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I personally love these sort of flicks, some are terribly bad of course but there’s definitely a lot of good ones to check out. Also sub genes of this can include stuff line ‘social media horror, urban legend type films, night especially).

Some of my favs are:

Grave Encounters



Host



Shook



The McPherson Tape



The Bridge Curse



There’s a lot of great J/K horror but I just wanted to take off a few good ones.

Just wondered if there were any fans of that here?
 
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"Sinister", while not entirely a "found footage" film, has some pretty memorable/effective scenes of that kinda thing

Also, "The Poughkeepsie Tapes", despite being a pretty poor movie in general, has some very creepy "found footage"-style stuff
 
I'm generally not into the genre, but I'll second Grave Encounters. The sequel is also pretty good.

Also recommend:
The Bay (2012)
As Above, So Below (2014)
A Haunted House (2013) [Wayans Brothers parody of found footage horror, notably the Paranormal Activity series]
Cannibal Holocaust (1980) - I'm cheating a little here as only the second half is FF, but it WAS the OG Found Footage Horror
 
ChemicallyEnhanced said:
Motion sickness? lol
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Yeah I can't stomach the camera moving around (literally). I almost hate the Jason Bourne trilogy now because the whole series was shot with like, a handheld camera. Always wiggling around... I guess in the 2000s they thought it would add 'urgency' and 'realism' to action flicks but looking back it just seems lazy and annoying.
 
I found Grave Encounters absolutely hilarious. Obvious mockery of Zac Baggins and the show Ghost Adventures. I couldn't stop laughing even if it wasn't trying to be funny.
 
Cream Gravy? said:
Yeah I can't stomach the camera moving around (literally). I almost hate the Jason Bourne trilogy now because the whole series was shot with like, a handheld camera. Always wiggling around... I guess in the 2000s they thought it would add 'urgency' and 'realism' to action flicks but looking back it just seems lazy and annoying.
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Yeah, I hate shakycam, too. Doesn't make me nauseated, I just find it annoying as fuck.
 
Haven't seen any of the films mentioned in the OP. But while I am a huge fan of the horror genre, I'm not a big fan of this style of cinematography. I think it can be useful to use for certain scenes and stuff to give a sense of realism, but generally I don't like when the entire movie is like that. It just feels disorienting and makes everything confusing.
 
ghostfreak said:
I personally love these sort of flicks, some are terribly bad of course but there’s definitely a lot of good ones to check out. Also sub genes of this can include stuff line ‘social media horror, urban legend type films, night especially).

Some of my favs are:

Grave Encounters



Host



Shook



The McPherson Tape



The Bridge Curse



There’s a lot of great J/K horror but I just wanted to take off a few good ones.

Just wondered if there were any fans of that here?
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i have watched the McPhereson tapes twice. Don't believe I have seen the rest.
 
BenzoEnthusiast2 said:
i have watched the McPhereson tapes twice. Don't believe I have seen the rest.
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I always remember watching The McPherson Tape years ago when it was really hard to get a copy anywhere, was eerie viewing with the whole back story behind it and stuff. Now it's out on Blu-Ray and streaming so far easier to watch if anyone is interested.
 
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