Ultimate Found Footage Watchlist

Ultimate Found Footage Watchlist | 25 Films

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New to horror and wanting to try found footage or are you already a fan of the sub genre and just looking for some inspiration? This watchlist has you covered; from staples of the sub genre to hidden gems. Here's 25 of the best found footage films out there.
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@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

Oops, I incorrectly called Host an American horror but it's actually a British horror. Thanks to those who corrected me.

@kakolicht 3 ай бұрын

"As above so below" is for me one of those movies for when I wanna watch something but I don't know what, so I watch it again (since 2014 to be honest 😂).

@ethancowan3431 3 ай бұрын

yes man i love the dantes inferno references and the idea of entering hell.

@lizardog Күн бұрын

So, I'm not alone.

@shahwiqarshahin2130 4 ай бұрын

1:15 - Peeping Tom (1960) 1:53 - Ghostwatch (1992) 2:39 - The Last Broadcast (1998) 3:17 - The Blair Witch Project (1999) 3:51 - Noroi: The Curse (2005) 4:25 - Rec (2007) 5:08 - Paranormal Activity (2007 → 2009) 6:04 - Cloverfield (2008) 6:27 - Lake Mungo (2008) 7:10 - Last Exorcism (2010) 7:53 - Grave Encounters (2011) 8:25 - The Tunnel (2011) 8:51 - Apollo 18 (2011) 9:31 - V/H/S (2012) 10:03 - Willow Creek (2013) 10:52 - Afflicted (2013) 11:28 - Creep (2014) 11:58 - As Above, So Below (2014) 12:30 - Unfriended (2014) 13:12 - Hell House LLC (2015) 13:56 - The Visit (2015) 14:25 - Gonjiam Haunted Asylum (2018) 15:05 - Host (2020) 15:44 - Spree (2020) 16:14 - Hell House LLC Origins: The Carmichael Manor (2023)

@Kimnicpat 4 ай бұрын

Glad to see Afflicted on here. It doesn’t get nearly as much love as it should. Some underrated titles: Lunopolis 2010 The Bay 2012 The Conspiracy 2012 Operation Avalanche 2016 Howard’s Mill 2021

@ginahart4774 Ай бұрын

Exhibit A also! And Day of Disappearance!

@ginahart4774 Ай бұрын

i haven't seen lunopolis or Op Avalanche so thanks~

@capguncarcrash Ай бұрын

a few of my favorites in the more subtle side of ff horror are : Last Prayer / Borderlands Leaving DC Lake Mungo

@capguncarcrash Ай бұрын

a few of my favorites in the more subtle side of ff horror are : Last Prayer / Borderlands Leaving DC Lake Mungo

@sammiesuehazel Күн бұрын

I love The Bay so much! It's so creepy and icky haha

@gregoryfilms9405 Ай бұрын

The Borderlands (2013) HAS to be in there! But glad you included Lake Mungo.

@radleystark6561 4 ай бұрын

Good list for people new to found footage but I think most people familiar with the genre have already watched all of these. A few notable omissions for me... Butterfly Kisses is an incredible found footage movie, scary and believable and more true to the term 'found footage' than movies that preceded it in the genre. The Conspiracy is fantastic too, a must watch for found footage fans imo as is Jeruzalem, The Banshee Chapter... actually I could make a list of little known found footage gems as long as the list you've made of movies that we all already know about. Every found footage list I see all has the same movies which is kind of a shame.

@rubencrudelini2129 2 ай бұрын

I’m with you on this. It might seem we’are arrogants which i take it, and dgaf. But man. “Leaving DC” “the poughkeepsie tapes” “okkult” “cult” “punishment park” …

@lizardog Күн бұрын

@@rubencrudelini2129 Not arrogant, just more familiar with the genre. I'm halfway through the video and if Savageland isn't here....

@rubencrudelini2129 Күн бұрын

@lizardog i recomend: Descent into darkness: my european nightmare. Best found footage i’ve ever seen.

@weretacotm207 4 ай бұрын

I so agree about Hell House Origins, I have seen it twice since it came out. I think it might be my favorite of the franchise!

@whatthehorror 4 ай бұрын

Mine too, I think.

@detestor420 4 ай бұрын

Just watched it last night for the 3rd time. Such a good film

@robhaskins 3 ай бұрын

So weird . . . I'm watching it now and I'm really bored. I remember that I tried to watch it once and gave up. But now I'm an hour into it so I feel like I have to tough it out.

@eviehammond9509 3 ай бұрын

@robhaskins I respect other people's opinions on it, but I thought it was the worst. The lead actress ruined it for me. The first was the best IMO.

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

@@eviehammond9509 the 1st one is a really strong one. I love that one.

@cip7068 4 ай бұрын

Love your accent and breakdown of the films.

@klee8741 4 ай бұрын

Incantation (2022) is really good found footage horror out of Taiwan. Maybe my favorite of the genre.

@KZ66100 4 ай бұрын

One more to add that I enjoyed is Devil's Pass, which is based on the Dyatlov Pass Incident. It's been many years since I saw it, but I remember finding it pretty effective!

@jamesmiller7367 4 ай бұрын

Great list! I was really impressed with how scary hell house LLC origins was. It is the only horror movie ever to give me nightmares.

@bekaz13 4 ай бұрын

Great list! I'm a bit of a horror late bloomer, so I have a pages-long list of movies to get to. Themed lists like this are super helpful in helping me figure out where to start with each subgenre. I'd love to see more!

@whatthehorror 4 ай бұрын

Aw, I'm glad it's useful. I will be making more like this for different sub genres.

@Zsemlemester99 4 ай бұрын

I strongly recommend Borderlands (Final Prayer for americans). A detective from the Vatican investigates a rural british church where "miracles" reportedly took place. Starts out as a posession horror, but has a great subgenre twist, which i wont spoil for you 😅

@caprichaos 3 ай бұрын

Yup yup that movie is great. A slow burner for sure but the payoff at the end was so good I still think about it years later. From what I remember the movie is relatively short so I highly recommend to put it on without looking at reviews/summaries and just enjoy the ride

@detestor420 4 ай бұрын

The houses October built is one of my favorites. That you didn’t mention

@Haplo699g 4 ай бұрын

I bloody well love Ghostwatch. I saw it live and didn't see the beginning with the drama tag so thought it was legit... all the way up to Parky getting possessed, that was silly enough to break the spell.

@VickyScreams 4 ай бұрын

I adore the Hell House series so glad to see that shouted it twice. Have added Willow Creek, The Last Broadcast and Peeping Tom to my watchlist. I love found footage and have seen all the rest. Host is definitely British and not American though. One of my favourite films of the last 10 years.

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

I just had to, the Origins sequel just deserves its own shout out lol

@jaykaye594 4 ай бұрын

Great video and excellent choices as always. More people should see spree. I would add Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon and Butterfly Kisses.

@SCREENSTARS43 4 ай бұрын

I love found footage, some brilliant ones out there many of which you highlight here.

@elestrabicodebellavista 4 ай бұрын

Great selection! Sarah. I liked " Apollo 18 " but more... " Europa report (2013) ". Others: " The bay (2012) ", " Shopping tour "( Russian 2012) and " Troll hunter " (Noruega 2010).

@chloenflake2672 3 ай бұрын

Great list! Thank you!

@w.2981 4 ай бұрын

happy to see Spree here. all my friends said it seemed plain so they didn't give it a watch but it actually had a few interesting details that i think it's good

@rjdk24 3 ай бұрын

wow i love your channel. i been binging your videos past hour after watching omen and immucalte review. i wish i seen your content sooner! ahhh thank you so much for this.

@mikeosredkar8804 4 ай бұрын

I went into Gonjiam expecting to be unimpressed, because it did have a cliche setting and concept, but regardless of that the movie definitely still worked. There were some subtle scares (I'm thinking of the "you can see everyone in this shot...so who was filming?" bit) and the creepy whispering. That sent a VISCERAL shock to my system.

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

That's a great moment. Really creepy because as the audience you don't realise it until they point it out.

@Apostate_Alexei 3 ай бұрын

Great list!

@HECTORMONTALVO-le9cn 4 ай бұрын

Good list and cool video sis!👉🙂👈

@irvingguzman2612 4 ай бұрын

The last exorcism is my favorite found footage movie of all time, It creates a really good atmosphere

@SSJ4Vegito-cf8ve 4 ай бұрын

Great list, thanks :)

@jhy8212 4 ай бұрын

I wanted to say thank you for giving me a few movies to check out! Found footage movies can be such a good time. I just found your channel, and this video is going in my "watch later" to reference back to.

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

Aw thank you for such a lovely comment. I'm glad it was of use. I will eventually be doing other watchlists of other sub genres.

@MorbidLovely 3 ай бұрын

This gave me the push to watch Apollo 18, as I love found footage and had never seen it before. It's actually free on youtube now! The acting was good, the visuals were good, I just didn't find anything about it scary or unnerving, or at all uncomfortable to watch (which I think a good horror movie of any kind should make you feel). Glad to cross it off my list but it was a miss for me.

@db7314 4 ай бұрын

Was hoping for some nuggets I hadn’t seen yet … very well curated list 👍

@jennifer2620 4 ай бұрын

Definitely going to check some of these out that I hadn’t heard of before! 💕

@whatthehorror 4 ай бұрын

Which one sparked your interest?

@lizardog Күн бұрын

Gonjiam is one of my faves as well. The South Korean movie industry is one to watch.

@ethancowan3431 3 ай бұрын

As above so below is one of if not my favorite horror movie ever. I love the Refences to Dante's Inferno and Alchemic Research. Such a fun nice scary watch as well

@ghouliet 3 ай бұрын

been a fan of urs since the crossover u did with that one guy

@Hatter5150 3 ай бұрын

Good list. Seems like I’ve seen most footage movies, the good, the great, the meh, and the awful. My favorite is Rec. I second the recommendation for Borderlands (Final Prayer in US) and Butterfly Kisses. Give Exists a go, made by one of the Blair Witch directors. I was surprised at how much I liked it even if that subgenre isn’t one of my favs. Love the recommendations here in the comments.

@Beacactuslover 4 ай бұрын

Great list and reviews! I havent seen all of these so i look forward to adding some to my watchlist. My personal favorites are Paranormal Activity, Grave Encounters and the V/H/S franchise.

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

I recently watched Grave Encounters and I really enjoyed it.

@josemanuellopezfermin1878 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for the recommendations Sarah, most of them I haven't seen, I'll write them down. I did see the visit a long time ago, it's true, it's a simple story, but it's okay.

@OoLOSTWORLDoO Ай бұрын

Cannibal Holocaust one of the 80's video nasties freaked me out when I was much younger. Released in 1980 and banned in the UK until 2001.

@medo-he2xn 4 ай бұрын

The visit was a fantastic watch with my wife

@jennijune21 4 ай бұрын

As above/So Below is SO GOOD!!

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

I watched it last week and LOVED it. From the reviews I expected a low quality film but it's one of the best found footage films I've seen

@ftc3000 3 ай бұрын

Great list. Here's a few more I'd add: Cannibal Holocaust (1979) (generally regarded as the first found footage horror film) The Bay (2012) The Borderlands (aka Final Prayer) (2013) Found Footage 3D (2016) Deadstream (2022)

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the recs.

@BethR-vf8ne 3 ай бұрын

I have recently been dabbling in horror and I seem to enjoy the found footage sub-genre. I just watched the taking of Deborah Logan, which was a great found footage. At first I didn’t like it b/c it seemed a little exploitive with the scary old person trope, but it goes in a great direction that redeems it in my eyes.

@harikyoki 4 ай бұрын

i LOVE Gonjiam! I watched it thrice last October! my body could not stop shaking. i watched Hell House n found myself get bored. they were mostly jump scares. I believe they got what they deserved for being dumb. n no, the clown image doesn't haunt me xD I will check out the 4th one out of curiosity nonetheless. cheers for the video :)

@ashleighstratmann7783 3 ай бұрын

Hell House franchise is my favorite. Including the second and third movie. I like Hell House Origins but a part of me was disappointed it wasn’t an actual prequel.

@adriannenewman3517 3 ай бұрын

so many great movies on this list! I really want to watch the new Hell House movie now and I do recommend As Above So Below. It's similar to the Nun in that it is a mix of horror and adventure movie and I find myself rewatching it when I want an easy horror watch.

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

I ended up LOVING As Above So Below.

@robhaskins 3 ай бұрын

1:15 Peeping Tom 1:52 Ghostwatch 2:37 The Last Broadcast 3:16 The Blair Witch Project 3:49 Noroi 4:25 REC 5:08 Paranormal Activity 6:01 Cloverfield 6:28 Lake Mungo 7:07 The Last Exorcism 7:53 Grave Encounters 8:26 The Tunnel 8:50 Apollo 18 9:31 V/H/S 10:03 Willow Creek 10:51 Afflicted 11:27 Creep 11:57 As Above, So Below 12:30 Unfriended 13:12 Hell House LLC 13:56 The Visit 14:24 Gonjiam Haunted Asylum 15:04 Host 15:42 Spree 16:21 Hell House LLC: Origins: The Carmichael Manor

@bluntly- 3 ай бұрын

This needs to be pinned, can't express the extreme dislike i have for these types of videos without timestamps

@robhaskins 3 ай бұрын

@@bluntly- Yup. Probably they WANT you to have to go through the video.

@FeinsteHoerkost 3 ай бұрын

Ghostwatch worked so well on mey even though I knew it was fake😂. And I loved Lake Mungo a lot. But I have only watched like halfe of this list, so I have a lot of new stuff to watch. Thanks for that.

@Poirotgirl 3 ай бұрын

Wait, you called As Above, So Below a simple horror cliche movie but haven’t watched it?! Please watch it. It is so much more than you realize. It’s one of my absolute favorites.

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

I did say that it has been called that but I watched it last week and absolutely loved it. I'm going to talk about it in my March recap.

@Poirotgirl 3 ай бұрын

I’m so sorry, I misheard! So glad to hear this!!

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

@@Poirotgirl I did miss label it cliche though, whether it was my own opinion or quoting others. It certainly isn't cliche

@Greycatuk 3 ай бұрын

You need to watch 'Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.' It's absolute horror genius.

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

Oh, I forgot about that one.

@desertpinevintage162 4 ай бұрын

I’ve heard hellhouse origins was great. I need to watch it. The visit was so disturbing to me. Love M Night

@midnightunicorn5139 4 ай бұрын

I think my favourite is Rec 🤔 it was a fun take on the ‘contagion’ type of film

@jonmiller308 4 ай бұрын

The last half of the sixth season of American horror story Roanoke is filmed in found footage.

@whatthehorror 4 ай бұрын

I only got about 3 episodes into that season.

@ashleighstratmann7783 3 ай бұрын

It was Micah who set up the camera in paranormal activity. Katie wasn’t really for it and even told Micah to stop as the activities got worse.

@KarmaNeverTouches 3 ай бұрын

I HIGHLY recommend Horror in the High Desert and the sequel They’re on Tubi They’re so well done I forget I’m watching a horror movie and for a bit I thought I was watching a real crime doc. They’re unnerving and very effective in what they do. A third is currently in the works. Seriously - i’m dying for more people to watch these. They won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but if you like a blend of true crime and unnerving mystery, give them a chance.

@colormetakenaback 4 ай бұрын

I love Hell House LLC! Probably my fav found footage franchise. I like a good dose of camp with my creepy. Ah, it's great 😂

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

I only discovered them last year but I love the 1st and 4th one.

@ashleighstratmann7783 3 ай бұрын

Blaire Witch Project and Peeping Tom was on Bravo’s 100 Scariest movie moments. I don’t remember their rankings

@kman9387 3 ай бұрын

Carmichael Manor was intense 😳

@whatthehorror 3 ай бұрын

I agree.

@thefogproductions 3 ай бұрын

Love me a good found footage! I'm working on something similar to Phoenix Forgotten (obviously massively less budget ie none!) Also like analog horror, it might be worth taking a look actually, you might like it - I'd start with The Door. Anyways, I'm detecting a good northern accent there lass! 😁 I'm from Mansfield way myself and it's got a very Yorkshire twang in places because families used to move between there and back again (back in the day!) Great videos anyway, keep up the great work!

@patoloquend0 3 ай бұрын

The Den (2013) is a must watch imo

@johnrapp1116 3 ай бұрын

Good list! Any advice on where I can scrounge NOROI? I’ve seen the others (eh - I’m old and have a weakness for FF movies) but NOROI has been on my watch list a long time. Thank you!

@adamtippin9273 Ай бұрын

The 2 movies that can't really be beaten or better in themselves is Paranormal Activity and Creep hands down.

@Dn-rmn 4 ай бұрын

Not gonna lie, I don’t like the original Blair witch, but creep and the visit were terrifying to me!

@whatthehorror 4 ай бұрын

I loved Creep

@badgerclan17 4 ай бұрын

Hate The Visit. Shyamalan has a real obsession with scary old people. I was caring for my mom, who had dementia, when I saw this, and I found it ill-informed and offensive.

@Dn-rmn 4 ай бұрын

@@badgerclan17 I can see you not liking this movie, but it’s not offensive. It doesn’t say every old person is creepy, it shows specifically these grandparents having specific kinds of illnesses.

@Rjs90 4 ай бұрын

You have missed another masterpiece found footage horror movie named 'A Haunted House (2013)'

@whatthehorror 4 ай бұрын

I've not heard of that one

@Rjs90 4 ай бұрын

please watch any trailer 🙏 @@whatthehorror

@ashleighstratmann7783 3 ай бұрын

Although Quarantine is basically America’s own version of REC, I want to point out Quarantine 2: Terminal is a not like REC 2, 3, or 4 for anyone that might be interested in it. Not even found footage, like REC2 and the first part of REC3

@LuiWallentinGttler 4 ай бұрын

Creep is exactly what it says on the tin, so so creepy. I agree that in the found footage genre this is easily in my top 3. I didn't like the Blair Witch Project much, although one can deny the impact it had. But apart from that I am a sucker for this genre. It has to be really bad for me to not enjoy at least one viewing. I just watched The Medium from Thailand, and for me that was also a good watch. And Apollo 18 is a good medium movie for the genre IMHO. I haven't seen Noroi or Hell House LLC Origins so thanks for those.

@whatthehorror 4 ай бұрын

Glad there are some new ones for you to check out. I've really come to appreciate and enjoy this sub genre, even though I never considered myself a fan before.

@michaelschuett 3 ай бұрын

Gonna Noroi another try

@blakeallen391 3 ай бұрын

Idk if it’s on here cause the video just started but the Poughkeepsie tapes should be on it lol

@aprilleerose 4 ай бұрын

I’ve seen all of these. I need to click on RARE found footage movies lol

@Pleasedontmakeascene 4 ай бұрын

Good list and good video. I have a few movies I gotta watch now. If I can recommend a couple movies that could have been on this list, maybe for a follow up video. The den (2013) a horror movie in the style of Unfriended. The Poughkeepsie tapes (2007) a mocumentary about Americas most prolific serial killer. Truly disturbing. Unfriended: Dark web (2018) The SUPERIOR sequel. In my opinion.

@whatthehorror 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the recommendations. I also enjoyed Dark Web, solid sequel.

@Tridentpartytrio 4 ай бұрын

Have you ever watched the Bad Ben series? Definitely in the so bad it’s good category but entertaining!

@whatthehorror 4 ай бұрын

I've not seen or heard of that one.

@Tridentpartytrio 4 ай бұрын

@@whatthehorror have a look for them on Roku - all made by one chap - the first few or fantastic and then… They get weird…

@jeffreynelson8083 4 ай бұрын

It’s a wonderfully goofy series. The first one had a budget of $300. There’s one that’s more of a prequel that isn’t all that great because it doesn’t have the main guy in it, but the rest are fun. I’m not sure where you can watch it these days.

@lizardog Күн бұрын

If you ask me, Willow Creek is brilliant. The actors seem like genuine people and interact so naturally. The building tension is almost unbearable. For me, the poster of the missing woman and the glimpse of the naked woman in the trees as the couple flees the attack is very chilling in what it implies.

@gerardchisolm8605 Ай бұрын

DASHCAM is a great combo of horror and comedy. This is my recommendation...so what 😆

@PigCake 3 ай бұрын

Just watched the new hell house because of this and it was TERRIBLE lmao great list apart from that one though

@gavnewton77 3 ай бұрын

Host is a British film.

@lizardog Күн бұрын

Savageland

@rubencrudelini2129 2 ай бұрын

Blair witch project was taken before (1995 - the concept is from ‘93) than the last broadcast (1997) and released later. It doesn’t take inspiration from it. I’d do more research and deepen on my sources, before sharing facts as they were 100% true.

@nerdjournal 6 күн бұрын

no no no. I guess you probably just don't make my type of content. You got me to click by saying "the ultimate found footage watch list" Then put a list that is almost identical to every website on Google when you search for found footage movies to stream. The problem with those lists and your own is that they only list the top POPULAR found footage. Not the actual BEST found footage movies. You even missed layups like butterfly kisses and The Borderlands. Unless I just missed them. OH well, such a bummer. If there would have been even ONE movie, just a SINGLE interesting choice that was unique, I would have had way more respect. Seriously, though, I have to ask. Did you just search for the most popular Found Footage horror and then put that into a list? What a bummer. Who knows, maybe found footage just isn't your thing when it comes to horror. Oof. KZfaq the place where originality ended.