There’s no overstating the cultural impact of The Blair Witch Project. It wasn’t just one of the most profitable movies ever made (grossing nearly $250 million...
A brand new Shudder original documentary, The Found Footage Phenomenon has been announced with a trailer today, and it’s set to begin streaming on May 19,...
In this edition of The Silver Lining, we’ll be covering Universal’s underappreciated alien horror movie, The Fourth Kind. While I usually take eye-witness accounts with a...
Watching a bad movie doesn’t necessarily have to be a bad experience. Even the worst films can boast a good idea or two, and that’s why...
I’ve been in love with the Paranormal Activity franchise ever since I first stepped foot into a midnight screening of the first film back in 2009....
I’ve always admired how Found Footage gives indie filmmakers the opportunity to craft legitimately scary movies without breaking the bank. Not only does this underappreciated sub-genre...
From Scream to Goosebumps and even those annoying little snap bracelets, you’ve got to admit that the 90s were pretty terrifying. However, there’s no doubt in...
It can be said that our fascination with serial killers began long before the term was even coined, with famous murderers like Gilles Garnier and Jack...
From the first epistolary novels to the Found-Footage craze sparked by The Blair Witch Project, storytellers have been playing around with fact and fiction in order...
When Gil Scott-Heron claimed that the revolution would not be televised, I don’t think he was referring to the dystopic future of 2021, but he wasn’t...
There is a found footage film that has gone viral on Tik Tok and social media over the past few weeks. Viewers claiming they are being...
I’ve had a passion for found-footage ever since I first laid eyes on The Blair Witch Project. I don’t think there’s any other sub-genre out there...
Despite their popularity, exorcism movies are extremely difficult to pull off. Not only are there religious issues that have to be carefully dealt with in order...
Given the state of things in the world, with horror fans around the globe stuck in quarantine and shelter-in-place, there couldn’t be a better time to...
In the last ten years, one brand has risen above the others in the horror genre, and that’s the Blumhouse brand. With a low-budget, high-return business...
While Found-Footage films are no longer raking in at the box-office like the good-old-days, you can’t deny the impact that this humble little sub-genre has had...
Ten years ago, Paranormal Activity hit theaters and instantly became a massive sensation. The story of a couple documenting their haunted house on video camera struck...
Since the dawn of civilization, human beings have been scaring the crap out of each other with horror stories inspired by their immediate environments. Nowadays, however,...
With London welcoming a new Prime Minister during a hellfire heatwave, there has never been a better reason to hide in the dark. The sixth edition...
Indie developer Puppet Combo, fairly fresh off the Fulci-inspired The Glass Staircase, has swiftly delivered another horror game with a completely different style and tone. The...
One of 2018’s most interesting horror games, the five minute found footage PC game SEPTEMBER 1999, is getting a sequel dubbed DECEMBER 2000. Creator 98DEMAKE rather...
Wicklow, Ireland: October 31, 2018, marked the surprise release of Weird Pretty Pictures latest cinematic outing; In a Stranger’s House. Centered on the strange and horrific...
For five minutes and thirty seconds, SEPTEMBER 1999 invites you to give up agency and surrender to the swiftly escalating horror. In the found footage-style game...
With the release of The Blair Witch Project back in 1999, detractors of Found-Footage were worried that the success of the sub-genre might open the door...
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