Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4
Its director stated on the record that "first and foremost, I wanted to make a UFO horror film, And then of course it's like, where is the iconic Black UFO film" 1. Its director stated on the record that "it's about taking up that space, It's about existing, It's about acknowledging the people who were erased in the journey to get here" 2. Its director stated on the record that "i wrote it in a time when we were a little bit worried about the future of cinema, So the first thing I knew is I wanted to create a spectacle… the great Ameri…" 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 9 of 100 4. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black and mixed-heritage and below it for White and Hispanic 5.
- 1Creator statementdirector: "First and foremost, I wanted to make a UFO horror film. And then of course it's like, where is the iconic Black UFO film?"CBS News interview, 2022 source ↗
- 2Creator statementdirector: "It's about taking up that space. It's about existing. It's about acknowledging the people who were erased in the journey to get here."GQ interview, quoted in TIME, 2022 source ↗
- 3Creator statementdirector: "I wrote it in a time when we were a little bit worried about the future of cinema. So the first thing I knew is I wanted to create a spectacle… the great American UFO story."TIME Magazine interview, July 2022 source ↗
- 4Content balanceAdvocacy 9 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1
- 5RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 84, mixed-heritage 71, White 3, Hispanic 31.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1
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Synopsis
Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.
Age: 47 — age-balanced
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Advocacy Over Time in Horror
The average advocacy score of Horror titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.
| Year | Average advocacy | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 0 | 2 |
| 1963 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970 | 6 | 2 |
| 1972 | 1 | 4 |
| 1973 | 1 | 3 |
| 1975 | 2 | 2 |
| 1976 | 0 | 2 |
| 1977 | 2 | 2 |
| 1978 | 0 | 5 |
| 1979 | 7 | 4 |
| 1980 | 2 | 3 |
| 1981 | 1 | 4 |
| 1982 | 0 | 4 |
| 1984 | 0 | 2 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2 |
| 1987 | 0 | 3 |
| 1988 | 2 | 2 |
| 1990 | 0 | 2 |
| 1992 | 0 | 2 |
| 1995 | 0 | 3 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 6 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 5 |
| 2000 | 1 | 5 |
| 2001 | 0 | 9 |
| 2002 | 1 | 8 |
| 2003 | 3 | 5 |
| 2004 | 0 | 10 |
| 2005 | 0 | 9 |
| 2006 | 1 | 9 |
| 2007 | 0 | 7 |
| 2008 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2 |
| 2018 | 6 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 |
| 2020 | 15 | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 | 10 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 9 |
| 2025 | 3 | 16 |
| 2026 | 4 | 19 |
| This title (2022) | 9 | 1 |
● This title (2022): advocacy 9 · explore Horror →
Cast & Crew
Jake Cavallo (director) · Liz Tan (director)