# Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

> Recovered footage turns a twentieth-anniversary search for three vanished teenagers into a claustrophobic desert encounter with alien terror.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/300316

## Facts

- Runtime: 87 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
- Director: Justin Barber
- Cast: Florence Hartigan, Luke Spencer Roberts, Chelsea Lopez, Justin Matthews, Clint Jordan, Cyd Strittmatter, Roberto Medina, Jeanine Jackson
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6574272/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: eerie, paranoid, foreboding, late night horror viewing, found footage marathon

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