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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 30, 2021 0:10:32 GMT
The Found Footage genre has been very much alive since the release of The Blair Witch Project (and there were many before then.) Many love love em and many cant stand them. Personally I very much enjoy them although II admit they are easy to screw up and make an awful one. And there are many awful ones.
But which ones are your favorites? It can be any genre. And it can be any kind of footage, not just "Found".
Mine:
1. The Blair Witch Project (1999)
2. The Disappearance of Jenna Matheson (2007)
3. The Last Broadcast (1998)
4. Searching (2018)
5. Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County (1998)
6. Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
7. U.F.O. Abduction (1989)
8. Host (2020)
9. The Houses October Built (2014)
10. The Houses October Built 2 (2017)
11. The Sacrament (2013)
12. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) - Im not really a fan of the series but this one is good.
13. Blair Witch (2016)
14. End of Watch (2012)
15. House with 100 Eyes (2013)
16. The Visit (2015)
17. As Above, So Below (2014)
18. Megan Is Missing (2011)
19. The Last Exorcism (2010)
20. Digging Up the Marrow (2014)
21. The Last Horror Movie (2003)
22. Quarantine (2008)
23. The Fourth Kind (2009)
24. V/H/S 2 (2013)
25. Jane Doherty Investigates (2004) - This one is claimed to be real. Im kinda skeptical. Still enjoyable though.
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Post by mikef6 on Mar 30, 2021 4:48:08 GMT
I hate them all. The first evening I sat down to watch Project Almanac (2015, directed by Dean Israelite), I turned it off after about 10 minutes when I realized I was watching a "found footage" film - a sub-genre I swore off years ago. The next evening, however, having nothing else to see and being a fan of time-travel yarns, I turned it back on and finished it. The "found footage" format wasn't as distracting as it usually is with me - I think I even noticed some traditional editing. That, coupled with my basic interest in time-travel stories, kept me going. If I were a star-awarding reviewer, I would give it three out of four. This film is pretty entertaining and thought-provoking, but not as top-of-the-line as some other twisty time-travel films I could name – but worth a look.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Mar 30, 2021 6:13:18 GMT
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Those are really the only two that stuck out for me. Both are really good though. The former essentially pioneered the genre for modern audiences and it certainly popularized the concept, while the latter is a creepy ghost story. I found the ending to the former truly chilling. Not so much the latter.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Mar 30, 2021 6:22:46 GMT
I love As Above So Below.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 30, 2021 6:28:24 GMT
I hate them all. The first evening I sat down to watch Project Almanac (2015, directed by Dean Israelite), I turned it off after about 10 minutes when I realized I was watching a "found footage" film - a sub-genre I swore off years ago. The next evening, however, having nothing else to see and being a fan of time-travel yarns, I turned it back on and finished it. The "found footage" format wasn't as distracting as it usually is with me - I think I even noticed some traditional editing. That, coupled with my basic interest in time-travel stories, kept me going. If I were a star-awarding reviewer, I would give it three out of four. This film is pretty entertaining and thought-provoking, but not as top-of-the-line as some other twisty time-travel films I could name – but worth a look. Although I very much enjoy them I can defiantly understand how its not everyones taste. I seen Project Almanac as well. Its OK. I give it a 5/10.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 30, 2021 6:30:27 GMT
The Blair Witch Project (1999) Paranormal Activity (2007) Those are really the only two that stuck out for me. Both are really good though. The former essentially pioneered the genre for modern audiences and it certainly popularized the concept, while the latter is a creepy ghost story. I found the ending to the former truly chilling. Not so much the latter. The Blair Witch Project is one of my favorite films in general and has been since I was 11 in 1999. I was really excited when Paranormal Activity came out but when I finally saw it I cant say I liked much. I didnt find it scary at all. I thought part 2 was way better and scarier.
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Post by movielover on Mar 30, 2021 6:30:28 GMT
Searching
Paranormal Activity
Creep
The Visit
Cloverfield
End of Watch
I didn’t really like The Blair Witch Project much.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 30, 2021 6:30:50 GMT
I love As Above So Below. Thats a cool flick.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 30, 2021 6:39:07 GMT
Paranormal Activity Cloverfield I didn’t really like The Blair Witch Project much. I loved The Blair Witch Project right off the bat but I remember my uncle went to see the film and said he went all over the theater when the movie was finished to get a refund. Its a film that people have great love or great hate for. It shows how subjective horror can be. With Cloverfield I just thought it was OK. I know my dad loves that film though.
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Post by movielover on Mar 30, 2021 6:41:51 GMT
Paranormal Activity Cloverfield I didn’t really like The Blair Witch Project much. I loved The Blair Witch Project right off the bat but I remember my uncle went to see the film and said he went all over the theater when the movie was finished to get a refund. Its a film that people have great love or great hate for. It shows how subjective horror can be. With Cloverfield I just thought it was OK. I know my dad loves that film though. I thought Cloverfield was just okay too. I liked Paranormal Activity better.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Mar 30, 2021 6:44:40 GMT
I loved The Blair Witch Project right off the bat but I remember my uncle went to see the film and said he went all over the theater when the movie was finished to get a refund. Its a film that people have great love or great hate for. It shows how subjective horror can be. With Cloverfield I just thought it was OK. I know my dad loves that film though. I thought Cloverfield was just okay too. I liked Paranormal Activity better. I was rather disappointed with Paranormal Activity. I expected it to be more scary. Part 2 I enjoyed far more.
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Post by movielover on Mar 30, 2021 6:47:20 GMT
I thought Cloverfield was just okay too. I liked Paranormal Activity better. I was rather disappointed with Paranormal Activity. I expected it to be more scary. Part 2 I enjoyed far more. I haven’t seen Paranormal Activity 2 yet. I looked over your list again, and it looks like I missed a few. I love Searching. I’ll add it to my list along with The Visit and End of Watch.
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Post by Morgana on Mar 30, 2021 8:03:56 GMT
I only remember really liking these three:
1. The Blair Witch Project
2. Quarantine
3. Paranormal Activity
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Post by lostinlimbo on Mar 30, 2021 8:19:29 GMT
Some favourites;
Cannibal Holocaust
Ghostwatch
Lake Mungo
[Rec]
Noroi: The Curse
Hell House LLC
Skinwalker Ranch
Pretty much all horror or related. Though a non-horror footage film which I found alright; ‘84 Charlie Mopic’ 1989. A documentary team follows a small platoon in Vietnam.
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Post by Downey on Mar 30, 2021 8:56:00 GMT
"Found footage" is the std of cinema. Cloverfield is the only found footage movie that I wouldn't shit on, yet.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 30, 2021 10:18:51 GMT
Top 5.
Chronicle
Cloverfield
Afflicted
The Blair Witch Project
The Sacrament
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Post by politicidal on Mar 30, 2021 12:35:00 GMT
Chronicle
The Bay
Cloverfield
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Post by kolchak92 on Mar 30, 2021 13:21:43 GMT
Not a big fan of these, but I do enjoy The Blair Witch Project every now and then.
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Post by James on Mar 30, 2021 14:01:29 GMT
The Blair Witch Project
Unfriended
Paranormal Activity
Creep 2
Creep
The Visit
Cloverfield
Paranormal Activity 3
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Post by wmcclain on Mar 30, 2021 19:20:48 GMT
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