Steven Spielberg's Night Skies - VHS Movie Trailer

A fan-edited movie trailer for Steven Spielberg's cancelled film project "Night Skies". The horror film was developed as a spiritual successor to Close Encounters of the Third Kind for Columbia Pictures, since Spielberg had no interest in a sequel. The story was about a family being terrorized by a group of malicious, animal-mutilating aliens, until one of the aliens named Buddy, who was kind and befriends the family's autistic son.

Steven Spielberg planned on producing the film and hired The Texas Chainsaw Massacre's Tobe Hooper to direct, Hooper declined it due to the sci-fi elements, but he suggested the plot as a supernatural story instead. Harrison Ford's then-wife and screenwriter, Melissa Mathison, read the script and developed on the sub-plot about the autistic boy and Buddy the alien into its own story.

As a result, the material from this cancelled project served as inspiration for Poltergeist and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, including characteristics from Night Skies' aliens were applied into Gremlins' Gizmo and Stripe by Spielberg's assistance.

Special Thanks:
John Notstamos - VHS Effects

Read the script here:

Footage Used:
Invaders from Mars (1986)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Movie & Theatrical Trailer
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Mac & Me
Critters

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[MinddKidzag]

Special thanks to John Notstamos for the VHS effects.

[michaelstrong]

You actually made E.T. scary. That's an amazing accomplishment. Great video!

[ImpendingRival]

Haunting trailer. Would’ve liked to see what Spielberg would’ve done with this concept.

[frogget]

Really cool ..I wish this movie had actually been made!

[LHKPresents]

Man I'm a 80's baby so I love the VHS setup. NIce vid man.

[excalibur]

You should've thrown in some scenes from Gremlins and Poltergeist as well, since they were also made from elements of the Night Skies script.

[alexslavinzki]

Looks like an amazing movie. Can't wait to see it. I never heard of 'Night Skies'. Looks amazing. Hope it is good and Close Encounters of the Third Kind. I been waiting for this for years since they announced. Finally it. I can't wait.

[johnquinn]

Hey this is just brilliant! So well done, truly feels like a trailer from 1982!

[redhood]

Fantastic Trailer!!! Makes me wish Spielberg actually did this (but in the bright side if this would’ve happen we wouldn’t have gotten E.T.). You had a great challenge while making this and that was making Trailer seem like a product of its would-be time and you knocked it out of the park. Congratulations man. Stay safe and awesome god bless and keep em going

[tdnguyen]

Wonderful fanmade trailer. Love it. I have a printed physical copy of the John Sayles script. Never gotten a chance to read it. But the premise seemed interesting.

[MrBlueSkyof]

Nice usage of Mac & Me. That had to be based off the Night Skies alien design.

[curtisspeplinski]

Good job, invaders from mars footage fits perfect with the ominous ET opening

[CristianMeyo]

I Love That Video So Much, Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams & Tobe Hooper Was The Best, Music Composed & Conducted By Jerry Goldsmith, The Cast & Crew Starring Tom Cruise, Melissa Barrera, Alisha Weir, Winter Jarrett Glasspool, Cristian Meyo, Isabella Sermon, McKenna Grace, Millie Bobby Brown, Sterling Jerins, Abigail Hargrove, Claire Geare, Ivy George, Kyle Chandler, Martin Sheen, Jeff Bridges, Michael B Jordan & Brad Pitt, Hopper Has Died In 2017 & A New Directors Is Radio Silence (Scream V & VI, Ready Or Not & Abigail) Goldsmith Has Died In 2004 & A New Composer Is Brian Tyler

[richardpatterson]

Hopefully J.J. Abrams finds the original script and directs the film.

[NomadFlow]

Have you heard anything from WhiplashDynamo and his Synder Cut? He hasn't done any update in 4 months.

[MrBlueSkyof]

And to think, they almost literally went to space to film the opening scene.