Top 21 must-see new found footage horror movies from found footage horror movies, including ranked and rated by release date, new found footage horror movie releases first
Plot / Synopsis: Eli Roth produced and Ti West directed The Sacrament (2013) is based on true events. This horror film features a cult community where the inhabitants are never allowed to leave alive. The tagline "Live as One. Die as One." alone brings on some twisted chills. The Sacrament stars Joe Swanberg, Amy Seimetz and AJ Bowen.
Two journalists set out to document...
Director: Ti West Stars: Joe Swanberg, AJ Bowen, Kentucker Audley, Gene Jones, Amy Seimetz
Plot / Synopsis: From celebrated Director Bobcat Goldthwait comes this edge of your seat horror that will make you think twice before going into the woods.
Tagline: EXISTING SOON (all caps)...
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait Stars: Alexie Gilmore, Bryce Johnson, Laura Montagna, Bucky Sinister, Peter Jason
Plot / Synopsis: A 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.
Tagline: Fear Is Just a Word. Reality Is Much Worse...
Director: John Poliquin Stars: Shawn C. Phillips, Jennica Fulton, Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman, Charlie Kerr, Francisco Passuelo
Plot / Synopsis: In October 2009, the filmmakers went into an abandoned psychiatric hospital to explore the 'haunted' institution...
Tagline: Do you believe in ghosts?...
Director: Sean Stone Stars: Sean Stone, Alexander Wraith, Ella Lentini, John Schramm, Monique Zordan
Plot / Synopsis: Paranormal Activity 4 is the fourth installment in which we see the return of Katie and Hunter. They went missing in previous movies and have come back and moved into a house. The neighbors however begin experiencing weird paranormal activity in their own house. Talk about evil beings jumping from one person to the other, this ups the stakes by...
Directors: Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman Stars: Katie Featherston, Kathryn Newton, Matt Shively, Aiden Lovekamp, Brady Allen
Plot / Synopsis: From Lionsgate and Barry Levinson comes The Bay. The Bay sets place in a sleepy town of Chesapeake Bay. The entire town revolves around the water. Two biological researchers from France find extremely high levels of toxicity in the water from the bay. The researchers immediately alert the mayor but he refuses to do anything in fear of scaring the...
Director: Barry Levinson Stars: Nansi Aluka, Christopher Denham, Stephen Kunken, Frank Deal, Kether Donohue
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: In V/H/S a group of criminals is hired to break into a country home and retrieve a mysterious video tape. Every tape that they watch is more evil and sinister than the one before. The found footage style shows well so far in the V/H/S trailer. It sounded like a simple job but upon entering the house, they find a...
Directors: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, David Bruckner, Tyler Gillett … Stars: Calvin Reeder, Lane Hughes, Kentucker Audley, Adam Wingard, Frank Stack
Plot / Synopsis: Documentary covering the famous 'demonic possession' case of Anneliese Michel. The film features authentic...Tagline: The terrifying true story that inspired The Exorcism of Emily Rose...
Director: Jude Gerard Prest Stars: Yaz Canli, Kai Cofer, Christopher Karl Johnson, Nikki Muller, Annette Remter
Plot / Synopsis: NASA's canceled trip to the moon in the 1970s is the basis for this found-footage-style picture exploring the urban legend surrounding that mission -- what if Apollo 18 actually did occur and the proof of extraterrestrial life exists on film? Wanted's Timur Bekmambetov produces the film, with Spanish director Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego taking on helming duties...
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego Stars: Warren Christie, Lloyd Owen, Ryan Robbins, Michael Kopsa, Andrew Airlie
Plot / Synopsis: For 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.Tagline: They were searching for proof... they found it...
Directors: Colin Minihan, Stuart Ortiz, The Vicious Brothers Stars: Ben Wilkinson, Sean Rogerson, Ashleigh Gryzko, Merwin Mondesir, Juan Riedinger
Plot / Synopsis: Megan Stewart, 14, and her best friend Amy Herman, 13, though opposites in personality, are best friends. Megan carries the front of being the most popular girl in school, but this masks a lifestyle of hard partying, drugs, alcohol and indiscriminate sex. Amy, unpopular and socially awkward, clings to her relationship with Megan as a lifeline to social acceptance...
Director: Michael Goi Stars: Amber Perkins, Rachel Quinn, Dean Waite, Jael Elizabeth Steinmeyer, Kara Wang
Plot / Synopsis: When a young doctor suspects she may not be alone in her new Brooklyn loft, she learns that her landlord has formed a frightening obsession with her.
Tagline: She Thought She Was Living Alone...
Director: Antti Jokinen Stars: Hilary Swank, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Lee Pace, Christopher Lee, Aunjanue Ellis