Found footage movies are among the trickiest subgenres of horror to get right. At worst, shaky camera cinematography and direct addresses to the audience can feel like a gimmick t ...

Many of the best horror movies make even the wildest, most terrifying scenarios feel relatable, prompting you to ask what you would do in those situations. There are countless horror sub-genres, but ...

Perhaps one of the riskiest tropes in filmmaking is applying found-footage as a way of storytelling. Telling a story through a camera that can't sit still, or shot through terrible lighting, is a ...

The first found footage horror movie wasn't just shocking, it was so controversial that it nearly put its director behind bars. Though the genre seems somewhat commonplace today thanks to an explosion ...

The tropes and clichés of the found-footage genre are well-known and often frustrating to many viewers: the requisite opening half-hour of hanging out with the characters to establish the format's ...