📼 Found Footage Horror: Everything I've Watched

📼 Found Footage Horror: Everything I've Watched

🎞️ The V/H/S Series – Analog Nightmares & Anthology Madness

  • V/H/S (2012)
    A collection of depraved short films found on dusty old VHS tapes. Wildly experimental and violent — a modern classic of the format.

  • V/H/S/2 (2013)
    Cranks everything up: more gore, more insanity. “Safe Haven” alone is worth the price of admission.

  • V/H/S/94 (2021)
    ‘90s analog terror, body horror, and paranoia. Grainy, grotesque, and chaotic in all the right ways.

  • V/H/S/99 (2022)
    Y2K angst, punk demons, and pure chaos. Feels like a cursed MTV tape from hell.

  • V/H/S/85 (2023)
    Occult rituals, TV glitches, and dark experiments. Feels like late-night broadcast from another dimension.

  • V/H/S: Beyond (2024)
    The latest chapter dives into cyber horror and alternate dimensions. Experimental and unsettling.

  • V/H/S: Halloween (2025)
    A nightmarish ride through haunted houses, killer masks, and cursed VHS tapes. A seasonal, gory treat for horror fans.

🧟‍♂️ [REC] Series – Viral Hell in a Locked Building

  • [REC] (2007)
    The Spanish claustrophobic masterpiece. Possession, infection, and panic — shot in real-time terror.

  • [REC] 2 (2009)
    Picks up right where the first ends. More action, deeper lore, and even more demonic chaos.

👻 Paranormal & Possession Nightmares

  • The Taking of Deborah Logan (2014)
    A documentary on Alzheimer's turns into a descent into possession. Shocking and surprisingly emotional.

  • Lake Mungo (2008)
    A slow-burn Australian faux-doc about grief, secrets, and eerie images that stay with you. Haunting.

  • Incantation (2022)
    A viral curse, broken timelines, and a fourth-wall-breaking structure. Taiwanese horror done right.

  • The Blair Witch Project (1999)
    Three filmmakers vanish in the woods while investigating a local legend, leaving behind chilling footage of their final days. 

💻 Webcam, Livestream & Digital Horror

  • Unfriended (2014)
    One suicide, one group chat, one vengeful spirit. Entirely set on a computer screen. Smart and brutal.

  • Unfriended: Dark Web (2018)
    No ghosts — just hackers, deep web, and paranoia. A tech horror thriller that feels way too plausible.

  • Spree (2020)
    A fame-hungry rideshare driver livestreams his killing spree. Glossy, chaotic, and disturbingly fun.

  • Deadstream (2022)
    A disgraced streamer enters a haunted house to win back followers. Found footage meets horror-comedy with real scares.

  • Dashcam (2021)
    A live vlogger’s road trip spirals into nightmarish chaos. Unhinged and adrenaline-fueled.

  • Do Not Enter (2024)                                                                                                                  Two friends, aspiring youtubers, breaks into an abandoned facility—only to discover it was never really abandoned.

👀 Fake Docs & Paranormal Investigations

  • Grave Encounters (2011)
    A ghost-hunting crew gets trapped in a haunted asylum. Familiar setup, executed with clever scares.

  • Grave Encounters 2 (2012)
    A meta-sequel where fans investigate the first film’s reality. Not as fresh, but still freaky.

  • Troll Hunter (2010)                                                                                              Norwegian mockumentary where a group of students follows a weird, grumpy man through the woods… who turns out to be a legit troll hunter.

☣️ Creatures, Contamination & Unseen Terrors

  • The Tunnel (2011)
    Journalists investigate a government cover-up in Sydney’s underground tunnels. Low-budget and highly effective.

  • The Bay (2012)
    An eco-horror told through news footage, phone videos, and reports. Underseen and very unsettling.

  • Creep (2014)
    A weird man hires a filmmaker to document him — then things get weirder. Intimate, awkward, and deeply unnerving.

  •  Creep 2 (2017)                                                                                                                     A fearless video artist thinks she’s found the perfect subject—until her new "friend" reveals just how twisted he really is.

  • + The creep tapes

✝️ Cults, Rituals & Real-Life Inspired Horrors

  • The Sacrament (2013)
    A Vice-style crew investigates a religious community. Inspired by Jonestown — chilling and realistic.

  • As Above, So Below (2014)
    A found footage descent into the catacombs of Paris — and into hell itself. Alchemy, symbolism, and claustrophobia.

  • Shelby Oaks (2024)
    A slow-burn psychological horror with archival footage vibes. Creepy, mysterious, and hauntingly realistic — perfect for fans of the “real terror on tape” aesthetic.

🧠 Mental Breakdowns, Obsessions & Extreme Experiments

  • The Visit (2015)
    Two kids visit their grandparents — but something is very wrong. Shyamalan returns to horror with twisted simplicity.

  • Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)
    A Romanian filmmaker obsessed with Anne Hathaway makes a movie for her. Disturbing, raw, and unnervingly real.

  • Megan is Missing (2011)
    A controversial, gut-wrenching faux doc on teen abduction. Brutal, exploitative, and unforgettable.

  • The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)                                                                                       A fake true crime doc about a serial killer who filmed his crimes. Disturbing and too real for comfort.

  • Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
    The infamous pioneer of found-footage horror. Disturbing, raw, and brutally authentic — a film that shocked the world and still haunts viewers.

🧠 Hell House LLC Series: The Abaddon Chronicles

  • Hell House LLC (2015)                                                                                                       A haunted house attraction turns deadly when the crew behind it becomes part of the horror. 
  • Hell House LLC II: The Abaddon Hotel (2018)                                                                    A journalist team enters the infamous Abaddon Hotel to uncover the truth—and discovers they’re not alone. 
  • Hell House LLC III: Lake of Fire (2019):                                                                            A mysterious investor reopens the Abaddon Hotel for a stage production, unleashing one last nightmarish performance. 🔥🎭


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you should totes watch Paranormal Encounters btw !! the end got me so bad


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eatme_corpseboy!

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TYSM THIS IS SUCH A HELPFUL LIST 🥹💞


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