Well this looks like fun. J.J. Abrams doffs his hat to vintage Steven Spielberg (with Spielberg’s assistance) with Super 8:
Looks like J.J. has ramped up the scary a bit more than Spielberg used to though (schooled in the comments by RPJ)…unless it’s a ruse and the ‘alien’ (if that’s what it is) is actually cute and cuddly a la E.T.