The Messengers is a 2007 supernatural horror film directed by the Pang Brothers, and produced by Sam Raimi.

It stars Kristen Stewart, John Corbett, William B. Davis, Dylan McDermott, Carter Kolbeck and Penelope Ann Miller.

The film is about an ominous darkness that invades a seemingly serene sunflower farm in North Dakota, and the Solomon family—the owners of the farm—are torn apart by suspicion, mayhem, and murder.

The graphic novel adaptation was published in January 2007 by Dark Horse Comics, written by Jason Hall, and illustrated by Kelley Jones.

A terrified mother, her teen daughter, and her young son are packing to flee when an unseen attacker kills the whole family.

There is tension between the parents, Roy and Denise, and their teenage daughter Jess, ever since she got into a car accident two years ago with her toddler brother Ben in the backseat, driving drunk when picking him up from the babysitter.

His real name is John Rollins, the man who, in a fit of madness, murdered his entire family (as shown at the beginning of the film).

Denise apologizes to Jess for not believing her as John breaks down the door, screaming that he won't let his family leave him.

Roy heals from his injuries, the crows no longer attack, the ghosts disappear, and Ben starts talking again.

Impressed with his work on High Tension, producer Sam Raimi offered the film to Alexandre Aja.

Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 34 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

Film critic Nigel Floyd wrote in Time Out, "many of the images feel over-familiar, and the shocks a mite too forced.

"[11] IGN Movies wrote in its review, "It's The Grudge on a farm," and concluded, "The problem with The Messengers is that it simply doesn't offer up much of anything new.

"[13] Writing for the site Reel Views, James Berardinelli wrote that "The Messengers borrows so heavily from (other horror movies) that it has no room left for anything of its own.