The Phoenix Incident

The Phoenix Incident

Directed by Keith Arem

Produced by Concourse Media, PCB Entertainment

201581 min5.1 / 10

A found-footage-adjacent thriller that uses missing persons and unexplained UFO sightings to build paranoia and existential dread around alien contact.

A number of 'missing person' cases are reported in Phoenix, Arizona when an unexplained light appears in the sky one night in 1997.

Questions people ask

  • Is The Phoenix Incident scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Does The Phoenix Incident end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.

  • Is The Phoenix Incident easy watching? Barely. Less comforting than 86% of films.

  • Is The Phoenix Incident sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is The Phoenix Incident violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

27/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

You have seen this shape before.

Rarity69

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise26

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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