Tag: Found Footage
V/H/S/99
A gritty, bitty car crash into memory lane that impressively stitches its eclecticism together like a grotesque mixtape.
The Deep House
A suffocating rollercoaster that breathes new life into an enervated subgenre, trapping us into a nightmare that refuses to let go.
Willow Creek
With long takes, reliance on sound and suggestion, and chilling climax, it is one of the better found-footage titles.
FrightFest: The Paranormal Diaries – Clophill
One hell of a dull time, with nothing other than repetitive speculation to lull one to sleep.
FrightFest: The Dyatlov Pass Incident
The final act crosses the line between fantastical to slightly amusing ridiculousness.
The Bay
Piecing together its story in multi-format, it's an interesting spin on found footage, but it falls victim to an over-zealous edit.
A Night in the Woods
A taut atmosphere is effectively created, emphasised by drip-feeding of subplot, with one particular twist genuinely surprising.
The Inside
Refreshing for its solid reason for found footage, with some effective moments, but let down by uncontrolled camera.
Supernatural Activity
The humour wears thin due to puerility and the editor needed reining in, but some of the comedy is surprisingly well timed.
Grave Encounters
It's pure pantomime and about a decade too late, but with the lights down and sound up there's fun to be had.
The Amityville Haunting
Cliches abound, as does overkill, while the characters are irritating. And yet, a wound-up tension is impressed without noticing.
Skew
Found footage is a tricky subgenre to add an original concept to and Skew makes a good attempt. But it's not enough.
Evidence
There is probably a good film hidden somewhere in here, but the entire experience feels like a waste of time.
Evil Things
On the whole achieves its aim of imitating amateur home video, as director Dominic Perez steers the ship to a solid finale.
Re-Cut
A great example of how the first-person horror subgenre works its magic, but it also highlights some of its core flaws.