Found Footage Films (Page 1 of 32)

I love these movies.  Ok...so my piks are not original.  I think it's easy to hate these type of movies that make it it big.  Lets take Blair Witch.  A lot of people think this is the effin dumbest movie ever made.  I think...if this movie hadn't been released.  If it was found some obscure way, like a stream no one knew about, or a random movie sittin in the back of a video store...and someone found it.  People that saw it that way would think it's the frickin greatest movie ever.  Think same would apply to Paranormal Activity.

So...

1 - Paranormal Activity
2 - Blair Witch Project
3 - Paranormal Entity
4 - Poughkeepsie Tapes
5 - Paranormal Activity 2
6 - Quarantine

Have Gacy ordered.  Really want to see In Memorium, Rec and Atrocious.  Would like to know about others.

Great Thread Mistress!

Last edited by Ghostseeker (2011-01-25 02:33:58)

the Fourth Kind wasnt that bad actually.. it had an interesting take on things..

I liked
REC (2007)
REC 2 (2009)
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Cloverfield
Noroi (2005)

i did see half The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007) i had to turn of cause i was tired but i did like what i saw.

Also liked
the Fourth Kind
Cloverfield (2008)

I did not like
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
Diary of the Dead (2007)
The Last Exorcism (2010)

I did not like Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) but i going to give one more watch as i seen all the above a least twice.

Also i did not like
The Haunted house project aka Deserted House akaPyega (2010)
The Collingswood Story (2002) (which i saw last nigth for the first time)

but i am really looked forward to Grave Encounters (2010), the evidence (2011) and Area 51 (2011)

Cannibal Holocaust never gets enough credit for really planting the seeds of these types of films [REC] is probably my fave, [REC] 2 was a good sequel
Paranormal Activity really surprised me with the chills it served.
The Poughkeepesie Tapes was an excellent example of what you can do with a small budget.
Cloverfield I'm not much of a fan of aside from some of the FX
Diary of The Dead was too heavy-handed for my taste and that's coming from a Romero enthusiast
Blair Witch I bounce back and forth on - when I first saw it I found the ending chilling - watched it again and it didn't do anything for me.  Seen it since too, and I appreciate it for what it is, but I don't see it as the great piece of work some do.
The Fourth Kind had some interesting moments, but overall it felt a little lackluster
Home Movie is pretty disturbing - definitely one to give a looksy

Really want to see Gacy House, In Memorium and Atrocious

Last edited by deadhorse13 (2011-01-25 14:14:51)

hell yeah, Man Bites Dog rules! LOL

Behind The Mask: The Rise of LV totally stole from it and it doesn't even compare

mistress when i grow up i want to be like you! an awesome Thread Creator xxxx

i like  " Cloverfield", "Rec", "Diary Of The Dead" "Paranormal Activity" but think it is becoming a little tired now.

a poetry spouting, racist, homophobe - what's not to like? LOL
I think the scene with the old lady seals the deal for me, but you're right he's definitely a bit daffy LOL

Last edited by deadhorse13 (2011-01-25 17:47:38)

which can also be filed under 'pound footage' LOL

Ha!  I forgot about that scene.  I've name checked MBD quite a few times here on HM and even included it in a top ten I did - I think it's high time I gave it a revisit - it's been years.

Of the mentioned films my personal fav is Cannibal Holocaust. There were parts when I wanted to turn away, but couldn't, and gladly so. 2nd in line is REC. REC was fast paced and you never knew where or when the infected were coming or who next victim was. 3rd on my list Man Bites Dog , which I recently watched for the first time last wk. The serial killer was unpredictable, yet likable in some weird way. As for Blair Witch Project? I saw it at the theater when it came out and was a bit let down. I think for the fact that it got a lot of hype from a few of my friends as " the scariest movie they had seen." I have watched it several times since and still think it was just o.k. Paranormal Activity had it's creepy moments, but all in all, still didn't do much for me. Still a fun movie though.

Last edited by Underdog (2011-01-25 21:49:54)

I like REC and Paranormal Activity, def. have a soft spot for Blair Witch as well. If done right these sort of films can be enjoyable but it seems to have stalled a lil recently. Hope it picks up

This is probably one of my favourite subgenres, even though it's a tread-lightly one, considering it's very easy to overdue. I just love the 'real' feel of it, when it's done right.
Pretty much every found footage film I've seen (which would be probably about half of those I see already listed), I've liked. My favourites, though, would have to be REC, Quarantine, Paranormal Activity (barely), and Cannibal Holocaust. And then, of course, there's Cloverfield, which I've seen 19 times in 3 years. That's not more than I've seen Spaceballs, but, then, Spaceballs got a head-start.

My 12th grade French class actually started making our own found-footage-style short film, called L'Ombre (Shadow), but our teacher cut us off before we could actually film it. Luckily, we all had a crush on her (even the one girl in the class), otherwise we probably would've been mad.