Movie

Phoenix Forgotten

2017 · 87 min

A slow-building found-footage mystery that mixes documentary detachment with mounting dread as the desert night turns hostile and strange.

Tagline: Based on Shocking, Untold True Events.
Overview: Twenty years 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.
How it feels: Eerie, tense, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Mystery, isolation, fate, family
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
isolation
fate
family
survival
Places: suburbs
wilderness
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: found footage
mockumentary
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none