As far as this reviewer's personal beliefs go, Earth dwellers are definitely not alone in the universe, and in director Michael Raven's latest erotic feature, there's no cuddly E.T. or sarcastic ALF puppet waiting for us up there. The aliens in the erotic thriller The Visitors are bad motherfuckers, who fuck, scar and just generally scramble the eggs of anybody that they abduct in the fictional Desert City, California.

The special effects are good – we see some but not too much, and Raven really gets the idea that what we can't see is sometimes a lot scarier than what's visible. That fear works brilliantly with the sex, making things a bit more desperate, needy and frenzied for the viewer. Handled by a lesser director, the balance between the lust and the freak factor might not have worked, but Raven's skills don't let him down here. This is easily one of the best features this reviewer has seen this year and should be a force to be reckoned, come AVN Award nominations time.

Kimberly Kane delivers a wonderfully real-feeling lead performance as a girl just waiting for her guy (Evan Stone) to get home from work so she can get laid. She gets that in spades when he shows up, and it is most definitely the hottest scene here. Kane is sweaty and beautiful, and the sense of a true sportfuck is never lost for a minute. They have a blast. Oh, and then she gets abducted and tentacle-fucked by the aliens, too. A woman can never really win in this world, can she?

Barrett Blade and Kirsten Price get abducted after a hot vag fuck in a pickup truck. A group campfire beer and pot outing turns sexy then tragic. Cassie Courtland blows Marcos Leon beautifully by the roaring fire and away from the group, former contract girl Keri Sable stresses over the behavior of asshole boyfriend Chris Evans but lets him fuck her in the ass anyway. Sable and her violated, dysfunctional relationship-lovin? butthole almost escape the aliens, .but not quite. Sigh.

Pre-nom for Best Video Feature, Raven for Best Director – Video, Best Editing – Video and Best Screenplay – Video, Kane for Best Actress – Video, Sable for Best Supporting Actress – Video, Kane and Stone for Best Couples Sex Scene – Video, Best Music to Raven and Billy Missile, Best Videography to Raven, Best Special Effects, Francois Clousot, Jake Jacobs and Red Ezra.

Retailing: Your Wicked section, your Raven section. Stock and re-stock this one.