Area 407
Survivors of a plane crash are hunted in a secret zone.
Area 407 (originally titled Tape 407: The Mesa Reserve Incident) is a 2012 American found footage horror film directed by Dale Fabrigar and Everette Wallin. The film follows two sisters, Jessie and Trish, whose plane crashes in a remote area, leaving survivors hunted by unknown predators within a secret government testing zone.
Quick Facts
- Writer
- Robert Shepyer
- Starring
- Samantha Lester / James Lyons / Melanie Lyons / Abigail Schrader
- Music
- Matt Dahan
- Cinematography
- Bryan Olinger
- Editing
- Hunter Hill
- Studio
- Suzanne DeLaurentiis Productions / Cloud Nine Pictures / Entertainment Factory
- Director
- Dale Fabrigar / Everette Wallin
- Producer
- Matt Allen / Mitch Dickman / Michael Haskins
- Distributor
- IFC Midnight
- Released
- 27 April 2012
- Runtime
- 90 minutes
- Country
- United States
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Lore & Background
Area 407 was directed by Dale Fabrigar and Everette Wallin, and stars Samantha Lester as Jessie, James Lyons as Jimmy, Melanie Lyons as Laura Hawkins, and Abigail Schrader as Trish. The plot centers on two sisters flying from New York to Los Angeles on New Year's Eve. Their plane encounters severe turbulence and crashes in a remote area, where the survivors discover they have landed within a secret government testing zone and are being hunted by unknown predators. The film is presented through a handheld camera, capturing the group's struggle to survive the night as they face internal conflicts and the realization that help may not come.
Reader's Guide
Area 407 received largely negative reviews from critics. William Goss of Film.com gave the film a rating of 'D' and criticized it for lacking effective frights and a more inventive mythology, calling it amateurish handheld hokum. Jinx of Dread Central gave it 1.5 out of 5, stating that as a traditionally shot narrative feature it would have been terrible, and as a found footage flick it was punishment. The film did receive a positive review in HorrorNews.net. IFC Midnight acquired distribution rights on April 18, 2012, for North and Latin America, France, the Benelux, Greece, Central and Eastern Europe, Turkey and Asia, releasing it on video on demand on April 27. The film's significance lies in its place within the early 2010s found footage horror trend, though it failed to achieve critical or commercial success.
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