From another world…from another galaxy… This terror from beyond is actually from the world of Don Dohler – a schlock master. An alien menace has come to earth to eat people for some reason, and the town is at the mercy of its laser blasts and its constant look of surprise. You won’t get a great example of it in the trailer, but some of the film’s music was done by a young J.J. Abrams.

Whether you’re trying to avoid the releases this week or augment them with even more movies, Your Alternate Box Office offers some options for movies that would play perfectly alongside of (or instead of) the stuff studios are shoving into the megaplex this weekend. With apologies to everyone scratching at the walls of their play pen to see Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, this week features one major release. Trains, nostalgia bombs, and a coming of age story the likes of which haven’t been seen since Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer, J.J. Abrams is back with a tribute to everything he loved when he was just Jefferey. If you plan on catching Super 8, here are 3 films you should watch with it.