found footage

LIVING AMONG US: A Product Of A Dying Art
LIVING AMONG US: A Product Of A Dying Art

Living Among Us is a poorly planned improviso, lacking direction, depth, story, character development and the ability to engage the viewer.

THE FAITH COMMUNITY: A Terrifying "Found Footage" Story That Falters
THE FAITH COMMUNITY: A Terrifying “Found Footage” Story That Falters

Despite a chilling concept and a serviceable lead performance, The Faith Community still leaves a lot to be desired.

CREEP 2: A Comically Engaging Character Study
CREEP 2: A Comically Engaging Character Study

Creep 2 takes the comedy and emotional performances of its predecessor to create something entirely new and unique.

HELL HOUSE LLC: DIRECTOR'S CUT: Breaking The Found-Footage Curse
HELL HOUSE LLC: DIRECTOR’S CUT: Breaking The Found-Footage Curse

Despite belonging in the overdone sub-genre of found footage, Hell House LLC manages to just stand out amongst the masses.

Interview With THE DARK TAPES Director Michael McQuown
THE DARK TAPES: The Best Found Footage Film In Years

The stale found footage genre is revitalised with ambitious anthology film The Dark Tapes, a stunning directorial debut from Michael McQuown.

BE MY CAT - A FILM FOR ANNE: Close To Purr-fect Found-Footage Satire
BE MY CAT – A FILM FOR ANNE: Close To Purr-fect Found-Footage Satire

Be My Cat is a satirical found footage film that manages to poke at the superficial ideologies of filmmaking while also being entertaining.

BLAIR WITCH: An Unimaginative, Unnecessary Sequel
BLAIR WITCH: An Unimaginative, Unnecessary Sequel

The idea of the “secret sequel” seems to be a new marketing scheme in horror cinema as of late. Earlier this year, a sequel to the film Cloverfield came out, called 10 Cloverfield Lane, yet nobody knew it was a sequel until a couple months before its premiere. In similar fashion, Blair Witch, the sequel to 1999’s seminal horror The Blair Witch Project, was originally filmed under the fake title “The Woods” so as to hide its true intentions.

Chatter
CHATTER: An Unnecessary Entry To The Found Footage Genre

In Matthew Solomon’s Chatter, Agent Martin Takagi (Tohoru Masamune) comes across the intimate video chats of married couple while monitoring Internet traffic for the Department of Homeland Security. The married couple, played by Brady Smith and Sarena Khan, begin to discover that their new home is haunted. In the same vein of horror films such as Paranormal Activity and the more recent Unfriended, the mechanics within this film felt familiar.