Two decades after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hou... Read allTwo decades after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.Two decades after three teenagers disappeared in the wake of mysterious lights appearing above Phoenix, Arizona, unseen footage from that night has been discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition.
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- Young Sophie
- (as Serendipity Liliana)
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- TriviaThe footage claiming to be from 1997 was shot on modern digital cameras in HD. To simulate the look of lo-fi analog footage, after the special effects were added in, the footage was copied to actual VHS tapes which were then re-digitized to finish editing. The analog defects are therefore real and not simulated. This had the added benefit of making the computer effects look more integrated with the original footage.
- GoofsBillboards advertising the three teens missing show a number with the 480 area code in it. The film takes place in 1997, but 480 area code was not created until 1999.
- Quotes
Ashley: He shot the footage.
Phoenix Astronomical Society: [to Josh] Oh, you shot the footage? Oh, congratulations! Can you learn to focus?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Chris Stuckmann Movie Reviews: Phoenix Forgotten (2017)
- SoundtracksThe X-Files Theme
from The X-Files (1993)
Written by Mark Snow
Published by TCF Music Publishing, Inc.
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
A low-budget horror flick about three missing teenagers, that were trying to find the source of a 1997 UFO phenomenon called 'Phoenix Lights' (when they disappeared 20-years earlier). Newly discovered found footage shows the teens' final hours (before they vanished). The film was directed by debut feature filmmaker Justin Barber, and it was written by Barber and T.S. Nowlin. Nowlin also served as a co- producer on the movie, alongside the great Ridley Scott. The cast features Chelsea Lopez, Florence Hartigan, Justin Matthews and Luke Spencer Roberts. The film is your pretty standard 'found footage' low-budget thriller, nothing memorable but nothing too laughably bad either.
On March 13th, of 1997, multiple strange lights appeared in Phoenix, Arizona. They were witnessed by several shocked locals, and believed to be a UFO sighting by many. Three teens (Lopez, Matthews and Roberts) went investigating the phenomenon, and went missing. This film picks up 20-years later, on the anniversary of their disappearance, when one of the missing teenager's sister (Hartigan) decides to investigate her brother's disappearance.
The movie is definitely nothing original, or scary (in my opinion). It is decently acted and directed though, for the genre. It's based on a real event too, so at the very least the film is somewhat educational. I didn't find it boring, or overly cheesy either. I'd say it's worth at least one viewing, if you're a fan of this type of movie.
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- Aug 30, 2017
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- Also known as
- Phoenix'te Unutulan
- Filming locations
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA(location)
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- Budget
- $2,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,600,146
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,816,499
- Apr 23, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $3,697,729
- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1