Signs Movie Summary

The movie “Signs” begins with Graham Hess, a former priest who lives on an isolated farm in Doylestown Pennsylvania with his brother Merril,l as well as his son Morgan and his daughter Bo. His wife Coleen was killed in a traffic accident. One morning, Graham discovers a crop circle in his field one morning. He reports this to the local law enforcement, and soon learns that crop circles are appearing all over the world, as well as strange lights over Mexico. Later that day, Graham and his brother Merrill find that the farm is being watched by a tall dark figure. Before getting a good look at it, it disappears into the fields. The next day, Graham decides to investigate the crop fields, seeing a green leg stick out.He flees back to the house.

Ray apologizes about the incident, and then takes off for the nearby lake, stating that the aliens do not like water. After Graham accepts the apology, he enters Ray’s house and uncovers an alien that was trapped in the pantry. The tension builds up as Graham anticipates his first clear look at an alien. The fingers of the alien jump out at him but Graham quickly cuts them off with a kitchen knife. He flees yet again. When he returns home, he presents two options, follow Ray to the lake, or barricade and stay put. They settle on the second option. When they finish boarding up the windows, they find that they forgot to block the entrance from the attic. The family then resorts to retreating into the basement. The aliens proceed to assault the door to the lower level. Suddenly, Morgan suffers from an asthma attack. Waiting it out until morning, the Hess’ turn on the radio and learn that the aliens have left Earth. They make their way out of the basement, but Morgan is taking captive by the very same alien that got its fingers cut off. It begins to disperse a poison. Graham recalls the last words of his dying wife and tells Merrill to swing