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Found-footage alien movie The Gracefield Incident

The found-footage genre seems to be the preferred style for filmmakers creating UFO/extraterrestrial movies lately. This style of filmmaking creates the illusion that what is shown in the film was shot by the movie’s characters. The recently released Alien Abduction and last year’s Skinwalker Ranch are two examples of this style of movie dealing with the UFO/ET theme. And a newly released trailer introduces The Gracefield Incident as the latest extraterrestrial-themed found-footage film.

The Gracefield Incident
(Credit: Matt Ratt Productions)

The brief synopsis of this movie states:

On August 16, 2013, the Supreme Court mandated the CIA to declassify files that had been kept secret for the past 75 years. Visual records of documented paranormal events were released to the public. The following incident took place in Gracefield, Quebec.

Based on the trailer, this extremely small-scale production successfully executes the look and feel of a much larger production. The film’s writer, producer, editor, director, and star, Mathieu Ratthe, explains to Dread Central, “After 24 months in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, living in my parents basement, (where my Dad and I built a studio especially for this), I got it done.”

Mathieu Ratthe in The Gracefield Incident. (Credit: Matt Ratt Productions)
Mathieu Ratthe in The Gracefield Incident. (Credit: Matt Ratt Productions)

Empire Magazine describes additional plot details gleaned from the film’s trailer, stating, “[T]he titular incident involves a meteorite strike / UFO crash leading to some creeped-out shenanigans in the woods. Ratthe also stars, in that his is the mostly-offscreen character doing the filming. The perennial found-footage problem of characters shooting in unlikely circumstances is navigated through the use of a nifty eyeball-cam.”

It’s unclear how this character lost his eye, why he wears a fake eye with video recording capabilities, or how the CIA (presumably) eventually takes possession of this eyeball camera. But these unanswered questions and the interesting eyeball cam twist on the found-footage genre add to the appeal of The Gracefield Incident.

There are no details yet about the film’s release date. But Mathieu Ratthe will post updates to Twitter.

Jason McClellan

Jason McClellan is a UFO journalist and the producer/co-host of the web series Spacing Out! He is also the web content manager and staff writer for OpenMinds.tv, and a co-organizer and technical producer of the International UFO Congress. As a founding member of Open Minds, Jason served as a writer and editor for the now defunct Open Minds magazine. He has appeared on Syfy, NatGeo, and, most recently, he co-starred on H2's Hangar 1: The UFO Files. ------ Follow Jason on Twitter @acecentric and subscribe to Jason's updates on Facebook.

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One Comment

  1. it is better to know the secrets one is hiding from you or the reason of the secret.
    the universe is so big , there are so many creatures out there, who knew that in the middle of the desert there could be creatures ,the same applies to places we never went.
    the alliens are real, intelligent, just species which can be either good or dangerous to human like any other creature that may either break into human settlements or stay in the wild.
    no need to fight so much to get information from someone who keep that information confidential just to raise curiosity as if he/she owns the universe, just find that information for your own good by yourself by any means until you are satisfied , if it is not your concern life is more than information, keep living joyfully.

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