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Four UFO Government Conspiracy Found Footage Films Based on Real Events
Let’s face it, UFO visitation movies are fun to watch and spur the imagination. Nothing bolsters a UFO encounter movie more than filming the story as found footage—but why? The very notion that a film may be actual proof of alien visitation, regardless of how remote the possibility, increases the entertainment value a thousandfold. And what better way to make a UFO visitation film even more ...
5 Horror Characters That Could’ve Sustained a Found Footage Spinoff
Sometimes, there are characters in horror movies that, even if they’re not the protagonist, just stand out. We see them and we immediately want to see more of them. They pique our curiosity. In some cases, it’s because of what the actor brings to it. They have a larger-than-life personality that just seems to dominate the screen. In other cases, it’s because they have a video camera in their hands...
Four Found Footage Films People Thought Were Real
Sometimes an audience doesn’t get the memo that a work of fiction is just that. Take Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds (1938), notorious for the panic it caused immediately after its broadcast. It’s obviously fiction now, but that wasn’t so clear to the people who heard the radio drama and flew into a panic. The program presented itself as a news broadcast, often with bulletins that interrupted ...
5 Movies That Could Benefit From a Found Footage Remake
Remakes will never stop being a lucrative trend in horror. Even if the output might not reach the insane heights it did during the 2000s, stories have been being told and retold on the screen since the birth of cinema. Not every remake is successful, of course. Some are bland rehashes of the source material. Others try to go in a different direction but lose sight of what made the original great. ...
4 Things Blair Witch (2016) Got Right
By: Dan Weatherer Sequels are the movie industry’s favourite cash-cow, and a source of trepidation for fans of original IP’s everywhere. It seems to be the trend that if a new film sells well, a sequel will undoubtedly follow. This is especially true with horror movies. I, like many others, was wary of another attempt at a sequel to The Blair Witch Project (1999); arguably the movie which launched...
5 Halloween Themed Found Footage Horror Movies That Will Shock You [Update]
The leaves are turning color, the air is starting to chill, and October is almost upon us. That's right, Halloween 2017 is fast approaching! What better way to spend the Halloween season than to watch spooky horror movies? Found footage is arguably the scariest horror movie subgenre. The first person POV and stark realism of found footage films place unsuspecting fans in the direct path of what...
10 Creepy Found Footage Horror Movies Spun into Movie Franchises
The global popularity of found footage horror movies is largely due to the gritty realism offered by the genre. What is scarier than being lulled into believing, even if just for a second, that the film you are watching is real? Our team of found footage experts set out to find the ten creepiest found footage horror movies that were made into movie franchises! You heard us right, ten found footage...
3 Found Footage Films You Can Watch Now – Phoenix Lights, Camera, Action Edition
Since the dawn of civilization, stories have been passed down about visitors from other worlds. With the proliferation of mass media, reports of extraterrestrial visitors have only increased in frequency. On July 7, 1947, townsfolk in Roswell, New Mexico bore witness to the now legendary UFO crash. On July 13, 1952, countless residents in Washington DC reported UFOs flying over our nation’s ...
3 Found Footage Movies You Can Watch Now – Ruined by Underground Ruins Edition
The vast majority of humans live their lives above ground, going about the humdrum of daily life upon the surface of the Earth. We drive the roads, walk the paths, and sleep in our homes, all the while blissfully ignorant of the subterranean horrors that may lurk beneath us. In this edition of Found Footage Movies You Can Watch Now, we explore three films that prove the acuity of our surface-dwell...
3 Found Footage Movies You Can Watch Now – Doomsday Cults N’ Kool-Aid Edition
There’s an old adage that nothing binds people together more than family. However, there are some families that are worth steering clear of, which brings us to the catchphrase, “Don’t drink the Kool-Aid.” The next time you’re approached by an overly-friendly, soft-spoken man or woman adorned in a robe who shuns technology and invites you to their remote commune for di...
5 Highly Anticipated Found Footage Films for 2017
Now that 2017 is upon us, we have growing lineup of new found footage films to look forward to this year. We meticulously reviewed all of the found footage movies due out in 2017 and selected our top 5 most anticipated found footage films for 2017. With so many films to choose from, narrowing our list to five titles wasn’t easy. The found footage movies mentioned in this article are in vario...
Top 5 Found Footage Films for 2016
With 2016 coming to a close it’s time to take a look at the best-of-the-best new found footage movies of the year. We have had the privilege of cataloging well over fifty new found footage films during 2016 and choosing our top selections was not an easy task. Following a tedious review of this year’s films, we selected our top-5 favorite new found footage movies for 2016. Some of thes...
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