Alien Abduction is a rather innovative found footage film that delivers some frightful scares, but it’s unable to avoid the trappings of the genre. The setup is that of a recovered home video that was made by a child who followed his family’s camping trip in the Brown Mountains, which turned into a struggle for survival against alien abductors. And, this is intercut with interviews from paranormal experts who explain the history of UFO activity in the Brown Mountain region. While it starts out rather interesting and has some intense moments, the film quickly degenerates into a generic “cabin in the woods” scenario with the characters holding out in the middle of a creepy forest. Additionally, the acting isn’t that good, particularly the cabin owner; who couldn’t be more of an outdoorsman stereotype. Though it gets points for creativity, Alien Abduction isn’t able to escape the classic horror movie tropes.