J's Found Footage Horror List
ranked to my personal preference. comment if you have a good one, comment if you think im particularly redacted in one of my ratings. frequently shuffle things around or update the list.
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- DirectorStephen CognettiStarsGore AbramsAlice BahlkeDanny BelliniFive years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out what really happened.Personal Number 1, great concept and great execution. Watch this with friends for the first time, only gets better
- DirectorColin MinihanStuart OrtizThe Vicious BrothersStarsBenjamin WilkinsonSean RogersonAshleigh GryzkoFor their ghost hunting reality show, a production crew locks themselves inside an abandoned mental hospital that's supposedly haunted - and it might prove to be all too true.One of my favorites, great concept, propably biased of me to put it up here, but this movie got me into the genre. its well done, subtle, just fun.
- DirectorBobby RoeStarsBrandy SchaeferZack AndrewsBobby RoeFive friends are stalked by a group of mysterious and disturbed individuals while on a road trip looking for the ultimate haunted house attraction.Ending sucks ass, but everything before is great
- DirectorDaniel MyrickEduardo SánchezStarsHeather DonahueMichael C. WilliamsJoshua LeonardThree film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.Overrated Classic, but a must watch/ahead of its time
- DirectorJohn PoliquinStarsRichard HarmonShawn C. PhillipsJennica FultonA film student who is obsessed with the movie Grave Encounters sets out with his friends to visit the psychiatric hospital depicted in the original film.This sequel feels more like a video game, but id play the fuck out of that video game, cant understand the hate it, its much more daring, but also just as fun to me as the first
- DirectorCarles TorrensStarsKai LennoxGia MantegnaMichael O'KeefeA team of parapsychologists try to figure out a strange phenomenon occurring in an apartment building.Super fun, but so much missed potential, could have become a classic
- DirectorJaume BalagueróPaco PlazaStarsManuela VelascoFerran TerrazaJorge-Yamam SerranoA television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.Superb execution of a rather boring idea. Not really horror to me, but suspenseful enough to be on this list.
- DirectorStephen CognettiStarsVas EliJillian GeurtsJoy ShatzTwo years after escaping from demonic terror, a young woman is still haunted by unnatural visions.rewatched this one multiple times. Its not bad, its not like the original either. Its does a few things as good, and sucks at the rest. Still entertaining (in both good and bad ways)
- DirectorRenny HarlinStarsHolly GossMatt StokoeLuke AlbrightA group of students go to the location of the infamous Dyatlov pass incident to make a documentary, but things take a turn for the worse as the secret of what happened there is revealed.This one is so tough to judge, it has great atmosphere and a great concept, but imo the climax was shit. Try it out.
- DirectorBrant SersenStarsEllen BucciarelliMichael CrugerJean DillerOn New Year's Eve in 1955, Richard Howell, a patient at the Hillcrest Sanatorium, went on a bloody rampage, killing three children before he hanged himself.Not good, not bad. Has some decent scenes. If you liked Ghost Encounters you will like this.
- DirectorElliot GoldnerStarsGordon KennedyRobin HillAidan McArdleA team of Vatican investigators descend upon a church in a remote area to demystify the unusual happenings, but what they discover is more disturbing than they had first imagined.I wish I could rate this higher, I really enjoyed it, but its a bit stale compared to its competition
- DirectorC.A. SmithStarsJamy GillespieRicky Lee BarnesRoss ComptonTwo skeptic researchers investigate a mother's claim that an unknown presence may be trying to communicate with her 7-year-old daughter.Another one of the slow, subtle ones. Pretty fun for how little votes it has here, but never amounts to anything truly terrifying
- DirectorDaniel StammStarsPatrick FabianAshley BellIris BahrA troubled evangelical minister agrees to let his last exorcism be filmed by a documentary crew.how the story is established is incredible, and it manages to beat your run of the mill exorcism movies, sadly I just wasnt that scared, see for yourself.
- DirectorSeth GrossmanStarsLara VosburghKevan McClellanKate WhitneyA reality television crew, whose show features stories about drug addicts, finds that their 16-year-old junkie for their latest episode might actually not be fighting addiction, but a demonic force gripping her soul.Oh how much I wish this one was better. Great concept but the execution is a bunch of jumpscares and your run of the mill exorcism. Wasted potential.
- DirectorStefan AvalosLance WeilerStarsDavid BeardLance WeilerStefan AvalosA film crew ventures into the forest in search of the mythical 'Jersey Devil'.Amateur production, bad acting, very slow, not really horror. More like a grotesque, creeping atmosphere, but if you limit it to that, its excellent. Ending was more funny than frightening.
- DirectorJosh CrissStarsJosh CrissKarin CrightonJeff ManneyAfter 20 years of living in Washington, D.C., Mark Klein seeks much-needed solace by moving to the remote wilds of West Virginia. To ease his loneliness, he sends regular video updates to members of his OCD-support group back in the city. But Mark gradually realizes that despite his new, isolated setting, he may not be alone. From the endless woods surrounding his home, something else is watching.I liked this movie alot, I just didnt think it was that much of a shocker. Its subtle, slow. Alot of people might say boring.
- DirectorOren PeliStarsKatie FeatherstonMicah SloatMark FredrichsAfter moving into a suburban home, a couple becomes increasingly disturbed by a nightly demonic presence.this movie is a classic + best in the series
the issue is the series is mostly uneventful - DirectorMatt Bettinelli-OlpinDavid BrucknerTyler GillettStarsCalvin Lee ReederLane HughesAdam WingardWhen a group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house and acquire a rare VHS tape, they discover more found footage than they bargained for.Just not that scary to me
- DirectorTod WilliamsStarsKatie FeatherstonMicah SloatMolly EphraimAfter experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem.trash, discourages me heavily from watching the other ones
- DirectorCraig EfrosStarsMykelti WilliamsonLance HenriksenMatthew CareyA young filmmaker documents his ghost-hunting, reality show friends as their routine investigation of an abandoned orphanage turns into a nightmare from which they can't escape.grave encounters in "meh"
- DirectorHunter G. WilliamsStarsChris HayesJeff StearnsBecka AdamsThis film tells the horrifying story of the cast and crew of a new reality TV show investigating the paranormal. When the team is denied access to the Ettersburg hospital, they decide to sneak in and explore at night. Ettersburg hospital, believed to be haunted after the tragic death years before of three young girls burned alive in an apparent accident is to be the pilot episode. What starts out as an uneventful evening exploring the dark halls of the expansive hospital, turns into a fear filled nightmare when one of their team goes missing. As the team separates to search for their missing friend, they find themselves running for their lives as one after the other they fall victim to the hospital and its crying dead.Really boring, cant remember a single scene that was in any way original.
- DirectorAdam RobitelStarsJill LarsonAnne RamsayMichelle AngAn elderly woman battling Alzheimer's disease agrees to let a film crew document her condition, but what they discover is something far more sinister going on.me being disgusted does not equal me being horrified, alot of people love this one - I happen to hate it, so its down here
- DirectorCarlo LedesmaStarsBel DeliáAndy RodoredaSteve DavisAn investigation into a government cover-up leads to a network of abandoned train tunnels deep beneath the heart of Sydney. As a journalist and her crew hunt for the story it quickly becomes clear the story is hunting them.Actual piece of shit. am disgusted by how the director handled this. "oh yeah its a great idea to fucking cut in the people that are alive AFTER the events have taken place talking about their feelings and shit" fuck you. all suspense is destroyed by that, nothing interesting is added, and i couldnt even bring myself to finish it.
- DirectorAdam WingardStarsJames Allen McCuneCallie HernandezCorbin ReidAfter discovering a video showing what he believes to be his vanished sister Heather, James and a group of friends head to the forest believed to be inhabited by the Blair Witch.Imagine having a chance to shoot a great horrormovie and getting away with an established audience and doing exactly the same as the original you are trying to copy, BUT SOMEHOW WORSE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.
also fuck you for the unreasonably loud "jumpscares" - DirectorGlenn MillerStarsMarissa Lynne JohnsonLaura Alexandra RamosCat AlterThe Robertson County Sheriff's Department released found footage of what was thought at first to be a murder suicide, is now believed to be the return of a centuries old demon responsible for America's most famous paranormal event.I love the fact I found this one because putting movies at the bottom of the list is easier. Thats prolly all its good for too