizing Robert LaSardo performance), the girls head out to research these strange occurrences more closely. And…more personally.  

As is the way from Director Gallai, the women share additional family ties and history about their parental relationships including the disappearance of Margot’s dad in relation to the absence of Cassie’s father. Coincidence? Maybe but just as this oddity of their bond is being pondered, the women are forced into a slew of obstacles including loss of cell phone service, direction and eventually…. vehicle break down.

While their anxiety reaches new heights and the sky continues to cave in above with intense signals becoming more rampant, Scott reaches out to Cassie (curiously via cell) and shares his personal story about the skyquakes. It is at this moment where we no longer need to see his face to feel his pain and direct association with the anomaly facing Cassie as she listens with disbelief. LaSardo shares his character’s experience with exquisite agony at being one of few sole survivors during the late 90’s - when his community was struck by these skyquakes which seized friends, neighbors and ultimately…his family.

Scott’s words fall upon frightened ears as the girls scramble to save themselves from this fate of falling prey to the skyquakes. Imagining the horrors of Scott’s village succumbing to being fully erased is shuddering as Cassie and Margot’s situation becomes dire beneath the clouds rolling in a forceful energy. As we are unsure of what exactly is happening, Gallai once again amplifies the suspense through environmental changes, heightened emotions and complete fear. There are no supernatural creatures, or inorganic disturbances. Only a disastrous comprehension of what seems to be the rapture. Trying to see the unseeable, as it segues to engulf you.

Now what is more terrifying than that?