2017 · horror · mystery · sci-fi
Phoenix Forgotten
Directed by Justin Barber1h 27m2017
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.
Our read: Phoenix Forgotten (2017) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded horror · mystery · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured horror / mystery, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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