Tag: Found Footage

Play Hooky (2012) – By Baron Craze

February 29, 2020
Archived Reviews

Just mentioning the phrase “found footage” brings groans to many in the horror realm, especially the older generation of the genre however, the output seems for now a never-ending tidal wave of films, each with similar basis, well not the same, for first time director Frank S. Petrilli and his creation Play Hooky. Rather his…

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The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan Press Release

November 30, 2019
Horror NewsPress Releases

This December, The Lost Footage of Leah Sullivan will be finally uncovered. Starring Anna Stromberg and directed by Burt Grinstead, the highly-anticipated found-footage spookfest fixing on the frightening contents of an unedited memory card, has been acquired for release by Artist Rights Distribution. A young journalism student decides to return to her hometown to investigate a brutal…

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Evidence (2012) – By Baron Craze

September 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

Budding filmmakers director Howie Askins and screenwriter and actor Ryan McCoy both in their first feature horror film bring a new powerful twist into the found-footage sub-genre, which increasing presents itself as difficult task, especially for those so new to the genre, yet they both admirably accomplish the task. Although one must inform the readers…

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Area 407 (2012) – By Baron Craze

September 30, 2019
Archived Reviews

First time feature directors Dale Fabrigar and Everette Wallin, present a found footage style horror and sci-fi film, though, they both have previous film credits, providing them with a solid foundation to create an interesting journey for viewers, involving a monstrous creature likely a T-Rex dinosaur. Once again the success of The Blair Witch Project…

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Willow Creek (2013) – By Baron Craze

August 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Found Footage films seem to have earned a lasting impression on the horror genre, and the staying power always increasing mainly due to the fact of the cheapness for successful production, for wallets of budding filmmakers, however a strange element when a noted filmmaker, such as Bobcat Goldthwait enters into the subgenre with his version…

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The 16th Episode (2019) – By Baron Craze

June 30, 2019
Film Reviews

Jérôme Cohen-Olivar who wrote and directed this film that tries to mix together both the found footage and possession genres, but switches over to a narrative storytelling at the strangest times. It’s an ambitious project, but the limitations of budget wreaked havoc, and allowed for some plot holes, however that doesn’t mean discount the movie…

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Moth (2016) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Film Reviews

Moth is a Hungarian mystery-horror film that combines both the found footage genre and a narrative cinematography found in standard horror movies coming from screenwriter József Gallai (Echoes [2018]), who directed it alongside with Gergö Elekes (Bodom [2014]) releasing the movie through Wild Eye Releasing. It is uncommon for found footage films to incorporate the narrative…

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Altar (2016) – By Baron Craze

May 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Matthew Sconce, director of Altar, presents a found footage, now before you roll your eyes and groan, this time he adds a twist, by including the mixture of the slasher genre complete with doomsayer similar to that in The Birds (1963) and of course, Crazy Ralph from Friday the 13th (1980). However, Sconce delivers a…

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The St. Francisville Experiment (2000) – By Baron Craze

March 31, 2019
Archived Reviews

Director Ted Nicolaou, a master of low-budget horror films whose most recent film came out in 2012 known as DevilDolls and started his journey with TerrorVision [1986], takes on the found footage genre with a brief 79-minute film, called The St. Francisville Experiment, concerning the historical figure Madame LaLaurie’s horrid life. The filming takes place…

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2 Jennifer (2016) – By Baron Craze

November 30, 2018
Archived Reviews

Director and writer Hunter Johnson deliver a very good, and funny horror sequel to executive producer James Cullen Bressack’s To Jennifer (2013), entitled 2 Jennifer, and just like its predecessor filmed on an iPhone, and the movie a real time found footage production mixed with a narrative storyline. In addition, the conceptual design of documentary…

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