I remember watching the trailer on youtube for fear footage and being excited about it as I really like found footage movies and this looked like it had the potential to be really scary. I followed the Facebook page intently getting all the updates but was always sad I couldn't get to any of the viewings and there really weren't enough of them anyway. When the admin told me that it was coming to dvd and amazon I was very happy but it kept getting delayed and delayed so I decided to be naughty and saw it on putlocker I go gave it a go. Sat with a bag of warm popcorn to my left and doggie to the right I settled in for the movie I'd waited all this time for and could have cried when the credits rolled. It was so bad, I felt like I was promised some revolutionary incredible movie but what I got was a childish movie that's made me lose faith in the genre altogether. It was so bad I don't know what else I can say, I feel lied to and the guilt I had briefly for not buying the dvd went out the window. It's awful it looks like someone made it on their phone and cast there family members as cast and crew AND IT SHOWS. I wouldn't mind it being badly made if it were at least scary but all this you'll never sleep again, sleep with the lights on and it'll stick with you afterwards is all lies. It's not scary at all it's just boring and does what every other found footage movie does and thats hide the lack of budget by having nothing actually happen. Sorry folks over at the Facebook page but you'll be seeing minus one follower from your page.
135 Reviews
Harrowing
BurtGGummer12 March 2019
Found Footage movies are usually bad lets not kid ourselves here they are the first port of call for zero budget filmmakers and they tend to absolutely stink. The Fear Footage is an example of this, the money clearly had absolutely no money no actors and nobody with the ability to write a good script. I think its the height of disrespect that the creators didn't even acknowledge the cast on this page as well and the hefty number of 10's and identically worded reviews/cloned reviews kills the films credibility even more. Despite there being lots of bad found footage movies there are some good ones so skip over this and find one of them.
Junk
dobebudiki6 April 2019
Saw this at Grindsploitation film fest a while ago and it was awful. The one good thing that came from it was that me and my mates had something to joke about over drinks afterwards. It was so stupid I've never seen such a mess of a movie, clearly everyone involved has never done this before and it shows. Go to film school, take influence from other directors, or quit. This was horrendous.
Second time managed to be worse
jean-westmorland18 November 2019
I watched the Fear Footage for a second time last night with my husband. The first time we watched it we thought it was a really unoriginal mess of a film that tried to be one of many considerably better found footage movies but failed miserably. This time we found ourselves laughing as we spend its 71 minute duration pointing out its flaws, its inconsistencies, the awful special effects and the directors complete inability to construct a film. This will go down as one of the worst movies ever made to us, it really is that bad and not even one of those films you can enjoy for the sake of it being bad like Sharknado. It's just plain bad.
My very reason for being on IMDB
silasriffin11 November 2019
I just watched this one of the streaming services me and the missus use and it's so bad I felt I had to come on here and warn people! I've seen some bad found footage movies over the years in fact I think you expect them to be bad but this one is the pits. It's like they decided to just rip scenes from other movies, mash them altogether and call it a film. And why is their no cast and crew on display? The whole thing is very shifty, was this a tax write off or something? Either way it's the worst film I've ever seen and I hope the creator stops at this and doesn't make any more movies.
Party night, almost ruined
preclistah30 January 2020
Every month me, my superior half and three other couples hold a movie night which we rotate between houses and tend to view around 3 movies. One of the couples loves horrors so this became one of the three and honestly it almost ruined the entire evening. It was so boring people stopped paying attention, we just ended up talking about irrelevant stuff and occasionally house dull and terrible everything going on screen was. This has never happened before and we've been running these nights for about eighteen months. Such a boring pointless movie, avoid unless you're looking for something to cure insomnia.
Dreadful
DaisyHavok19 November 2019
This found footage thing is so 1999, every one of these movies looks the same sounds the same involves the same stupid camerawork and generally has one of the same handful of plots. It's so boring, just 71 minutes of a guy walking around in the dark broken up with amateurish horror shorts. Worst movie I've ever purchased online, I'll be noting the creator and avoiding any further works he does.
The Fear Footage
fricruphic27 November 2019
Over the Halloween period we rented out several horror movies and they were all terrible, wasted evening. The worst was this, another found footage movie that tries to be VHS in that its an anthology movie. The mini stories are terrible and the very definition of the word cheap, the outer plot that sees a police officer investigating a house after a call is brain cripplingly boring. Fear Footage is the worst movie I've ever seen and let it be known that it's damaged my perception of the entire industry knowing that things like this exist out there.
An honest found footage critique
DrunkenGoldfish30 January 2020
I run a website called foundfootagecritic, I'm very proud of what I've accomplished as it's a great place to discuss the found footage subgenre which has grown in popularity over the past couple of decades. The Fear Footage is one which I'd seen a lot of promising reviews for but after watching it I fear that they were paid off or palms were greased somewhere down the road.
The primary issue with the movie is the incompetence behind the camera. The writing is 3rd grade level, the camerawork is kindergarten level and everything you see has simply been recycled from other movies and there is nothing you won't have seen before.
I think everyone involved should feel bad for what they've done here. It's like a kid who copies another childs term paper changing just enough so that people won't recognize. No wonder there are no cast or crew listed on the site, who'd want this on their resume?
The primary issue with the movie is the incompetence behind the camera. The writing is 3rd grade level, the camerawork is kindergarten level and everything you see has simply been recycled from other movies and there is nothing you won't have seen before.
I think everyone involved should feel bad for what they've done here. It's like a kid who copies another childs term paper changing just enough so that people won't recognize. No wonder there are no cast or crew listed on the site, who'd want this on their resume?
Truly awful
jitohothep28 November 2019
Though a horror fan I've failed to see the merit in found footage movies though liking anthology films I decided to give this a chance and regretted it by about 10 minutes in. It's a badly lit unoriginal crapfest that should be a free movie on Kings of Horror and not a paid rental. Then I go and look at the reviews and lo and behold it's loaded with 10/10's from fresh accounts with no other activity! Believe the negative reviews and trust me when I say it's awful not the positive ones made by the creator and his friends/family. Not scary, not well made, not watchable.
Pretty awful.
abbycatt27 December 2019
I love found footage, and I love low budget films, but this one misses the mark at nearly every turn. It's an anthology with a interwoven story tying everything together, like the V/H/S movies do. The first segment here has a few decent scares, but they are jump scares. The rest of the segments were an absolute chore to get through and incredibly disappointing. The story that ties them all together actually has a really cool premise that is pretty creepy. The issue was that by the end, when it actually starts to get creepy, I was so checked out from being irritated and bored. The only redeeming part of this film was ruined for me. I gave this film 3 stars because the interwoven story actually had creativity and potential.
ATROCIOUS
phokebocli3 December 2019
Worst special effects I've ever seen from such a film.
Worst acting I've possibly ever seen period.
Worst plot in horror history.
Worst director and production I think I've seen in my 43yrs of watching movies.
Word of the day, WORST!!!!!!
Word of the day, WORST!!!!!!
Trash movie
HeavyFlo1 February 2020
How do these movies make money?
Who could possibly take it seriously?
Why did the creators think it was a good idea to make a movie that is so similar to others of the genre that go forward 5yrs I bet the director himself wouldn't be able to pick it out of a lineup.
Boring, not scary, cheap cheap cheap.
Wouldn't dream of recommending this to anyone.
Boring, not scary, cheap cheap cheap.
Wouldn't dream of recommending this to anyone.
F for fail!
HeavyFlo30 January 2020
Story: F
Visuals: F
Cast: F
Script: F
Audio: F
Finale: D
This is hands down, feet down, face down one of the worst movies in the history of filmmaking.
1/10 IMDB F rating all round, this is just terrible.
F for fail F for fudged F for fake shilled reviews
This is hands down, feet down, face down one of the worst movies in the history of filmmaking.
1/10 IMDB F rating all round, this is just terrible.
F for fail F for fudged F for fake shilled reviews
Garbage.
xboxmods30778 December 2018
Why do they bother?
Shiningstar15556 December 2018
While away on business I need to occupy my time and film screenings are a great one. I managed to watch this little gem during something called the creepy crypt or something to that effect. It's one of those found footage things and after seeing several good reviews online I was quite excited when leaving my hotel room to go and see it. The crowd were lively, the location was a bit cramp but okay but the movie was terrible. I wasn't going to leave a review but the creators are very vocal about putting reviews on here and/or redbox so I indulge. It's a dark gloomy film with no character its all been done before and I don't understand why people make these movies. Found footage is dead, its been done time and time again and needs a rest.
To summarize it's not as bad as some of the stuff my hubby has made me watch over the years but since I had netflix in my hotel room I should have stayed there.
To summarize it's not as bad as some of the stuff my hubby has made me watch over the years but since I had netflix in my hotel room I should have stayed there.
A migraine in movie form
SlimeMcSlime5 December 2018
Story: A mish mash of other movies plots, absolutely nothing new
SFX: Very poor, I know it's a found footage but even for one of those it looks dated and tired
Horror element: Not scary, all these reviews are either 5yrs old scared of anything or they're friends of the director. Blair Witch was scarier and nothing even happened in that
Cast: I assume film students, they need more work
Soundtrack: None to speak of
Overall: The worst film I've seen this year and has now put me off doing independent screenings
A tryhard movie
BleakDestiny3 December 2018
The Fear Footage is a very amateurishly made found footage horror movie with overzealous creators who are pushing this thing harder than the second coming of Christ. Set over several stories as anthology's tend to do it's a very shoddy looking movie even for the genre which are notorious for looking like they were filmed by a 10yr old with an old 80's VHS camera.
The ocean of positive reviews on here are shameful and blatant, even the wording is the same. Two reviews both had the same title, two reviews have the directors name in the profile name, several all use the same terminology. It's sad people feel the need to do this but considering the quality of the movie I suppose they felt that not doing so would leave the movie vulnerable to a very low rating.
I've seen worse than the Fear Footage, in fact I've seen a lot worse but then again I watch a lot of movies now I'm retired. My advice to the creators in relation to the movie would be don't give up if this is your dream but maybe film school beckons? And in relation to the reviews and marketing, it looks desperate and is an insult to peoples intelligences.
If you are after a good found footage there is an abundance of them out there but this obscure odd little independent movie isn't one of them. I give it 2/10 for effort.
The ocean of positive reviews on here are shameful and blatant, even the wording is the same. Two reviews both had the same title, two reviews have the directors name in the profile name, several all use the same terminology. It's sad people feel the need to do this but considering the quality of the movie I suppose they felt that not doing so would leave the movie vulnerable to a very low rating.
I've seen worse than the Fear Footage, in fact I've seen a lot worse but then again I watch a lot of movies now I'm retired. My advice to the creators in relation to the movie would be don't give up if this is your dream but maybe film school beckons? And in relation to the reviews and marketing, it looks desperate and is an insult to peoples intelligences.
If you are after a good found footage there is an abundance of them out there but this obscure odd little independent movie isn't one of them. I give it 2/10 for effort.
The Fear Footage
zebediahrain5 December 2018
All in all this was pretty terrible but in the movies defense it's not exactly my cup of tea. The only found footage I ever really enjoyed was the Paranormal Activity franchise and even they gradually got worse.
The way the writer has handled this is a cluster of stories merged into one and though that has worked before it doesn't work here. I think it was because the movie was so boring that did it in for me, I can forgive it looking so bad because it clearly has a low budget but I'm cant get past how mundane it all was.
The viewing was fun enough but the movie was bad.
B+ for effort D- for quality
B+ for effort D- for quality
Waste of time and money
sahosuroto6 December 2018
Uglier than Blair Witch
More poorly written than Skew
Less original than Paranormal Activity
This is by far the worst found footage movie I've ever seen. The genre still has legs and there are still original movies using it but these creators decided to play it safe and remake the same tired plot thats been done a thousand time prior. Difference is they decided to make it an anthology which did the film no favours at all and just gave them an excuse why there is no character development or movie depth.
This is by far the worst found footage movie I've ever seen. The genre still has legs and there are still original movies using it but these creators decided to play it safe and remake the same tired plot thats been done a thousand time prior. Difference is they decided to make it an anthology which did the film no favours at all and just gave them an excuse why there is no character development or movie depth.
Has its moments
rechabopip1 December 2018
Went to see this with my girlfriend and she hated every second of it.
I thought it was good in places but really bad in others.
I hated the last story but really liked the first one.
My girlfriend really liked the girl in it, she's weird.
They should have just made a longer version of the first story that would have made it a much better film.
I don't agree that it was scary but I don't agree with all the 1 star ratings either.
I've seen worse.
Less Grave Encounters more Paranormal Entity
RyanClegg1 December 2018
So horror, great, anthology, great, first couple of stories, great.
Last story so insanely bad it sets the entire movie back heavily.
So there I was sat at this screening really quite enjoying myself, the atmosphere was nice and relaxed and it was overdue for me to be at one of these things. They're always so much better than the traditional cinema experience for me.
I knew it was found footage and I knew it was likely to be bad but in places I was pleasantly surprised, sure it had all the usual problems these movies suffer from but it had a few noteworthy bits and bobs throughout. Sadly it ran out of steam and by the end the quality had dipped to such an extent that couldn't be overlooked. It's as if Creepshow had an additional story on the end which was a horror version of the farting scene from Blazing Saddles. It didn't fit, it wasn't very well made and it ruined the whole thing for me. Then out came the very smug director or producer or writer whatever he was and asked people to review it on IMDB so here I am. The Fear Footage isn't a great movie and I get the impression looking at the reviews that Mr Smug might have something to do with that. It however isn't awful, but if you've seen lots of other found footage type films you may as well pass on this as it's exactly the same stuff again.
Grrrrrrrr
Markypost19876 December 2018
Fearfootage now makes 3 screenings I regret going to, this, splinter and the tomb (Which was by far the worst). The acting was weak but you could forgive that, the camera work was amateurish but again you can forgive that for an indie flick with no money behind it but what I can't forgive is how paint by numbers it is. Where are the twists? where are the smarts? where is anything new or fresh? I've seen this movie before under a dozen diferent names! Try something new people, stop remaking other peoples work. Terrible attempt.
My honest review of The Fear Footage
LovingMoviesSince9824 March 2020
I heard about this film via an Instagram account for said film that followed me. Upon hearing a bunch of negative reviews made on the film set to destroy its IMDb rating, I thought I'd give my honest review of the film.
I didn't know what expect from this film, other than its premise being a police officer gone missing, so it was quite a fun surprise to experience. I was not expecting it at all to be like V/H/S with segments in reminiscence of Paranormal Activity, Silent Hills' PT, and the 2016 clown sightings.
Marketing Like most found footage films, they try to make this look real, but the marketing for this film went all out. The Blu-Ray I purchased came with an evidence wrapping. The contents were notes and letters warning about the footage, and a disc where the art design is just a white disc with bloody-red fingerprints on it. Very minimalistic yet low-key terrifying.
Wraparound segment Leo Cole is a deputy sent alone surprisingly without a partner to investigate a house that somehow appeared out of nowhere, according to a 911 call. His investigations soon leads him to a hellish nightmare that ends with a loop of doors and rooms, much like the cancelled Silent Hills demo. This one builds, as it is the wraparound. One part including a child's diary is pretty intimidating, and finally pays off during the film's exciting climax after the "Speak No Evil" segment. The scares felt like they were well-earned in this.
"Birthday Party" This one is probably the weakest thing of the four. Not much happens in this one that is memorable. It is a unique idea, adding to the already-real-and-terrifying clown sightings of 2016 (with an actual news clip of it.) However I was confused by the relationship of the mother and son, as she was saying "no nightmares" as if that was something he could control, unless if she meant no complaining. The scares were okay, but nothing special.
"Storm Stalkers" The better one of the four. Some of the decisions made by these characters were silly, like running into the woods when there are strange figures after them. This was all redeemed by the terror that ensued as black dressed figures chased after this man into this weird underground place with scary fun results. The scares in this one also felt very well-earned and refreshing.
"Speak No Evil" A man sets up a camera after hearing strange sounds in his backyard. A lot of the scares in this were cheap, but the climax felt just as scary as the previous segment.
Overall, great film. Don't mind the negative reviews of this film and form your own opinion. It's a low-budget film, but try to not think of that. If you can turn your brain off and have fun, this is the movie for you.
I didn't know what expect from this film, other than its premise being a police officer gone missing, so it was quite a fun surprise to experience. I was not expecting it at all to be like V/H/S with segments in reminiscence of Paranormal Activity, Silent Hills' PT, and the 2016 clown sightings.
Marketing Like most found footage films, they try to make this look real, but the marketing for this film went all out. The Blu-Ray I purchased came with an evidence wrapping. The contents were notes and letters warning about the footage, and a disc where the art design is just a white disc with bloody-red fingerprints on it. Very minimalistic yet low-key terrifying.
Wraparound segment Leo Cole is a deputy sent alone surprisingly without a partner to investigate a house that somehow appeared out of nowhere, according to a 911 call. His investigations soon leads him to a hellish nightmare that ends with a loop of doors and rooms, much like the cancelled Silent Hills demo. This one builds, as it is the wraparound. One part including a child's diary is pretty intimidating, and finally pays off during the film's exciting climax after the "Speak No Evil" segment. The scares felt like they were well-earned in this.
"Birthday Party" This one is probably the weakest thing of the four. Not much happens in this one that is memorable. It is a unique idea, adding to the already-real-and-terrifying clown sightings of 2016 (with an actual news clip of it.) However I was confused by the relationship of the mother and son, as she was saying "no nightmares" as if that was something he could control, unless if she meant no complaining. The scares were okay, but nothing special.
"Storm Stalkers" The better one of the four. Some of the decisions made by these characters were silly, like running into the woods when there are strange figures after them. This was all redeemed by the terror that ensued as black dressed figures chased after this man into this weird underground place with scary fun results. The scares in this one also felt very well-earned and refreshing.
"Speak No Evil" A man sets up a camera after hearing strange sounds in his backyard. A lot of the scares in this were cheap, but the climax felt just as scary as the previous segment.
Overall, great film. Don't mind the negative reviews of this film and form your own opinion. It's a low-budget film, but try to not think of that. If you can turn your brain off and have fun, this is the movie for you.
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