"The Fourth Kind"

Milla Jovovich in "The Fourth Kind" (Universal)

What happened to the alien-abduction movie? You know, the one where an ordinary person's reality is turned inside-out by the revelation that extra-terrestrials have been conducting some inappropriate midnight probings?

Blame "The X-Files," which made hovering saucers and stolen sisters commonplace during its nine season run. But now that "The Fourth Kind" is set to bring the old-school alien-violation genre back into the megaplex, here's a look at some other movies that did their best to warn us about the unpleasant activities of those little gray guys.

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