The only thing real about it is that there were indeed some disappearances in alaska. A dark truth behind the scariest film on netflix overland. Nov 12, 2009 there is no real footage in the fourth kind. The horror movie tries to say that documented disappearances of nome residents are the result of alien abductions and thats just hollywood. Alien abduction flick the fourth kind is dangerous twaddle chris. Alaskas fourth estate has managed to at least slap the hand of the halfassed hollywood alienabduction movie that irritated the people of. It uses a split screen of real footage and reenactments starring milla jovovich. The producers of the fourth kind were sued because they made people believe that it was real and they posted fake obituaries and websites saying the movie is true even. The character work on display in the fourth kind is actually genuinely interesting but the choice to deliberately play up the fake nature of film probably worked better in concept than reality. Why the aliens chose this community of 9,261 to abduct so many people is a mystery. The fourth kind is a scifi thriller about a pyscologist in nome alaska, dr abigal tyler who is investigating alien abduction theories.
The official site encourages believers to post their abduction experiences on facebook and twitter, and lists web resources for further reading on the topic of ufos. Upon the release of the 2009 film the fourth kind there was rampant discussion of whether the movie was based on actual true events, or whether the marketing was simply incredibly good. In this video we discuss the claims made from the fourth kind movie. The real story behind nome alaska missing people top. Trailers from the movie and its marketing department claim its a reenactment of actual abduction cases which occurred in nome, alaska.
Well watch it in its habitat, and well take pictures and samples. The film s trailer states that the story is based on actual case studies, but did not specify any cases. The film addresses the almost 20 reported disappearances and deaths that have. The fourth kind is another horror film relying on the found footage technique. Jul 07, 2016 the alaska press liked even less the idea of news stories about unexplained disappearances in the nome area being used to hype some kind of fake documentary. So i saw this about 6 or 7 years ago when it came out and i remember being so terrified even knowing they compared fake recreated footage with more fake real footage. Thrill seekers have also been looking up the fourth kind movie and the fourth kind trailer. The movie uses real footage shown alongside some scenes involving her patients, and her own, reaccount of thier abduction experiences. The fourth kind is a fascinating and entirely watchable film with a real sense of passion on display, and sometimes an interesting failure is preferable to an unremarkable success. May 24, 2012 the fourth kind is an american science fiction thriller that was released in 2009.
The fourth kind 2009 frequently asked questions imdb. Is the fourth kind real or another blair witch fake out. The fourth kind is a 2009 american science fiction psychological thriller film directed by olatunde osunsanmi and featuring a cast of milla jovovich, elias. The fourth kind can often feel spooky and tense, but thanks to the godawful decision made by the filmmakers to make the film both found footage and fictionalized at the same time, the movie. The film is set in nome, alaska in the year 2000 and points to several reallife disappearances and attempts to. But from the opening scene, which has jovovich doing her best rod serling impression, the fourth kind is terminally awkward in the way it meshes fake real footage. Friday, november, 2009 alaska, the fourth kind, universal pictures no comments.
Over the last month or so, you may have seen the somewhat effective trailers for the fourth kind i know that ads for the movie has appeared frequently on this site. At moments, we see what is purported to be documentary. Are the archived footage tapes in the fourth kind real. Prior to the events of the movie her husband was killed by an intruder and her daughter went blind from the mental trauma. It is a piece of fiction using other pieces of fiction to verify its already fake plotline. Nov 06, 2009 for the fourth kind to appear real, it cant give us extraterrestrials, just the wreckage in their wake. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The makers of the fourth kind want viewers to come to their own conclusions about the veracity of dr. Nov 04, 2009 however, the fourth kind isnt trying to tell you its true as much as its asking whether you believe. Despite fbi investigations, the disappearances remain a mystery. The truth is rarely good enough for movies based on a true story.
Abigail tyler, as she investigates abnormal sleep patterns in the alaskan town of nome. The fourth kind pays for telling a big fib anchorage daily news. Fourth kind registers high on the fakeometer by paul lucas. Sep 01, 2009 1n 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. The fourth kind movie fact or movie hoax chuck zukowski. The fourth kind was written and directed by olatunde osunsanmi and is his first major film project. A psychologist in a remote alaskan town fears a series of local disappearances could be the result of alien abductions. This film is a dramatisation of events that occurred october 1 st through the 9 th of 2000 in the northern alaskan town of nome. For the fourth kind to appear real, it cant give us extraterrestrials, just the wreckage in their wake. The stuff of sleepless nights, i suppose, and sleepless mornings. It was way more interesting and crazier than i thought it would be.
From my best source, the fourth kind was a fake, even the raw. With milla jovovich, elias koteas, will patton, hakeem kaekazim. To better explain the events of the story, the directors included actual archival footage throughout the film. The film contains scary images and strong language. This encounter in 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. Abigail tyler, a psychologist, may be on the verge of blowing the unsolved cases wide open when, during the course of treating her patients, she finds evidence of alien abductions. The fourth kind does everything but hit you over the head and say, hey, all this crap is real. But where paranormal makes no bones about the fact that it was indeed staged, the fourth kind is claiming to be the real deal. Its part of the film s truthorfiction conceit that the questions linger, but the transparent gimmickry. Nov 05, 2009 but the fourth kind is the cinematic version of a chain email hoax. Severel of her patients share similar stories of being abducted. The most compelling real paranormal footage is usually poor quality like the patterson film or josh gates flying brick or black blob footage, so when we see it look too convenient like the police car footage or the leaner white guy abductee whos actor thought that he was in a demon movie, it is so obviously fake and it makes the viewer oppose. Writerdirector olatunde osunsanmi, who appears in interview segments with the probably fictional tyler, gets off a few good shocks in the documentary footage, and tyler strikes the classic profile of an unsolved mysteries subject.
Aug 12, 2016 the fourth kind is a fascinating and entirely watchable film with a real sense of passion on display, and sometimes an interesting failure is preferable to an unremarkable success. Half of me thought it was genius on the filmmaking standpoint and the other half was scared shitless even so. A dark truth behind the scariest film on netflix overland literary. While the jurys still out 100 percent, its safe to assume that the footage used and the alien. The result is a movie terrified of ever delivering its own payoff.
The only ways in are by sea, air, dogsled or birth canal. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. The fourth kind looks real and the facts are there but i still cant figure it out. Take a story with a basis in truth a rash of wellpublicized, fbiinvestigated disappearances in the remote alaskan town of. In an alaska town, a series of mysterious disappearances leads a psychologist milla jovovich to conclude that extraterrestrials have been.
The new thriller the fourth kind, which opens with star milla jovovich speaking directly to the audience about the movie s authenticity, has raised some suspicions about the credibility of its claims and supposedly real footage. The fourth kind movie showed shocking,crazy,real footage. The fourth kind is an american science fiction thriller that was released in 2009. The fourth kind is, in so many ways, a really awful film. Both trailer and film frequently cut between allegedly real footage of hypnotic regression sessions carried out by psychologist dr tyler on her. So now, here comes the fourth kind, another one of those films based on real events. Nov 07, 2009 the fourth kind movie showed shocking,crazy,real footage,or what appeared to be real,anyways. Searches on the fourth kind have surged 200% in the last seven days. Except that the movie, weirdly, has one foot in each camp. Mar 31, 2015 by the time we are travelling the galaxy, we will most likely be examining any life we find out there. But the fourth kind is the cinematic version of a chain email hoax. The fourth kind is a 2009 science fictionthrillerhorror movie starring milla jovovich the movie follows a psychiatrist, dr.
I am actress mila jovovich, and i will be portraying dr. Based on a true story of demonic possession, its pretty scary. Directed by olatunde osunsanmi and released in the uk over the weekend, it purports to be a dramatic reconstruction of events that took. The real story behind nome alaska missing people top secret. Oct 30, 2009 over the last month or so, you may have seen the somewhat effective trailers for the fourth kind i know that ads for the movie has appeared frequently on this site. The alaska press liked even less the idea of news stories about unexplained disappearances in the nome area being used to hype some kind of fake documentary. Universal sued over fake footage in the fourth kind. Allen hyneks categories for ufo sightings the fourth kind refers to abduction. Abigail tyler and that some of the real archival footage may prove disturbing. Its a marginally compelling trailer, put together in what looks like a very misleading way.
Nov 04, 2009 fourth kind registers high on the fakeometer by paul lucas. The fourth kind is a highly underrated foundfootage flick. The fourth kinds director, olatunde osunsanmi who also plays the role of the man interviewing dr. Set in nome, alaska, the story is based on the mysterious disappearances of 24 people in nome from the. Lately there has been a resurgence of the docuhorror genre, first with the film paranormal activity and now with the upcoming film the fourth kind. Immediately raising the bar for believability sky high, milla jovovich saunters towards us in the film s opening to convey that she will be playing the real dr. The fourth kind opens by telling us it is inspired by true events, namely the mysterious disappearance of an inordinate amount of people over the past 50 years from nome, alaska. Nov 06, 2009 the fourth kind is another horror film relying on the found footage technique. What pushes fourth kind from the merely bad into the actually insulting was the filmmakers insistence that the documentary evidence was real. This movie only takes those disappearances and puts a story with it.
Even more bizarre, the actual residents of nome would eventually become involved, concerned with apparent real abduction videos and ufo encounters on the film s website. Abigail tyler basically used the real archived footage line to enhance the authenticity and scare value of his film. A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in alaska, where one town has seen an extraordinary number of unexplained disappearances during the past 40 years and there are accusations of a federal cover up. Alien abduction flick the fourth kind is dangerous twaddle. Abigail tyler is a real person or a fictional character for use in an internet viral marketing campaign. Nov 06, 2009 the fourth kind opens by telling us it is inspired by true events, namely the mysterious disappearance of an inordinate amount of people over the past 50 years from nome, alaska. By the time we are travelling the galaxy, we will most likely be examining any life we find out there. Since the 1960s, a disproportionate number of the population in and around nome, alaska, have gone missing. Abigail tyler is a real person or a fictional character for use in.
Is the fourth kind real or another blair witch fake. The fourth kind pays for telling a big fib anchorage. Tyler was played by actor and her name and career was change to get her identity a secret as. Universal pictures new thriller flick hit theaters this weekend,and i must say, i thoroughly enjoyed. The film claims that it is based on actual case studies however does not point out specifics. The fourth kind 2009 letterboxd social film discovery. As a result, much speculation has arisen regarding the search for documented evidence from the actual cases and whether dr. Tylers account, but unless theyre really gullible, occams razor or plain ol common sense should clear up any ambiguity. When a ufo is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. The new thriller the fourth kind, which opens with star milla jovovich speaking directly to the audience about the movies authenticity, has raised some suspicions about the credibility of its claims and supposedly real footage.
Take a story with a basis in truth a rash of wellpublicized, fbiinvestigated disappearances in the. The movie then slams down to earth, falling flat on its face. An encounter of the fourth kind involves abduction and thus is what the film the fourth kind is about. The film often goes to splitscreen, showing what they claim is real footage of hypnosis sessions conducted by dr. The film s tagline is their way out reading its up to you to decide. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of. Its still a good movie if youre into life on other planets or at least the possibility there is and also can admit many questions of facts and evidence remain unanswered for one reason or another. The fbi has done full investigations of those disappearances and found no evidence of either a serial killer or of alien abduction. Apparently there is more and more backlash from the movie the fourth kind and its claim of using real footage in its movie and in its promotion of the movie. Half of me thought it was genius on the filmmaking standpoint and the other half was scared. The fourth kind movie showed shocking,crazy,real footage,or what appeared to be real,anyways. Nov 11, 2009 ok, let me say this right off the bat. At the start of the film, actress milla jovovich addresses the audience as milla jovovich, informing us all that what were about to see is real.
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