# SciFi movie: big lizard things afraid of light? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363 "2006-12-23T18:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363/1 "2006-12-23T18:38:40Z")
There was a movie within the past couple years that had a commercial where the humans had to hide from these big monsters that prowled around in the dark. At one point in the commercial, A soon to be eaten was hushing someone. Part sci-fi, part horror. I remember being interested in the movie, but with kids and all, I decided to wait for the dvd. Does this movie sound familiar to anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363/2 "2006-12-23T18:43:12Z")
[Pitch Black](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134847/) perhaps? That was from 2000 though. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363/3 "2006-12-23T19:20:26Z")
Yes, sounds like _Pitch Black_, but those didn’t look much like lizards to me. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363/4 "2006-12-23T20:24:06Z")
I second Pitch Black. The first 20 minutes is some of my all-time favorite sci-fi screen time. Just don’t miss the first 20 minutes, like my buddy did, after I explicitly told him not to miss the first 20 minutes. Funny, the movie didn’t make much sense to him… I loved this film and its sequel (which didn’t have much to do with the first one), but a lot of folks didn’t. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363/5 "2006-12-23T23:51:15Z")
There’s also “Alone in the Dark” a SciFi movie about a race of giant lizard thingies that could not survive in the dark. Starred Christian Slater and Tara Reid. It was actually a pretty good B-grade SF movie. The aliens were responsible for the destruction of the Incan civilization and were somehow connected to some metallic artifacts. There was much running hand hiding and skulking in the dark. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363/6 "2006-12-23T23:53:17Z")
Shoot. Lead sentence should read, “…could not survive in the LIGHT.” D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363/7 "2006-12-24T09:11:17Z")
Land of the Lost! ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363/8 "2006-12-24T09:13:48Z")
Godzilla vs. the [Grue](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_(monster)). ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scifi-movie-big-lizard-things-afraid-of-light/385363/9 "2006-12-24T18:56:55Z")
[QUOTE=Evil Captor] There’s also “Alone in the Dark” a SciFi movie about a race of giant lizard thingies that could not survive in the dark. Starred Christian Slater and Tara Reid. It was actually a pretty good B-grade SF movie. The aliens were responsible for the destruction of the Incan civilization and were somehow connected to some metallic artifacts. There was much running hand hiding and skulking in the dark. [/QUOTE] ding ding ding ding. Thank you EC. That’s the one I was looking for. I’m pretty sure.