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Underrated Found Footage Horror Movies

January 2, 2021 by Red Stewart

Marvelous Videos with ten underrated found footage horror movies…

The found footage genre can be hit-or-miss. It’s low budget essentially means you’re not getting much in the way of cinematic or trailer moments, and the camera placement can very easily trigger queasy-cam vibes. But it also means you’re likely to get an honest product from a filmmaker uninterrupted by studio mandates, and less money equals more creativity.

Horror, in particular, benefits best from a lower budget, and so the found footage genre has melded itself quite well. You all know about The Blair Witch Project, but how many know about Willow Creek? That and more are on full display in Marvelous Videos’ list of underrated found footage horrors:

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Have you any found footage horror recommendations worthy of inclusion in this list? Let us know on our social channels @FlickeringMyth…

Red Stewart

 

Originally published January 2, 2021. Updated January 7, 2021.

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Random Videos, Red Stewart Tagged With: [REC], as above so below, Cannibal Holocaust, Creep, Marvelous Videos, the last broadcast, the sacrament, The Visit, Trollhunter, V/H/S

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