Boring crap.


Currently this movie is sitting at 5/10, which I normally consider acceptable for indie horror flicks as most people do not rate even good horror movies well on this site. This one needs to have it's score dropped asap so more people don't get fooled.

I get that this is a low-budget found footage film. But it really feels like the producers just gave a couple folks a camera from Best Buy and said, "There ya go. Make a movie".

VERY boring and tired concept (Roswell nonsense. Do people still enjoy this topic? alien movies need to get beyond this crap someday), the aliens looked miserable, and the ending went exactly how you'd expect. And seriously..."Men in Black" sunglasses in pitch black night? Gimme a break.

Also, the female lead is one of the more vapid characters I've ever witnessed on screen. ZERO chemistry with the main lead and one of the most cringe-worthy marriage proposals in any movie ever. Oh, you just got married? How about we eat some lunch meat and then go our separate ways (one checking out the barn, another watching a chick flick). Come on!

The story just makes no sense. I see that the production team is posting on this board and I am sorry, but your movie isn't good. Try again.

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Yea, I saw this movie the other day. It was ok to me. Just ok though. Nothing really happened in the movie til the last 15 minutes. I agree the men in black with the sunglasses on was a little ridiculous. Hopefully the whispering dead will be out soon and live up to the hype.

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i Laugh so hard watching this movie first off they find dead alien in barn and first thing comes to mind we need call the police WTF police going to do start a murder investigation into death of alien lol far i know not against the law to kill aliens

the girl was annoying i was so happy the aliens took her away at the end i was cheering

movie could stand have more action in it first 15 mins them driving to the ranch i mean a car ride wow that's lot action pact there lol

also i like when guy saids as long we dont mess anything up his grand parent wont know they said there beside eating there food and smoking in a non smoking house sure grand parent wont be the wiser

i could keep going with all the mistake has

liike i said it more a funny movie the horror one

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The producers appreciate everyone's comments, good or bad. We are not on this board to shoot down opinions or brag about our work. We do enjoy interacting with viewers, as that is something mainstream Hollywood does not do.

This is the kind of film that you will either like a lot or not like at all. When the movie debuted at the sold-out Nevermore Film Festival in 2011, audience responses during the two nights that Unaware screened were mixed to positive. The critic who was in attendance gave the movie 6.5/10 rating in his review. The other dozen or so festival premieres received similar responses. So I think the 5/10 IMDb rating is not completely out of the question.

We should also mention that this found-footage film has received more awards and nominations than Paranormal Activity and similar films, yet with no mainstream studio backing or big budget. We and many fans in more than 40 countries agree that Unaware steps outside the box and creates a fascinating experience. This was not intended to be a traditional movie, documentary, or mockumentary. If you want that, go to Hollywood. This is about a couple who took a vacation with their video camera to the middle of nowhere, and captured things that are quite extraordinary.

Roswell is far from a 'tired' concept, as a large percentage of the population believes in the Roswell incident and/or the possibility of aliens visiting earth. To our knowledge, there has never been a found footage film on this subject. Specifically none have mentioned Majestic 12, a concept only true Roswell fans would "get."

Most independent filmmakers churn out films hoping to hit the big time, but Unaware was not particularly a financial motive. A significant portion of the film's profits will be donated to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. This follows a donation that has already been made to the William J. Clinton Foundation in the name of the film.

Had you been involved with this project you would have seen all the obstacles that we have encountered just to get this film to the big screen; however, because that information (other than the SWAT incident) was not made public, you would not fully understand.

Anyway, thank you for your support by watching the film.

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@spielberg46 A friend of mine recently recommended this movie, so I got it and watched it. I am usually hesitant about my friend's recommendations since many of them have a rating less than 5 along with the minimal reviews of the films here on IMDB.
I was pretty impressed with this film/video and I consider it one of the better found footage films, and yes, better than Paranormal activity.
It really does make you wonder about the Rosewell incident.

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i suggest you spend more time crafting BETTER movies than trying to defend yourself online

WATCH VHS and VHS2 to see how its done - failing that many other found footage type movies

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Absolutely agree 100%.

I love found footage movies and have watched as many as I can find. This is near the absolute bottom. The aliens are not scary in the least. They are not used in a scary way. How they are presented is not scary. There are a million plot holes in the flick, ESPECIALLY involving the fact the guy's Grandpa would even have any of this stuff just haphazardly locked up in a barn like this to begin with! What if there were a tornado? Also why would the Grandpa just leave knowing they would come by? Plus he left a key for the lock there? Also how did the alien ship get there so quick? Why did they take the girl? Why were the MIBs late? Did they kill the guy or just take him into custody? No resolution of the plot in that department, folks.

The cast is poor. The guy playing the FBI agent is overweight and not passable as an agent.

The girl is cute, but she can't act a lick. Usually that can be redeemed by getting her kit off... but even that doesn't happen. She a producer's GF? You could have gotten a better actress going to your local university and scouting the drama dept. Now I know this was probably a non-union production, but that doesn't mean you can't get an amateur that at least has talent if she doesn't have any drama training.

The guy was at least all right in the role. It might be the only decent thing in the whole production.

I know the budget was limited. That doesn't excuse the poor script and poor acting. PA and the time traveling pic Primer. Both done much much much better than this.

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lol the alien is kept stored in an easily breakable chest...wouldn't the guy have contacted the authorities and requested help over the years? Maybe the grandfather WAS the alien...he got mutated or something?

I may watch the film again to see how bad it really was

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FBI wearing sunglasses at midnight.

UFO reported as silent makes a load of noise at the end.

Fat FBI agent was very poorly written and acted out.

Very little of interest in the build up to the money shot last 10 minutes.

Little green goblins strong enough to drag woman into their ship.

Man just falls over at the end, he doesn't seem to get shot or anything.

Barn full of blatantly placed evidence, like the Roswell newspaper cuttings just on the wall for fun, making everything really obvious.

They could get wifi internet in that house but no TV?

Car keys disappearing = absolutely lame.

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FBI wearing sunglasses at midnight.


They weren't FBI. Also, the Men in Black look is part of the classic UFO mythology the filmmakers were obviously trying to follow. You might as well ask why the aliens look like typical TV/movie aliens.


UFO reported as silent makes a load of noise at the end.


It was reported as silent in a newspaper story about a sighting where the UFO was at a high elevation over a town. In this movie, we hear it taking off from a few feet away. Have you ever seen a plane in the sky but not heard it? Do you think it was silent when it took off?

Fat FBI agent was very poorly written and acted out.


He wasn't an FBI agent. The fact that he neither showed a badge nor identified himself made that pretty clear. He's part of the Men in Black UFO Squad that the government supposedly maintains, according to the mythology. Apparently, Roy's phone was being monitored, and Joe's call was diverted from the "FBI North Texas Branch" to the MIB.

Since he's not FBI, there no reason he should look FBI. I agree that the character was a little too much like a small town sheriff to fit the idea of a Federal agent, but it's not like the filmmaker could afford to hire Lance Hendrickson.


Very little of interest in the build up to the money shot last 10 minutes.


I agree there wasn't a lot of build-up of tension, which is too bad, but I thought the character development, backstory, and gradual reveal worked pretty well. No, there was no "action". If you need constant action, this is not the film for you.


Little green goblins strong enough to drag woman into their ship.


Why not? They're strong for their size. Why is that improbable?

Man just falls over at the end, he doesn't seem to get shot or anything.


It's left open what happened to Joe, although most likely we're supposed to think some MIB agents sneaked up on him from behind and grabbed or choked him silently. (The silent grab is a common device in films, whether it's literally accurate or not.) I agree that was a bit weak, but it's not a fatal flaw.

Barn full of blatantly placed evidence, like the Roswell newspaper cuttings just on the wall for fun, making everything really obvious.


Yes, that was a key plot point that you either accept or don't. Of course it seems unlikely that a big pile of absolute proof of UFO theories, all stolen from the government, would be in some old guy's barn in rural Texas. It seems even more unlikely that the government knew about it, as the diverted phone call implies. But without that device, there would be no movie. If you rule out every movie, especially every FF movie, with an unlikely premise, you won't watch many horror films.

I do agree with you that the filmmakers laid it on a bit thick. I think we're supposed to infer that Grandpa Roy used to do something active, either in concert with the Feds or in a standoff of some kind with them. (The latter is unlikely because there can be only one winner in any clandestine standoff between a US citizen and the US government, and it isn't the citizen.) The decrepitude of the barn suggests that the had stopped doing so some time ago. Perhaps he was a "UFOlogist" who had gradually lost interest as he got older. We really don't know, but that's part of the point - we don't know any more than the characters do, which makes the events seem more real and more eerie.

They could get wifi internet in that house but no TV?


Just guessing, but maybe a mobile broadband card associated with their cell phone account? I have one, and it works fine wherever there's mobile phone service. Cell phone service or lack thereof is never mentioned, so it's a reasonable guess.

Car keys disappearing = absolutely lame.


Yes, an overused device in this type of movie. Unaware is unoriginal, like most horror films. That doesn't make it terrible.

I ended up rating this film much higher than it deserved simply because people here are so tough on it. I liked it a lot, thought the acting was fine - especially the male lead, who was quite believable as a stubborn "manchild". The dialog was reasonably believable - which is pretty good considering the actors obviously ad-libbed most of it - and the story was involving with good background and build-up. I don't watch FF movies for action or gore, so the lack of same did not bother me. I expect them to take a long time to get to the point because that's the way the genre usually works. Unaware made me feel that I was watching something that was really happening, which is the best thing a FF film can do.

Why do people go into no-budget indie horror with any expectations at all? Most such films are awful by the standards of regular movie-making. You either like them or you don't. If you don't like this type of movie, then don't watch it.

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My biggest problem with the movie is simply that the "found footage" gimmick has been overused to the point of absurdity. I understand that it can be an easy way to shoot on the cheap when you don't have much money to work with, but damn, guys. It's been done to death. Time to bury it.

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1. Check your username. Are you seriously comparing yourself to Stephen Spielberg?

2. The implication that the movie is so highbrow, only "real fans" of Roswell can possibly "get it" and therefore enjoy it?

3. A "fascinating experience" shouldn't make want to puke. The camera was so shaky I'm still feeling nauseous.

4. If someone doesn't like it, well that's not your fault because it's not meant to be a traditional movie. So we can all "go to Hollywood" which is just a euphemism to tell us we can go to hell for criticizing it.

I get it that you want to defend your movie. You spent a lot of time and effort on it.

However, as a longtime fan of the found footage genre, I'm nowhere near impressed. In fact most of the time I'm willing to give a 10 star review for a good effort. I could barely give this three stars.

No, it is not better than Paranormal Activity. Nowhere near close. Plus, I can watch that movie without feeling like I'm going to lose my lunch.

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Yeah I agree with you totally what a waste of film.Real crap,deserves a 1 1/2 rating and thats being generous.Thanks to Blair Witch *beep* this type of nonsense and which they call a film will go on for yrs to come.

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