The Fourth Kind

[The Witch]

Okay, the movie "The Fourth Kind" is a...

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.

Me and my family just got it off of Netflix and watched it for the first time. I and my father remember hearing that this movie had actual footage of some kind of paranormal activity happening to people.

In the beginning of the movie, we see the actress Milla Jovovich tell the viewers that they have changed names, ommited names, and she also warns the audiance that the footage they're about to see is disturbing. Here's what she says;

I'm actress Milla Jovovich, and I will be portraying Dr. Abigail Tyler in The Fourth Kind. This film is a dramatization of events that occurred October 1st through the 9th of 2000, in the Northern Alaskan town of Nome. To better explain the events of this story, the director has included actual archived footage throughout the film. This footage was acquired from Nome psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler, who has personally documented over 65 hours of video and audio materials during the time of the incidents. To better protect their privacy, we have changed the names and professions of many of the people involved. Every dramatized scene in this movie is supported by either archived audio, video or as it was related by Dr. Tyler during extensive interviews with the director. In the end, what you believe is yours to decide. Please be advised, that some of what you're about to see is extremely disturbing.


Milla plays the lead role of the women that had her daughter taken from her and she herself ends up actually going through the event of what ever the hell happened to her.

Now, I googled it, binged it, and searched high and low for an answer to my question...

Is the footage in the movie real?

It seems real, and it appears there is no evidence to prove that it ISN'T real. And the Director and movie creators do state that it is based on "actual case studies" about the disappearances of men from the early 1960s until now. So, what's the deal with this movie?

Till I get an answer I'm probably not going to be sleeping for a while.

 

[Jack's Smirking Revenge]

I was genuinely convinced by it when I watched it. But I've since heard it was all a set up, which was a bit of a disappointment. Still though, without knowing that it's a very impressive film. Knowing that though, it's a bit shit.

 

[The Witch]

I was genuinely convinced by it when I watched it. But I've since heard it was all a set up, which was a bit of a disappointment. Still though, without knowing that it's a very impressive film. Knowing that though, it's a bit shit.

Yea, that's what I keep seeing people claim--that it's not real. But why isn't it real? There's no argument or evidence to prove that it is indeed fake.

 

[Ghastly]

Yea, that's what I keep seeing people claim--that it's not real. But why isn't it real? There's no argument or evidence to prove that it is indeed fake.

I haven't seen the movie in long enough to say which actors have been outed in the supposed "real" footage in the film, but I'd like to say that any that contained the images of supposed real Abigail Tyler are fake.

For one thing, the "real" Abigail Tyler has an IMDb page. For another, her name is Charlotte Milchard. She's an actress from London.

Speaking of IMDb, The Fourth Kind has has its own page, with a trivia section that states, "According to promotional materials from Universal, the film is framed around a psychologist named Abigail Tyler who interviewed traumatized patients in Nome. However Alaska state licensing examiner Jan Mays says she can't find records of an Abigail Tyler ever being licensed in any profession in Alaska. Ron Adler, CEO and director of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute and Denise Dillard, president of the Alaska Psychological Association say they've never heard of Abigail Tyler. Web sites for an "Alaska Psychiatry Journal" and "Alaska News Archive" containing references to Tyler were created by the film's producers, but were outed as hoaxes when it was discovered they were registered a month before the film's release and the purported author of one of the archived news articles stated she had never written it."

You'd have to be pretty thick-headed to believe the events and the footage in this movie was real. Nevermind the complete lack of evidence that Abigail Tyler ever existed (and that she's portrayed by a professional actress in the "footage"), could you believe the uproar over the supposed real footage of the murder-suicide being used in the film? Why hasn't Universal Pictures been sued? Who gave them the rights to video evidence of a heinous crime?

There's a bunch of other little tips in the movie that suggest the documentary footage was bull (they fucked up Nome's landscape, I hear), but I think the whole Charlotte Milchard thing kind of speaks for itself, net?

 

[Meds]

I saw this movie in the theatre a few months back and was only slightly convinced it was real, so I looked it up when I got home and found a whole bunch of krap on it. I've never been a believer in any sort of aliens though, so I'm a pretty tough customer.
Along with what Ghastly said, I also read that the newspaper companies in Nome sued Universal Studios because they made fake articles which would be damaging to their credibility.

So the movie was kind of a waste of my time, but I was still creeped out by it. Those alien monster voices kept me up at night. They were extremely creepy.

 

[The Witch]

You'd have to be pretty thick-headed to believe the events and the footage in this movie was real. Nevermind the complete lack of evidence that Abigail Tyler ever existed (and that she's portrayed by a professional actress in the "footage"), could you believe the uproar over the supposed real footage of the murder-suicide being used in the film? Why hasn't Universal Pictures been sued? Who gave them the rights to video evidence of a heinous crime?

Don't call me thickheaded. I'm terrified of Alien/paranormal crap. And...I'm a girl.

Thanks for that info though, makes me feel better. *breaths*

So the movie was kind of a waste of my time, but I was still creeped out by it. Those alien monster voices kept me up at night. They were extremely creepy.

I know, they're beyond creepy. *shiver*

I wish I could have seen Ghastly's post last night, though. I couldn't sleep.

 

[Sullivan0930]

hmm i think i shall add this movie to my instant queue. sounds interesting!
....damn just checked and its only on dvd.

 

[The Witch]

hmm i think i shall add this movie to my instant queue. sounds interesting!
....damn just checked and its only on dvd.

Yea, it's a good movie. You should order it on DVD, me and my dad watched twice in a row.

 

[Ghastly]

Don't call me thickheaded. I'm terrified of Alien/paranormal crap. And...I'm a girl.

Thanks for that info though, makes me feel better. *breaths*

I know, they're beyond creepy. *shiver*

I wish I could have seen Ghastly's post last night, though. I couldn't sleep.

Oh no, no, no, I didn't mean to insult you. That came off a little harsh, and I am super duper sorry. The film was fairly freaky and in spite of all the negative reviews its gotten, I enjoyed it.

I actually think this film would've been much better if they just scrapped the whole 'movie' aspect of it, and instead shot the entire thing documentary-style (such as in the case of The Blair Witch Project and Cloverfield). I don't think I've ever seen a fictional documentary film on aliens.

But whateva.

 

[The Witch]

Oh, okay. Well, thanks for the help.

 

[Ohri-Jin]

@Ghastly I did exactly the same thing xD, IMDB etc..
@Meds I had exactly the same thing LMAO

The whole owl perspective gave me goosebumps but the screamings and sounds that those aliens make is unbelievable scary....I am a huge horror freak, horror movies only scare me this or so much, but The Fourth Kind is scary as hell, it gave me chills by the sounds alone....I find the scene when she heard herself (when she accidently taped herself) scream imense creepy and intense.

But like Ghastly I found out soon enough that its all set up and bull..

From now on dont believe the so called "True Footage" or "Based on true events" hype BS ...its just a marketing tool.

 

[Channizard]

Anytime I try to download this movie, seeds don't work. I've tried about 10 different torrents, all of them with no working seeds... when the initial website will say 'zomg 5000 seeds'.