Author: Adam Symchuk
The debut feature film from Peruvian director Gonzalo Otero sees four Americans heading to a remote mining area. Coaxed into going by Sarah (Sydney Amanuel) for her ecological documentary, the four soon find themselves stuck in a loop at the mine site, with bizarre totems, creatures, and distorted people coming after them. Unable to leave,
David M. Dawson has become a regular face at the Unnamed Footage Festival, with his previous titles Leech and Flesh Game previously screened. Dawson is a difficult creator to pin down, with each of his works offering a slow-burn up to an explosive finish; yet it is always the personas and themes he tackles leading
Alan at Night marks the debut feature film from Jesse Swenson, a pseudo-documentary about two aspiring prank YouTubers, Jay (Joseph Basquill) and Camillo (Jorge Felipe Guevara). The movie centers around a life change, where Jay finds himself needing a new roommate after his friend loses his job and has to move out. Putting out a
Fifteen years after leaving Corsica, Marie and Daniel return to visit their elderly grandfather. Looking to capture their reunion, they pick up the family camcorder, but what they uncover is far from what they expected. Heritage marks the feature film debut of director B.A. Croce, and it is billed as Corsica’s first found footage film.
Stop right here! Before you dive into this review and find out how phenomenal Frogman Returns is, it is essential that you watch Frogman (2023) first, which is easy to find on streaming services. This is essential, as the film heavily builds on the lore of the first while taking a slight deviation into even
The feature-length debut from director Nicholas Pineda, Infirmary (2026), is a found footage horror film set in a decaying hospital/asylum with a dark past. Here, a young security guard, Edward (Paul Syre), is working his first shift at the Wilshire Infirmary under the guidance of veteran guard and ex-cop Lester (Mark Anthony Williams). A break-in
The Killing Cell falls into familiar tropes and beats of the found-footage genre. Notably, the plot sees a group of friends/paranormal investigators head to an abandoned facility, only to find themselves targeted by an evil force. However, filmmakers James Bessey and Karsen Schovajsa realize the truth that any fan of creepy urban-ex videos will tell
Buffet Libre marks the third feature film from actor/director Zoe Berriatúa, and his first dive into more macabre subject matter. Here, the story follows an older Chinese couple, Xian (Yan Huang) and Ikki, whose restaurant, located in a Spanish mall, is threatened by bankruptcy. After the accidental death of a debt collector leads to the
We meet Elena, a “gajin” with a British father and Japanese mother, at her lowest, in a hospital bed after an implied attempt at taking her own life, or self-harm to the point of hospitalization. This incident acts as a catalyst to send her to a new school, where, while she still feels the prejudice
Set during World War II, Kiah Roache-Turner’s Beast of War (2025) follows a battalion of young Australian soldiers as they prepare for their first deployment. Focusing primarily on Leo, played by Mark Coles Smith, an indigenous soldier with a troubled past who also earns the ire of fellow soldier, Des (Sam Delich), due to his