Unearthed is a 2007 American horror film directed by Matthew Leutwyler and starring Emmanuelle Vaugier and Luke Goss.

After a sinister crash on the highway in a small New Mexican town, people start disappearing and animals begin dying.

Sheriff Annie is called to investigate the crash, and finds a strange piece of evidence.

It is later explained the creature is an alien weapon, devised by an extremely ancient civilization to collect DNA like some kind of probe or exploration device created using bio-technology, however it tends to do so in a decidedly lethal manner.

Back at the gas station, Caya and Charlie are flirting inside the motel room.