Area 407 (2012)

Survivors of an airplane crash find themselves within the borders of a government testing area and pursued by predators.

Directors:

Dale Fabrigar (co-director), Everette Wallin (co-director)

Writers:

Robert Shepyer, Suzanne DeLaurentiis (story)

Stars:

Abigail Schrader, Samantha Lester, James Lyons

Cast

Cast overview:
Abigail Schrader	...	Trish
Samantha Lester	...	Jessie
James Lyons	...	Jimmy
Melanie Munt	...	Laura Hawkins (as Melanie Lyons)
Brendan Patrick Connor	...	Charlie
Ken Garcia	...	Tom
Samantha Sloyan	...	Lois
Everette Wallin	...	Marshall
Jude Gerard Prest	...	The Cleaner
Savannah Ward	...	Tom's Wife
Michelle Welk	...	Base Command Opeartor

Storyline

The film opens with two teenagers flying from New York to Los Angeles on New Years Eve. Their nightmare begins when their plane hits extreme turbulence mid-flight. The relentless weather attack causes panic and terror amongst the passengers until the plane ultimately crashes in a remote government-testing area. The handful of survivors from the crash, bloody and disoriented, are then insistently pursued in the darkness by unknown predators that, unbeknownst to them, are part of the government's top-secret Mesa Experiment.

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Plot Keywords:

airplane crash | found footage | government | new year's eve | radio | 

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Taglines:

The plane crash was only the beginning

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

The movie was shot in five days and all ad-libbed by the actors.

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Goofs

The first aid kit is the wrong color and is incorrectly marked.

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Quotes

[first Lines]
Trish: Here we are on the way home, we're going to the airplane.
Jessie: Woo home, do you really have to tape everything?
Trish: Yes, I do.
Jessie: Ok um. Maybe you should buy your own camera.
Trish: Um why would I do that when I can use yours.
Jessie: Right, like you do with the rest of my stuff.
Trish: Exactly!

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Connections

Followed by Area 407: Part Two (2013)

User Reviews

Area 407 is more irritating than scary

The found footage genre is all but played out, but every now and then someone comes along to deliver a different take on it. The most popular genre to use this technique seems to be horror as a new one comes out all the time. The latest Area 407 delivers their take in this style in hopes of possibly delivering something new.

Area 407 follows a group of people involved in a plane crash. What they don't realize is that they have crash landed in a government testing area and something more sinister is out there with them. The story is pretty simple and works well delivering some decent build up and creepy moments. Throughout the story it slowly builds keeping you wondering what is chasing these unsuspecting victims. What really puts things off on this film are some of the characters. They all spend the majority of the film either screaming, fighting, or complaining making the whole thing gets real old real fast. You expect a certain level of this behavior in this situation, but they overplay it for so long you spend most of the time annoyed and waiting for something to kill them. There is never too much explanation on what is really going on other than the government's involvement which would be fine had it not had the ending it did.

Unlike a lot of these films, there is a pay off at the end even if it's not all that great. Once you see the direction the film leads it makes some of the previous moments in the film not make as much sense in regards to some of the kills. This isn't a horrible addition to this genre, actually for a smaller budget it's not all that bad, but with some toned down characters and a little more discovery could have been much better.

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Area 407

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions, Cloud Nine Pictures, Entertainment Factory

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1