Top 37 must-see best found footage horror movies from found footage horror movies, including Late Night with the Devil, Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum, Creep, [Rec], Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor, The Blair Witch Project, The Conspiracy, The Taking of Deborah Logan, Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire, and Lake Mungo ranked and rated by score.
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Plot / Synopsis: A live television broadcast in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unloosing evil into the nation's living rooms.
October 31, 1977. Johnny Carson rival Jack Delroy hosts a syndicated late night talk show ‘Night Owls’ that has long been a trusted companion to insomniacs around the country. A year after the tragic death of Jack’s wife, ratings have plummeted. Desperate to...
Directors: Cameron Cairnes, Colin Cairnes Stars: David Dastmalchian, Laura Gordon, Ian Bliss, Fayssal Bazzi, Ingrid Torelli
Plot / Synopsis: An internet broadcaster recruits a handful of people for their 'experience the horror' show at Gonjiam. They are to explore the haunted asylum and stream it live on the show. To attract more viewers, the show hosts play tricks on the guests, but things start to get out of hand when they are inside the place, where tortured souls...
Plot / Synopsis: When a videographer answers a Craigslist ad for a one-day job in a remote mountain town, he finds his client is not at all what he initially seems.
Lauded as one of Empire’s 50 best horrors of the 21st Century Creep has been described as ‘Among the funniest and scariest horror-comedies of this century’ (Deep Focus Review) and now...
Director: Patrick Brice Stars: Patrick Brice, Katie Aselton, Mark Duplass, Patrick Brice, Mark Duplass
Plot / Synopsis: A television reporter and cameraman follow emergency workers into a dark apartment building and are quickly locked inside with something terrifying.
Tagline: One Witness. One Camera...
Directors: Jaume Balagueró, Paco Plaza Stars: Manuela Velasco, Ferran Terraza, Jorge-Yamam Serrano, Pablo Rosso, David Vert
Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor is Streaming on Shudder
Plot / Synopsis: A group of cold case investigators stay at the Carmichael Manor, site of the grisly and unsolved murders of the Carmichael family back in the eighties. After four nights, the group was never heard from again. What is discovered on their footage is even more disturbing than anything found on the Hell House tapes.
Tagline: Every story has an...
Director: Stephen Cognetti Stars: Bridget Rose Perrotta, Destiny Leilani Brown, James Liddell, Gideon Berger, Cayla Berejikian
The Blair Witch Project is Streaming on HBO Max, Shudder
Plot / Synopsis: Three film students vanish after traveling into a Maryland forest to film a documentary on the local Blair Witch legend, leaving only their footage behind.
Tagline: In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary...A year later their footage was found.
Victory International Film Festival in association with Blood Moon...
Directors: Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sánchez Stars: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams, Bob Griffin, Jim King
Plot / Synopsis: A documentary about conspiracy theories takes a horrific turn after the filmmakers uncover an ancient and dangerous secret society.
Tagline: We are slaves...
Director: Christopher MacBride Stars: Aaron Poole, James Gilbert, Ian Anderson, Peter Apostolopoulos, Roger Beck
Plot / Synopsis: An 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.Tagline: Evil lives within you...
Director: Adam Robitel Stars: Jill Larson, Anne Ramsay, Michelle Ang, Brett Gentile, Jeremy DeCarlos
Plot / Synopsis: Synopsis: A faux true-crime documentary about two detectives pursuit of an serial killer named Mr. Shiny who terrorized Southern California for almost two decades.
Press Release Oct. 14, 2025
Vertigo Releasing has confirmed that their faux true-crime docu-horror, Strange Harvest, will be released this month. Directed and written by Stuart Ortiz (Grave Encounters), Strange Harvest will be available on Digital Download...
Director: Stuart Ortiz Stars: Peter Zizzo, Terri Apple, Andrew Lauer, Andy Lauer, Matthew Peschio
Plot / Synopsis: Sixteen-year-old ALICE PALMER drowns while swimming in the local dam. When her body is recovered and a verdict of accidental death returned, her grieving family buries her. The family then experiences a series of strange and inexplicable events centered in and around their home. Profoundly unsettled, the Palmers seek the help of psychic and parapsychologist, RAY KEMENY. Ray discovers...
Director: Joel Anderson Stars: Rosie Traynor, David Pledger, Martin Sharpe, Talia Zucker, Tania Lentini
Plot / Synopsis: A young man in Romania goes to shocking extremes to convince Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway to star in his film.
Tagline: The film that required the ultimate sacrifice...
Director: Adrian Tofei Stars: Adrian Tofei, Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton, Alexandra Stroe, GiEmSi
Plot / Synopsis: I just saw the official horror movie trailer for Afflicted (2013) and I am hooked. The horror film is a mix of Rec and Chronicle. Derek gains superhuman abilities but to what end. Look for this horror movie on VOD and in theaters this upcoming April 4, 2014 courtesy of CBS Films. Afflicted is directed by Derek Lee and Clif...
Directors: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse Stars: Derek Lee, Clif Prowse, Michael Gill, Baya Rehaz, Benjamin Zeitoun
Plot / Synopsis: A group of students investigates a series of mysterious bear killings, but learns that there are much more dangerous things going on. They start to follow a mysterious hunter, learning that he is actually a troll hunter.
Tagline: You'll believe it when you see it!...
Director: André Øvredal Stars: Otto Jespersen, Glenn Erland Tosterud, Johanna Mørck, Tomas Alf Larsen, Urmila Berg-Domaas
Plot / Synopsis: A team of Vatican investigators descends upon a church in a remote area to demystify the unusual happenings, but what they discover is more disturbing than they had first imagined.
Tagline: Don't Lose Your Way...
Director: Elliot Goldner Stars: Gordon Kennedy, Robin Hill, Aidan McArdle, Sarah Annis, Lee Arnold
Plot / Synopsis: A group of friends venture deep into the streets of New York on a rescue mission during a rampaging monster attack.Tagline: Some Thing Has Found Us...
Director: Matt Reeves Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, T.J. Miller, Michael Stahl-David, Mike Vogel
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