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10 Best Found Footage Horror Films You’ve Never Seen

By on December 15, 2011

Think “Paranormal Activity” is scary? You’ve seen nothing yet.

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Beginning with the massive success of 1999’s ‘Blair Witch Project’ to 2009’s ‘Paranormal Activity’, the found-footage sub-genre has branched out from being a gimmick to an actual story-telling device for filmmakers to explore fear in a brand new terrifying way. It has even branched out of horror and seeped into other genres like sci-fi (the upcoming ‘Chronicle’) and comedy. While most people are aware of the popular films in the genre that include ‘Paranormal Activity’, ‘Blair Witch’ and ‘The Last Exorcism’ among others, I’m not here to list that. Hell, I’m not even here to list some of the less famous but excellent ones like ‘Rec’ (which you must watch). After months of hunting down and watching countless bad to good movies that the found-footage sub-genre has to offer, I bring you the 10 most obscure gems that you’ve most likely never seen. If you thought ‘Paranormal Activity’ was scary, wait till you see what other low-budget indies do with the format. Get ready for sleepless nights.

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  • Arafaat

    Very cool feature – who wrote it though?!

    • Faisal Hashmi

      I did. The website doesn’t show the author yet but we’re adding that feature in the redesign :P

  • Faisal Hashmi

    I did. The website doesn’t show the author yet but we’re adding that feature in the redesign :P

  • guest

    The Last Broadcast is pretty great, mockumentary (I guess) about the Jersey Devil

  • http://www.facebook.com/miss.gory.rae Miss.Gory Rae

    Indeed…The Last Broadcast is HIGHLY underrated. (and Grave Encounters blew, imo)

    • Faisal Hashmi

      I’ve yet to give that a go. If I find enough gems that pop up, there might be a part deux to the article! And Grave Encounters ranks last in the list because it isn’t particularly very good but there are moments where it uses claustrophobia to good effect.

  • http://twitter.com/andyastle Andy Astle

    ordered a lot of these films whilst reading this, I’ve just watched The Amityville Haunting which although annoyed me quite consistantly throughout, I still enjoyed it and it had me gripped.

    Great write up.

    • Faisal Hashmi

      Is that worth viewing? I’m intrigued by the idea of using the found footage format for the Amityville story but I’m not sure if the film will lend itself to that rather than be a cheap imitation of better found-footage movies.

      • http://twitter.com/andyastle Andy Astle

        i’d say its definitely worth a watch mate.  it has some genuine creepy moments but you can tell they have a low budgets hence why the camera blacks out frequently.  I thought the concept was great but at the end of the day it is just a second rate paranormal activity.  If you do watch it let me know what you think.

  • shane

    just got me some of these hope they not a let down

  • beanbag beatle

    Try watching August Underground, 3 movies in all and let me know what you think..