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MONEY
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Earned back only 0% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
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Area 51
"They're here."
2015 1h 31m EN
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5.0
MID
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13%
ROTTEN
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30
METACRITIC
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4.3
IMDB
★5.0TMDB · 673🥫13%Rotten Tomatoes●30Metacritic★4.3IMDB · 15,668
HorrorMysteryScience Fiction
Synopsis
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Three young conspiracy theorists attempt to uncover the mysteries of Area 51, the government's secret location rumored to have hosted encounters with alien beings. What they find at this hidden facility exposes unimaginable secrets.
“They're here.”
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Frank Novak
Frank Novak
Reid Warner
Reid
Darrin Bragg
Darrin
Ben Rovner
Ben
Jelena Nik
Jelena
David Thornsberry
Employee
Amelia Thornsberry
Employee Daughter
Jennefer Folsom
Jennefer Ludwigsen
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Oren Peli
- Writers
- Oren Peli
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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Released 11 years ago.
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WORLD
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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Oren Peli, shot by Todd Grossman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Jake York shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Frank Novak and Reid Warner and Darrin Bragg carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "They're here.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt1519461 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Oren Peli directs. Todd Grossman behind the camera. Jake York cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Portuguese.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Earned back only 0% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
- 2Released 11 years ago.
- 3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Portuguese.
- 4Directed by Oren Peli, shot by Todd Grossman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Editor Jake York shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Frank Novak and Reid Warner and Darrin Bragg carry the top of the cast.
- 7Marketing tagline: "They're here.".
- 8IMDB entry: tt1519461 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Classified under 13 themes, including "secret base", "military base", "alien life-form", "alien".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Todd Grossman
- Editing
- Jake York
- Production design
- Patrick M. Sullivan Jr.
- Costume design
- Amy Brownson
- VFX supervisor
- Jake Morrison
- Runtime
- 91 min · 1h 31m
- Aspect ratio (typical)
- 1.37:1 (Academy)
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Box office
- $7,556
- Return
- 0% of budget
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
- IMDB
- Area 51 (2015)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 13% 🥫 Rotten
- Metacritic
- 30/100
- IMDB rating
- 4.3/10 · 15,668 votes
- MPAA
- R
Also by
Oren Peli
Stills · wallpapers
Selected frames
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Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Insurge Pictures
US
Blumhouse Productions
US
- AR
Aramid Entertainment
GB
IM Global
US
- IN
Incentive Filmed Entertainment
US
Room 101
US
- SO
Solana Films
US
Key crew
- ProducerJason Blum
- Costume DesignAmy Brownson
- EditorJake York
- Production DesignPatrick M. Sullivan Jr.
- Executive ProducerAmir Zbeda
- Art DirectionDanielle Clemenza
- Art DirectionZach Bangma
- Line ProducerJeanette Volturno
- EditorBlake Maniquis
- Executive ProducerSteven Schneider
- Line ProducerRick Osako
- Executive ProducerOren Peli
- CastingValerie McCaffrey
- Executive ProducerStuart Ford
- Co-ProducerJake Morrison
- Set DecorationMark J. Mullins
- Visual Effects SupervisorJake Morrison
- Co-ProducerGregory Plotkin
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- secret base
- military base
- alien life-form
- alien
- ufo
- extraterrestrial
- found footage
- area 51
- government conspiracy
- alien object
- aliens
- pseudo-documentary
- pseudo documentary
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2015-05-15R
- Digital2015-05-15R· (internet)
Also known as
International titles
- 51GB
- Área 51BR
- Zona 51: DosareleRO
- Зона 51RU
- Oblast 51RS
- 51-es körzetHU
- Περιοχή 51GR
- Mistérios da Área 51BR
- Area 51US
