If you think you have seen all the found footage films out there, you are wrong. Sometimes, these films can get quite monotonous due to the repetitive use of cameras. However, some innovative storytellers come up with new perspectives that we have never seen before. Nias (2024), a directorial debut by Baptiste Rambaud, is a

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Late Night with The Devil is a 2023 Australian Found Footage Horror film, written and directed by the brother duo Cameron and Colin Cairnes. The pair is known for creating films such as 100 Bloody Acres (2012) and Scare Campaign (2016). The film is inspired by an episode of the Australian talk show The Don Lane

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There is something undeniably eerie about found footage films that delve into the mythologies we once loved and believed in. They offer a glimpse into a parallel universe of “what ifs” – what if Bigfoot actually exists? What if trolls really roamed around Norway? What if the slit-mouthed lady chased civilians in broad daylight? These

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Found-footage horror cinema is rightfully praised for its potential to scare by extending filmic depictions into our own reality. Delineating space and conforming to the four walls of the cinematic frame is defunct; fear is expanded to beyond what we can see. The result is ‘the uncontainable’. Think the enormous scale of the monster in

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Idiot Boy is a 2023 shot-on-video faux documentary written and directed by Luke De Brún, with additional writing from Dan Doyle. Beginning filming in September 2018, the film was created over a four to five-year period in South Dublin. Primarily known as director of music videos for the likes of Madison Front and Chinese Newspaper,

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August Underground’s Penance is a 2007 extreme found footage horror film, written and directed by Fred Vogel, with additional writing from Allen Peters and Cristie Whiles. The film is the final entry in the August Underground Trilogy, consisting of August Underground and August Underground’s Mordum, and the seventh film produced by ToeTag Pictures. Bonded by

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“Snoop Dogg’s least favourite film” – IMDB August Underground’s Mordum is a 2003 American found-footage extreme horror film, written and directed by Jerami Cruise, Killjoy, Michael Todd Schneider, Fred Vogel, and Cristie Whiles. The film is the second entry in the notorious August Underground trilogy, also consisting of August Underground (2001), and the final film

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The Glenarma Tapes is a 2023 Northern Irish found footage horror film, written and directed by Tony Devlin with additional writing from Paul Kennedy. Although the film presents itself as a found footage film, it arguably could have benefitted from a different approach. Nevertheless, it’s a commendable debut from an emerging director whose prowess in

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August Underground is a 2001 extreme found footage film, written and directed by Fred Vogel with additional writing from Allen Peters. The film was produced by TOETAG Pictures with effects from TOETAG SFX, whose formation was retroactive after the creation of August Underground and its first sequel August Underground’s Mordum. In 2006, the two companies

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Erotic Grotesque Nonsense 2: The Degenerates (2021)

The Degenerates is a 2021 extreme found footage horror film, written and directed by Jonathan Doe and produced under Vile Video Productions. The film is the second entry to Jonathan’s Erotic Grotesque Nonsense series, consisting of Barf Bunny (2021), and Defilement of a Porcelain Doll (2022). What seems like a candid video of a couple

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