Mass After Midnight

A Reliquary of Horror Cinema

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Best Found Footage Horror Movies

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The most argued-over format in modern horror. Everyone has a breaking point with shaky cameras, but the best found footage films use the form's limitations as genuine storytelling tools. Immediacy, plausibility, and the uncanny suggestion that what you're seeing is real. These are the ones that work.

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The Blair Witch Project
The Blair Witch Project

1999 · Daniel Myrick · 81 min

Folk HorrorFound Footage
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Lake Mungo
Lake Mungo

2009 · Joel Anderson · 87 min

Found FootagePsychologicalSupernatural
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[REC]
[REC]

2007 · Jaume Balagueró · 78 min

Found FootageSurvival HorrorDemonic
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Paranormal Activity
Paranormal Activity

2007 · Oren Peli · 86 min

Found FootageSupernaturalPossession
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Noroi: The Curse
Noroi: The Curse

2005 · Koji Shiraishi · 115 min

Cosmic HorrorFound Footage
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Cloverfield
Cloverfield

2008 · Matt Reeves · 85 min

Creature FeatureFound FootageSci-Fi Horror
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V/H/S
V/H/S

2012 · David Bruckner · 116 min

Creature FeatureFound FootageAnthology
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The Last Exorcism
The Last Exorcism

2010 · Daniel Stamm · 87 min

Found FootagePossessionDemonic
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Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum

2018 · Jung Bum-shik · 95 min

Haunted HouseFound Footage
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The Taking of Deborah Logan
The Taking of Deborah Logan

2014 · Adam Robitel · 90 min

Found FootagePossession
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Creep
Creep

2014 · Patrick Brice · 82 min

Found FootagePsychological
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Hell House LLC
Hell House LLC

2015 · Stephen Cognetti · 91 min

Haunted HouseFound Footage
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As Above, So Below
As Above, So Below

2014 · John Erick Dowdle · 93 min

Cosmic HorrorFound Footage
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The Poughkeepsie Tapes
The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007 · John Erick Dowdle · 81 min

Found FootagePsychological
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Unfriended
Unfriended

2014 · Levan Gabriadze · 83 min

Found FootagePsychologicalSupernatural
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Deadstream
Deadstream

2022 · Vanessa Winter · 88 min

Haunted HouseFound FootageSupernatural

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