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The Phoenix Tapes '97

  • Video
  • 2016
  • 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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The Phoenix Tapes '97 (2016)
Found Footage HorrorHorrorSci-FiThriller

Four campers take a trip and witness strange lights in the sky above Arizona in 1997. They are still missing to this day, and their bodies have not been found.Four campers take a trip and witness strange lights in the sky above Arizona in 1997. They are still missing to this day, and their bodies have not been found.Four campers take a trip and witness strange lights in the sky above Arizona in 1997. They are still missing to this day, and their bodies have not been found.

  • Director
    • Turner Clay
  • Star
    • Peter Miller
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.3/10
    968
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    • Director
      • Turner Clay
    • Star
      • Peter Miller
    • 22User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    7unyan

    Blair Witch comes to Roswell

    Seems very realistically done. There's even a written nod to Blair thrown in early on.
    3pondcarl

    Yawn, fun with testosterone and poor acting

    Yawn, fun with testosterone and poor acting. I was bored and wasted some time, my fault; but, I doesn't have to be yours!
    7varminttank

    Aliens are scary

    If you want a good entertaining ride you can open your mind up too. This one isn't bad. If your an ufo buff, and enjoy found footage movies than this one is for you. So grab some popcorn and enjoy the ride... the truth is out there
    5kuarinofu

    Noise and dead pixels

    This movie is technically well done, it looks authentic and even tries to cover some of the basic FF genre cliches.

    The problem is that it tries to be too authentic. This is why it barely has any comprehensive story and the events that occur are not particularly interesting or scary. It's short, gets somewhat repetitive and overall doesn't feel like an experience, but rather a short YouTube pseudo-FF film. The "father's" acting wasn't great as well.

    Can't say I wasted my time (since it's relatively short), but it was essentially unable to share any sort of tension, scare or emotion with me.

    I would maybe recommend it to FF genre fans, but there are much better films here to enjoy.
    7sjachimski-87898

    Clever placement.

    I initially thought I was about to watch a documentary, being as it was in the Documentary section on Amazon Video. It seemed a little odd to me that they were showing extended footage with no dialogue from a narrator. Once I realized what I was getting myself into I decided to sit back and enjoy the ride. It was different from all other found footage movies I've seen. Well done on the bait and switch!

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    Related interests

    Manuela Velasco in REC (2007)
    Found Footage Horror
    Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    Horror
    James Earl Jones and David Prowse in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
    Sci-Fi
    Cho Yeo-jeong in Parasite (2019)
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      Was falsely labeled as a documentary on Amazon Prime.

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    • Release date
      • 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • As Fitas de Phoenix '97
    • Production company
      • Phoenix Tapes Foundation
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 7m(67 min)
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      • 16:9 HD

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